Just days after word spread that three cities were in “late-stage” talks to win the much-anticipated HQ2, this latest news has sent shockwaves, and has already led some media outlets to declare the months-long process to pick a second headquarters a “massive sham.” In an opinion piece for Business Insider, senior reporter Dennis Green criticized Amazon for being dishonest, and for pitting municipalities and states against each other with incentive packages, only to pull the rug out from under them at the last moment. “If Amazon is able to get away with essentially robbing Virginia and New York of millions in tax revenue and not even offering up in return what they originally promised, what else are they capable of?” Green wrote.
