From GeekWire, October 5:
Amazon CEO: Relationship with Seattle City Council has become ‘rougher,’ but hope remains
Amazon President and CEO Andy Jassy admitted his company’s relationship with Seattle political leaders has become rocky over recent history, but added that he hopes it can improve in the years to come.
Jassy, speaking Tuesday at the GeekWire Summit, said the online retail giant and the city council need to move beyond scapegoating and back to the collaborative culture that defined the company’s first 20 years in Seattle which saw the transformation of both South Lake Union and the tech sector as a whole.
“I think our relationship with Seattle had ups and downs, frankly,” Jassy said while being interviewed by GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop. “I think the first 20ish years (was) pretty collaborative. We decided to build a downtown campus. (The city) was very supportive and solicitous.”
But then, five years ago, the mood changed, he said.
“The City Council has become less enamored with business or with Amazon,” he said. “It’s just been rougher.”....
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