> 2) This wasn't some "backroom deal". The NDAs were a stipulation in Amazon's competition meant to prevent bidding wars. If cities could react to other cities, it would have created an escalating race to the bottom. Ironically, Amazon probably did this to avoid bad press. Go figure.
> It wasn't. No giveaways to Amazon.
The mental gymnastics of this are exhausting. Just because it's a big company, doesn't mean this is a bad deal. We give tax rebates for new businesses all the time.
And as my math just showed, you pay this off in very little time.
The entire thing was a race to the bottom.
> So yes - this was still a really good deal.
It wasn't. No giveaways to Amazon.