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Amazon Is Coming To Town, and It Ain’t Good
I don’t see many welcome signs and banners from residents.
Amazon is building a new fulfillment facility in Daytona Beach.
Here are my thoughts on this fiasco.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Amazon.
Amazon who?
I’m the Amazon who told your city that I want to build a 2.8 million-square-foot fulfillment facility in your city, but I want a location that will give me access to as many interstate highways and ports as possible. Yes, I realize that’s prime real estate, but you have a lovely piece of property that’s owned by the county that meets my needs. I should get a break on the price. I also want a $5 million tax break over four years. You see, my business is booming and I have more money than Elon Musk. I was curious to see how much money I can suck out of your taxpayers. I don’t give a shit about the golf community across the road from my fulfillment facility. Their homes are probably going to diminish in value, but that’s not my problem.
In the beginning, my moving to your town was a big secret. Nobody knew anything about it except the City Commissioners and the Mayor. When my new digs…
