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Re:Cities’ Offers for Amazon Base Are Secrets Even to Many C... by forkandwait on Monday August 06, 2018 @07:42PM (#17702739)
What prevents the elected city officials from voting No on the package once it is accepted by Amazon and revealed? Anything with legal teeth or just public pressure?
Re:Cities’ Offers for Amazon Base Are Secrets Even to Many C... by maxxxxx on Monday August 06, 2018 @07:47PM (#17702766)
If it works like in Congress they will have only very limited time to understand the package. And more importantly they won't have had any input during negotiations. There is a lot of pressure so it would be much easier to add their concerns during the process instead of saying "No" at the end. They pretty much have to vote with a gun held against their head.
Re:Cities’ Offers for Amazon Base Are Secrets Even to Many C... by forkandwait on Monday August 06, 2018 @07:49PM (#17702770)
So that gun is... What? Besides losing the next election, of course.