{"id":971453,"date":"2025-11-03T11:49:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T06:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=971453"},"modified":"2025-11-03T11:49:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T06:19:29","slug":"seattle-mayor-bruce-harrell-to-two-of-the-biggest-companies-in-the-state-amazon-and-microsoft-you-have-moral-obligation-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2025\/11\/03\/seattle-mayor-bruce-harrell-to-two-of-the-biggest-companies-in-the-state-amazon-and-microsoft-you-have-moral-obligation-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell to two of the biggest companies in the state, Amazon and Microsoft: You have moral obligation to …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayor Bruce Harrell called on Seattle’s tech powerhouses, including Microsoft and Amazon, to fulfill a “moral obligation” to reinvest in the community, highlighting their massive profits during a speech at a Fremont Chamber of Commerce event late last month. “Microsoft \u2026 they made $88 billion last year \u2026 they have an obligation to give back to society, as does Amazon,” Harrell said, praising the city as a “city of innovation” and a “great launching pad” for large companies. “That\u2019s a good thing. That\u2019s not a bad thing.”<\/p>\n

According to a report in GeekWire, the remarks underscore the tightrope walk for Harrell and city leaders: leveraging the economic boost from global tech firms while tackling their impacts on housing, transportation, and local neighborhoods. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mayor Bruce Harrell called on Seattle’s tech powerhouses, including Microsoft and Amazon, to fulfill a “moral obligation” to reinvest in the community, highlighting their massive profits during a speech at a Fremont Chamber of Commerce event late last month. “Microsoft \u2026 they made $88 billion last year \u2026 they have an obligation to give back to society, as does Amazon,” Harrell said, praising the city as a “city of innovation” and a “great launching pad” for large companies. “That\u2019s a good thing. That\u2019s not a bad thing.” According to a report in GeekWire, the remarks underscore the tightrope walk for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-971453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-times-of-india","category-newspapers","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=971453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=971453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=971453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=971453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}