Amazon: Private sector Specter
Hilliard office holders allowed Amazon the right to drain Blatz Lake dry. In addition, $157 million of Amazon’s $183 million in Hilliard-based facilities’ value is exempt from property taxes. Coincidentally, there was a Hilliard City Schools levy on this November’s ballot seeking $91 million.
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The levy passed, preventing $10 million in staff reductions, larger class sizes, and class fees that could have increased by as much as 500 percent. The levy will cost property owners an additional $242 per $100,000 in property value per year. In a city where property taxes are already steep. Amazon can’t even be counted on to do the minimum as a “neighbor,” and pay their fair share of taxes, especially considering the few good jobs they have brought into the area. Data centers hire a skeleton crew while many Amazon delivery positions, especially during the holidays, are freelance without benefits.
