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To: SeekAndFind

Too late princess. You screwed the pooch on this one. ROTFL! No tip for you.


2 posted on 03/05/2019 8:52:56 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

The sudden stories about her and her Chief of Staff misusing campaign funds likely came from Democrats pissed off over this and her other antics. She’s feeling the heat.


29 posted on 03/05/2019 9:22:21 AM PST by jalisco555 ("In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

She sounds more like obozo everyday. Sanctimonious brain dead back peddling.


34 posted on 03/05/2019 9:36:39 AM PST by Track9 (Conservatives like underdogs, progressive like victims.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

As a lifelong bookkeeper/ accounting person, I would advise Amazon to NEVER open any facilities in NYC.

TOO MUCH TAXES & other problems.

Funny how AOC’s Mom moved to Florida out of NYC over taxes & she doesn’t think that the same reasons could apply to Amazon. HYPOCRITE to the core....==AOC.


40 posted on 03/05/2019 10:29:19 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: FlingWingFlyer

As a lifelong bookkeeper/ accounting person, I would advise Amazon to NEVER open any facilities in NYC.

TOO MUCH TAXES & other problems.

Funny how AOC’s Mom moved to Florida out of NYC over taxes & she doesn’t think that the same reasons could apply to Amazon. HYPOCRITE to the core....==AOC.


43 posted on 03/05/2019 10:33:14 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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AOC is running scared.......she screwed Amazon royally.....and is now talking about reopening the negotiating process.
Her conniving COS Saikat Chakrabarti actually blamed Amazon for backing out. He whined, as he fudged the facts to save his ***:
"The deal was sprung without any input. Rents go up, people get evicted, there’s an actual human cost associated with Amazon coming in."
60 posted on 03/06/2019 12:49:47 PM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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THIS JUST IN:

axios.com

Inside Amazon’s HQ2 deal with a Virginia county

County officials yesterday laid out the details of the deal giving Amazon incentives to bring its headquarters expansion to the D.C. suburb of Arlington, Virginia.

Why it matters: A vote by the Arlington County Board on the draft deal approaches amid mounting scrutiny of financial incentives promised for corporate expansions, Axios’ David McCabe reports. A political backlash to Amazon’s planned office in New York — announced as a pair with Virginia’s — already caused the company to back out.

The bottom line: The deal includes the expected estimated $23 million in financial incentives — and seems unlikely to quell activist fears that the county is making huge concessions to Amazon, while getting little in return.

The draft deal, first reported by the Washington Post, includes:

A system by which Amazon will receive a portion of the revenue from any increase in a tax on travelers in hotels or other lodging for 15 years.

The requirement that to receive the benefit, Amazon has to occupy a certain square footage of office space, with the target increasing each year until 2035.

A confidentiality clause that gives Amazon advance notice of public records requests.

The agreement gives no indication that the county will insist Amazon meet demands from critics, like dictating conditions for construction workers on the project or abandoning the work it does for U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

“I would have liked the board to have gotten some commitments from Amazon, and it’s shocking that they get nothing from Amazon,” said Roshan Abraham, a member of the steering committee of the progressive group Our Revolution Arlington. “This is very much a one-way deal where all Amazon has to do is show up,” Abraham added.

Amazon declined to comment.

The chairman of the Arlington County Board told the Post that the body could still push the company to make concessions — but not in the incentives agreement. (There are also limitations on what the county government can mandate here, he said.)

What’s next: The board is expected to vote on the proposal on March 16.

Read the draft agreement (linked at web site)


62 posted on 03/06/2019 6:13:25 PM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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