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

• dba7dba 9y ago
  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.
  • protomyth 9y ago
    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.
    • sleepychu 9y ago
      Then elect representatives that won't play. The shakedown is only possible because it offers some value in return.
      • protomyth 9y ago
        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.
• zengid 9y ago
  Indeed, Amazon is too big for Little Rock.
• tanilama 9y ago
  You can't turn down something that is not yours. BTW, isn't Toronto one of the first city to jump into the game?
  • mack1001 9y ago
    Toronto is a great choice although doubt amazon will get the same incentives as an US city
• AVTizzle 9y ago
  Image of the ad: https://twitter.com/abeaujon/status/920973820239974400/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Ffortune.com%2F2017%2F10%2F19%2Famazon-headquarters-hq2-little-rock%2F https://twitter.com/abeaujon/status/920973820239974400/photo...
  • eradicatethots 9y ago
    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)
• DonbunEf7 9y ago
  Imagine that; cities don't want to end up like Seattle, with entire neighborhoods of Amazonians.