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EPISODE · Aug 22, 2026 · 23 MIN

Former Amazon Chief Moves Startup HQ To Texas — Katie Wilson's Seattle Is Why

from News For Reasonable People · host Sean Reynolds

Dave Clark — former Amazon operations chief and co-founder of supply chain startup Augur — has officially moved his company's headquarters to Round Rock, Texas, and he's not being quiet about why. Engineering stays in Bellevue, but the decision-making center is gone, and Clark's notes for Seattle's leadership are as pointed as the policy failures that drove the move.This isn't a one-off. Katie Wilson and Seattle's progressive machine have built an environment where taxes punish success, housing policy guarantees shortages, and business flight is the rational response. The millionaire's tax, junk-fee bans, and a city government more interested in ideological positioning than economic reality have turned one of the country's most dynamic tech corridors into a cautionary tale.Clark joins a growing list of founders and executives choosing Texas over the Pacific Northwest's regulatory chokehold. The engineering jobs remain for now, but the signal is unmistakable: Seattle is losing the competition for business headquarters, and no amount of progressive policy escalation is closing the gap.Subscribe to @reasonablenews for daily coverage of the stories Seattle media won't touch.#NFRP #Seattle #Texas𝗚𝗢 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗨𝗠 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘+ 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦 🌟https://ReasonableTV.com/🛍️ 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗛 - https://Store.ReasonableTV.com/💬 𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡 our 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 Discord Community! Share stories, chat with fellow enthusiasts, and stay in the loop: https://discord.com/invite/uJGWFpgDcY👍🏼 𝗦𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗛 that 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 button & 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗘 for daily videos that dive into the latest news! https://youtube.com/c/NewsForReasonablePeople𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗬 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗗:🔗 Rumble - https://Rumble.com/c/NewsForReasonablePeople🔗 Facebook - https://www.Facebook.com/NewsForReasonablePeople🔗 iTunes - https://Apple.co/2MkFziJ🔗 Spotify - https://Spoti.fi/2Dh8EoL

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