Posted on 09/17/2017 6:10:39 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I thought Amazon made it clear that only locales with a million+ population need apply...?
No way a state that went for Trump gets this deal.
Note to Amazon: If y’all would care to put your $$$ where your mouths are, you’d site it in Upstate NY.
Amazon to Capito ... “You voted against overturning Obamacare after promising to repeal it for seven years, so your word is worthless anyway. We’ll go someplace where the politicians are a little less phony.”
But if it means state and local taxpayers will be screwed by having to pay for the bribes to get Amazon to come, DON’T site in NYS.
I’m thinking W.Va. is going to come up a bit short on both the ‘downtown’ and the ‘airport’ requirements.
If Amazon wanted to think outside the box, they’d put Detroit on the list. Hub airport, downtown, cheap land. Not exactly a magnet for attracting the best employees, perhaps.
If I was running it for Amazon, I’d start with a list of hub cities, run a ‘show me the money’ round, and then shortlist and evaluate for employee desirability.
Would that turn West Virginia blue? If so, Capito should reneg on that LIKE NOW.
If the CEO is smart they will locate to the nearest Fed X facility. Major Fed X hub is Memphis.
That's a very real thing. One imagines that the primary HQ2 raison d'etre is 'what if' Seattle ... that puts HQ2 east of the Mississippi ... and well inland ... So Bezos could do the most political damage in this order: Atlanta, Detroit, Cincy/Dayton/Columbus, Indy, or the Triangle (which I doubt).
The actual RFP is dry toast but there was an article that deep-dived...the takeaway being that Bezos will allow all silo heads to side with Seattle, OR new HQ2, OR split teams between. One presumes that when no one wants to leave Seattle, Bezos will rapidly ordain the latter option.
No, but it might turn Kanawha County Commie RED.
If I were Jim Justice, I would say to Amazon, “you can come to my state as long as you leave ALL of your Seattle workforce behind.”
That ain’t happenin’.
I’ve heard that whore Capito comes pretty cheap!
Not likely—with one exception. If they would consider Martinsburg—and let everybody commute in from the DC area. But the average commute and distance to the airport would probably break the deal.
Areas without heavy union influence, at least average education system--and then the usual bodies, airport, and roads...
Denver, DFW, Kansas City, Columbus
Luckily it’s probably not happening anyway as West Virginia doesn’t have a large enough population.
There’s also Indianapolis, Phoenix, and San Antonio
Moore Capito is a West Virginia House Delegate, the son of Shelley Capito the US Senator from WV. He seems to be getting ready to follow his mother.
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