Arkansas City Sends Amazon a Dear John Letter Instead of a Pitch(bloomberg.com)

18 pointsby Overtonwindow9 anni fa10 comments

Arkansas City Sends Amazon a Dear John Letter Instead of a Pitch

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-19/arkansas-city-sends-amazon-a-dear-john-letter-instead-of-a-pitch

10 comments

Yup I agree with mayor of San Antonio. Amazon already knows where it will plant its 2nd HQ. Amaxon is just trying to get extra incentives from the local government.

protomyth9 anni fa

Yeah, that sounds right. I am getting a bit sick of all the companies following the lead of Hollywood and professional sports stadiums doing the shakedown game.

sleepychu9 anni fa

Then elect representatives that won't play.

The shakedown is only possible because it offers some value in return.

protomyth9 anni fa

Its a question I ask, but really given where I live its not much of a problem. The best we could offer is really fast internet and a lot of quite.

AVTizzle9 anni fa

Image of the ad: https://twitter.com/abeaujon/status/920973820239974400/photo...

eradicatethots9 anni fa

Frustrating twitter replies, to me this is just an ad for the City itself. “We’re not the type of city that works for Amazon, were relaxed, cool, smart ...” They probably never even considered bidding for Amazon lol (not to say they wouldn’t want to if they could, but it’s just a cute ad for the city nothing crazy)

tanilama9 anni fa

You can't turn down something that is not yours.

BTW, isn't Toronto one of the first city to jump into the game?

mack10019 anni fa

Toronto is a great choice although doubt amazon will get the same incentives as an US city

DonbunEf79 anni fa

Imagine that; cities don't want to end up like Seattle, with entire neighborhoods of Amazonians.

zengid9 anni fa

Indeed, Amazon is too big for Little Rock.