I know they selected a location in New York they shouldn't have / the community rejected, and after a big outcry ended up going with not against community pressure.
I think the one in Virginia is going ahead, they just got permits there for a metro station. Are there protests in Virginia they are not listening too?
So it was a colossal waste of time for 5,000+ people across North America. Burnt a lot of goodwill. Many cities learned a valuable lesson on dealing with these big multi-nationals as a result of it. So it won't likely happen like this again.
What did Amazon do different here? Instead of in back rooms, it was all out in the open.
Curious of there are other examples of this.
Other examples are federal grant programs - they are required to publicize them and lots of folks / nonprofits spend lots of time applying but reality is most will renew to existing partners etc
There were additional, negotiated real estate related credits that are also likely to be similarly negotiated by any other developer.
They were negotiating with the government - who writes the laws.
I was curious about the malfeasance - but if this is the the claim of criminality - uh... not a good look for the folks yelling at amazon.
I think MUCH stronger claims may be possible around just their fake product volume and consumer harm there, but good luck with these claims - are they being litigated anywhere?