Economic Development Secrecy
Summary
Pima County signed a five-year secrecy deal with Amazon for a mysterious project called Project Blue, locking away the details of the economic agreement. If you like knowing how your local government makes deals with massive tech companies, well, too bad for the next half-decade.
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Impact analysis
Right now it's totally unclear how much taxpayer money or what kind of tax breaks are on the line.
Amazon gets to plan their next big move completely out of the public eye without getting any early pushback.
Local taxpayers and watchdogs are left completely in the dark about what kind of deal was made with their community.
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Pima County pledged 5 years of secrecy to Amazon on Project Blue, NDA shows
Pima County pledged 5 years of secrecy to Amazon on Project Blue, NDA shows Arizona Daily Star
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