Sen. Elizabeth Warren at a rally in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) It’s unusual for an east coast senator and presidential candidate to wade into local politics in a city on the other side of the country. But that’s what happened Saturday when Sen. Elizabeth Warren got wind of Amazon’s equally unusual $1.45 million […]
Councilmember Kshama Sawant holds a press conference at City Hall in 2017 during a debate over a new tax on big business. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Amazon’s $1 million political contribution announced Tuesday — on top of $450,000 the company previously spent on elections in its hometown — struck a nerve with Seattle progressives worried about
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan speaks at a 2018 launch event for sea.citi, alongside Amazon public policy manager Eileen Sullivan, and sea.citi CEO Nick Merriam. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Tech workers in progressive cities such as Seattle and San Francisco have a bad rap when it comes to civic engagement. As a Seattle Google engineer
