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		dmode on March 1, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cuomo Speaks With Bezos, Hints of ‘Other Ways’ to ... It seems to me that Amazon doesn't really need a HQ2.5. That's the primary reason they pulled out. You don't really pull out because of a vocal minority. Has there been a project that doesn't have vocal opposition ?

nerfhammer on March 2, 2019 | [–]

supposedly someone who was stridently anti-Amazon was nominated to some key position on some zoning board where he would be able to block anything.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/nyregion/amazon-hq2-board...

simple_phrases on March 1, 2019 | [–]

> You don't really pull out because of a vocal minority

Exactly. This was a show from the beginning and still is.

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