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Why this early Amazon investor is backing an effort to shake up the Seattle City Council
Venture capitalist Tom Alberg. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) One of the biggest names in Seattle tech is a founding…
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Which candidates do you align with? Seattle startup vet provides answers with new matchmaking site
Steve Murch at the end of an organized bike ride from Seattle to Vancouver. (Edith Rothenburg Photo). “You can’t really…
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Amazon quietly works to reshape politics in its hometown after going to battle with Seattle officials
Supporters of the head tax rush the City Council chambers during a vote to repeal the controversial legislation. Behind the…
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Do tech workers vote? New survey shows they do — and these are the top issues on their minds
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan speaks at a 2018 launch event for sea.citi, alongside Amazon public policy manager Eileen Sullivan, and…
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Amazon gives $1M to group seeking to upend Seattle City Council in upcoming election
Supporters of the head tax rush the City Council chambers during a vote to repeal the controversial legislation. Behind the…
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Seattle officials and activists protest at Amazon HQ over $1.45M effort to ‘buy our City Council’
Councilmember Kshama Sawant protests Amazon’s political spending at the company’s headquarters. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) On a rainy Seattle…
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Warren denounces Amazon for ‘trying to tilt the Seattle City Council elections’ with $1.45M
Sen. Elizabeth Warren at a rally in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) It’s unusual for an east coast senator…
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Bernie Sanders slams Amazon over hometown political spending as Seattle elections become a national issue
Sen. Bernie Sanders (Facebook Photo / Bernie Sanders) Sen. Bernie Sanders became the latest federal lawmaker to zero in on…
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Activists and politicians protest Amazon spending on Seattle elections: ‘The country is watching’
Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant protests corporate spending in Seattle elections at Amazon’s headquarters. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Amazon…
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