I know you are a little bruised, and I would've been too, but this was fact as of 2 am CST this morning. I discussed this in detail with one of the crew members. Obviously something happened to change their plans / minds at Mauston. It could be anything: engineering wanting them to validate the route planning software when skipping one or more SpC, trying to stay ahead of the snow, wanting to avoid the media, etc. etc. etc.
There was a flurry of activity starting about 10 minutes before the cars arrived to the moment they left. They were NOT sitting around waiting for the charge to complete. They have a video crew, and my guess is that they would rather do the filming than be interrupted and interviewed by the media.
IMO inviting the media to Madison probably crossed the line.