Arlington County Board members, from left, Christian Dorsey, Libby Garvey and Erik Gutshall at the March 16 meeting where the board agreed to a $23 million incentive package for Amazon. Several county leaders said their interactions with Amazon and JBG Smith have been appropriate, even typical of how they deal with anyone interacting with the county. A spokesman for JBG Smith, the major developer of the land and offices that Amazon will buy or lease, declined to comment. Arlington County Manager Mark Schwartz said Arlington has similar exchanges with others it works with, including residents involved in the recent revision of the parks’ master plan. Emails from other county officials, which invited developers to dinner and joked about the makeup of an internal committee, were not wrong, he said.

Source: Washington Post May 03, 2019 19:40 UTC