Amazon Cools on Seattle, Businesses Look to New Mayor for Fixes

Amazon.com Inc. is avoiding downtown Seattle, and that’s not alone.

Concerns over Covid, crime and homelessness – and open warfare between the city government and parts of its lucrative tech and business sectors – have emptied Seattle’s business district.

Voters hope a new mayor will change things – but while most are Democrats, they disagree on what changes are needed. Some want the progressive policing and housing policy to be expanded, supported by the city council; others want a mayor who clears homeless camps from downtown and city parks and the council’s attempts to …

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