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Well, sure. If you're going to bluff the car salesman, you have to be willing to walk out of the dealership (otherwise it really is just a bluff).

• nostrademons 8y ago
  ...and then you haven't actually influenced the local government, you've just found a new one.
  • dionidium 8y ago
    One would hope that a local government that lost its town Facebook or Google would be influenced by that loss, but maybe things are actually so bad that they wouldn't be.
    • nradov 8y ago
      Many of the people who are long time residents and home owners in Mountain View wouldn't shed a tear if Google packed up and left. The general local attitude toward those large tech companies is ambivalent at best.
      • dionidium 8y ago
        Yes, I know. They aren't going to change that position voluntarily. I strongly suspect that state intervention is inevitable.