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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Transportation secretary says Maryland will do ‘whatever it takes’ to land Amazon

Montgomery County is only location in state on company’s shortlist for its new headquarters

Maryland Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn said Thursday in Montgomery County that the state will do whatever it can to bring Amazon’s new headquarters project to the county.

“Whatever it takes to satisfy Amazon to locate in Maryland, that’s what we’re going to do,” Rahn said at an event focused on the Purple Line in Silver Spring Thursday night. “There’s not many times in my life where I’ve been involved in having to commit resources where I’ve said, ‘whatever it takes’, but that’s what we’re going to do.

“But a project that can deliver 50,000 jobs that pay $100,000 a year—those are once-in-a-lifetime opportunities and we’ve got to do whatever it takes to bring them to Maryland, which from their standpoint would be a brilliant decision from them to choose Maryland,” Rahn said.

Rahn’s comments echoed a statement from Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday. The governor said the state would “do everything possible to bring this project home” after Amazon, which is based in Seattle, named Montgomery County as one of 20 locations in North America it’s considering for its second headquarters.

The county was the only location in Maryland to make the shortlist, although Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia also were named to it.

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13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Gov. Larry called Mayor Day and asked to barrow his knee pads.

Anonymous said...

Do the math. $200 million in income tax per year alone. Add in all the other fees and taxes on those employees, it is the classic trickle down theory that Pres. Reagan said was the solution.

Anonymous said...

Compare that to the all out effort by WI Co and SBY that successfully landed Krispy Kreme and a dope dispensary!

Hogan is doing what real leadership does.

Anonymous said...

Can we nuke Baltimore and start over?

Anonymous said...

bring it to salisbury

Anonymous said...

Hilarious.

That is a great way to negotiate (NOT!)

Anonymous said...

What a bunch of sheeple comments.

Maryland wants to give welfare to a billion $$ corporation that under pays its employees that are also on welfare

Yea. That more of what we need. Bring on the section 8 housing.



Anonymous said...

that aint no big deal, here in da bury we gots us 38 royal farm stores

Anonymous said...

Did you read the proposal, Mr No-it-ain't - all? A condition precedent to the break are thousands of 100k+ salaries.

Anonymous said...

You people are dumb and that is why there are no jobs in this area.

Anonymous said...

Screw MD it is going to Loudon County Va !!!!

Anonymous said...

Get rid of the Redskins!

We don't like them, their VA fans cause traffic jams, plus their revenue stream is thin since they haven't won anything since 1991!

Get rid of the Redskins!

Anonymous said...

Take the same award package and spread it over a much, much larger number of smaller business and then you will see real economic growth. We're talking mom and pop business that pay actually living wages... not big corporations who skirt the regulations and keep employees in poverty (yeah, I'm looking at you Walmart). Amazon will just hang out here long enough to reap the benefits and then seek their next carrot somewhere else.