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Laurenann7094 t1_jdvmpz9 wrote

Reply to comment by Jimbomcdeans in Is there any way to find out what kind of subsidies/considerations Amazon received for the warehouses and half built Amazon Freshes that are sitting empty all over the state? by Happy_rich_mane

Why would Revere offer Amazon tax incentives? And why is the council so excited to have Amazon "instead of residential housing"?

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TheFlabbs t1_jdvnb9k wrote

Revere City Council is the saddest pair of people in charge of a city. One of them was a legitimate functioning drug addict who just recently died of an overdose - George Rotondo. Then you have the old racists like John Powers, the opportunist Jessica Giannino who turned her street in to a one-way so people wouldn’t drive on it, Anthony “immigrants breed like cockroaches” Zambuto… quote published in the Revere Journal for everyone to see. Fuck them all. The only reason they have a job is because the old townies vote for them like their life and identity depend on it

When Joe Gravellese challenged Jessica Giannino to a debate, he made an absolute fool of her. The city voted for her anyway. That’s Revere’s City Council.

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princess-smartypants t1_jdvzhj1 wrote

I can't speak for Revere, but I live in another town with a soon to be million square foot distribution center. The Town did not offer Amazon anything. Amazon presented a proposal, the Select Board reviewed it, and the entire town had the opportunity to vote on it. Amazon "negotiated" a ten year phase in of full property taxes, in exchange for the location agreement. Amazon also paid the Town something like $500,000 for local impacts, agreed to fund some street/traffic improvements at their two driveways, gave a substantial donation to a neighboring non-profit nature center, and also promised money for a bandstand. If we did not agree, they would take their proposal to a neighboring town.

Towns prefer business over residential housing. Housing brings families with kids, whose property tax contribution is a net negative with respect to the cost to educate kids. *Spelling

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nieuweyork t1_jdw6ndp wrote

> Amazon "negotiated" a ten year phase in of full property taxes

That's a subsidy net of whatever the upfront payment is (that's actually paid).

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princess-smartypants t1_jdwl5rr wrote

Sure, but my point was the town didn't offer it. It is what they settled on.

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thedeuceisloose t1_jdzufd4 wrote

knowing how amazon does things, have fun when they prematurely shutter it to avoid the graduated tax increases!

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princess-smartypants t1_je1hows wrote

Yeah, I asked at the public hearing what provisions there were for abandoned giant buildings when they inevitably vacate, but no one had a good answer. New England is full of abandoned mills, and towns can pay big bucks to maintain/demolish/clean them up.

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