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Podcast: Three political issues in Georgia threaten Atlanta’s Amazon chances

Georgia Deputy Commissioner for Global Commerce Tom Croteau discusses the state’s bid for Amazon’s second headquarters on Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, at a state economic development board meeting in Midtown Atlanta. J. SCOTT TRUBEY/STRUBEY@AJC.COM
Georgia Deputy Commissioner for Global Commerce Tom Croteau discusses the state’s bid for Amazon’s second headquarters on Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, at a state economic development board meeting in Midtown Atlanta. J. SCOTT TRUBEY/STRUBEY@AJC.COM
By Bria Felicien
March 20, 2018

Georgia hopes to secure Amazon's second headquarters, but can election-year politics threaten Georgia's bid for HQ2?

"It's hovering over, as a cloud, the Legislature. The business community, it's also hovering over them as well," said AJC economic development reporter Scott Trubey on the Politically Georgia podcast. "They want no missteps. They want everything, when Amazon comes to visit soon, to be perfect to show off Atlanta in the best possible light."

There are three big political issues those recruiting Amazon to Georgia are worried about, host Greg Bluestein said.

Listen to the Politically Georgia podcast below or subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play or Stitcher.

Atlanta survived the first cut in Amazon's HQ2 sweepstakes and is one of 20 finalists in the company's search for a second headquarters. HQ2 could bring a $5 billion campus and as many as 50,000 jobs to the region in which it lands.

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Bria Felicien is a published author and staff writer at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She produces podcasts for the AJC.

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