Cities' Offers for Amazon Base Are Secrets to Many City Leaders - The New York Times

Today's trip into the Catosphere took Panzer to the The New York Times site. There our kitty pilot found a post about Amazon's Headquarters 2 search.

According to the post by Julie Creswell, the search for a location for Amazon's Headquarters 2 (HQ2) is draped in more secrecy than suspected. There are 20 cities in the running for HQ2's location. It turns out, however, that 18 of those 20 city councils and city leadership have no idea what is being offered to get the HQ2. The project bids were put together by groups which aren't required to make the terms available to the public. So, the tax payers in the city which wins the HQ2 bid won't know what it will cost them until they win. Several quotes from different cities' leaders about housing, employees as well as costs are included in the post.

Just reading all that makes me want a nap.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... It's kind of like buying ocean front property in Arizona without ever seeing it."

Note: This is a h-u-m-o-n-g-o-u-s post. Bring a thermos of tea and a dozen muffins for today's reading selection.

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