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Howard Schultz, who sold 'public trust,' torches Seattle, Washington state on his way out
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Howard Schultz, who sold 'public trust,' torches Seattle, Washington state on his way out

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SEATTLE — Former Starbucks CEO and Chairman Howard Schultz, who once sold the NBA’s Seattle Sonics to an out-of-town ownership group and has scarcely been seen in the city since, is moving to Florida and torching state and local leaders as he packs up his moving van. In a sharply worded new Wall Street Journal opinion piece , Schultz argues the region has become increasingly hostile to the businesses that helped fuel its economic rise. RELATED: Howard Schultz to leave Seattle as business community bristles over income tax In the essay titled “Seattle Turns Hostile to the Great Businesses It Made,” Schultz warned that Seattle risks economic decline if leaders continue pursuing what he described as anti-business policies centered on higher taxes and rhetoric that “demonize businesses.” “Seattle’s mayor, Katie Wilson, has chosen to cast business as a foil rather than a partner,” Schultz wrote.…

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