Companies so often just knuckle under to bullying by various governmental bodies. I am glad to see Amazon isn't merely submitting to the usual California governmental claptrap.
Amazon Out of Texas Over Taxes
Online retail giant Amazon.com will close its Irving, Texas, distribution center and is backing off plans to expand in the state over a dispute involving the state's sales tax laws, after the state demanded $269 million in uncollected sales tax from the company.
The dispute also led Amazon to scrap plans "to build additional facilities and expand in Texas, bringing more than 1,000 new jobs and tens of millions of investment dollars to the state."
http://www.dvdtown.com/news/amazon-to-leave-texas-over-taxes-california-might-be-next/8474