The compromise failed to defuse tensions between Amazon and the city it has called home for the last 24 years. Twenty finalist locations across North America have been aggressively wooing Amazon to win up to 50,000 high-paying jobs that its second headquarters would bring. And Amazon’s hardball politics in Seattle has further soured some local leaders. “I absolutely find it unacceptable to see politically threatening behavior as is occurring there,” said Robin Kniech, a member of the City Council in Denver, one of the finalists for Amazon’s second headquarters. “It certainly doesn’t send a message that you expect to be a part of the community.”

Source: New York Times May 15, 2018 00:22 UTC