Rick Perry: Amazon decision wasn’t the right one

Published February 11, 2011 5:00am ET



Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, told The Examiner in an exclusive interview that Amazon’s decision to leave the state was a result of a wrong decision by the state comptroller, and that he will work with legislators to make sure Amazon can stay.

“That is a problem and I would suggest to you that we need to look at that decision that our comptroller made,” he said. “The comptroller made that decision independently. I would tell you from my perspective that’s not the decision I would have made.”

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