Seattle City Council members mostly mum on Amazon's big Bellevue plan

Seattle City Council members mostly mum on Amazon's big Bellevue plan

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Many people and groups have voiced opinions about Amazon's recently announced plan to add another 10,000 jobs in downtown Bellevue, but don't count most members of the Seattle City Council among them. The Business Journal last week reached out to the nine members of the council and Mayor Jenny Durkan to ask whether they think the city's new corporate payroll tax had anything to do with Amazon's decision. Are they concerned the news portends an exodus of the 700 Seattle companies that will be taxed? Only…

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