By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News

(CHICAGO) Governor Bruce Rauner is reacting to Chicago making the list of 20 finalists for Amazon’s second headquarters but some suggest it includes a negative spin.

Rauner talks up our tech sector advantages but he just can’t resist saying “Gotta keep in mind, Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, knows how bad taxes are here. The State of Washington where they’re comin’ from does not have an income tax. I think we’ll have a better case to make if we show we’re disciplined about our own taxes, that we’ve worked to keep our taxes low, to keep our taxes down. If we make progress on this, this will send a great message to Amazon that Illinois is not always just raising taxes with a corrupt system. So I hope we can make changes. It’ll help us bring Amazon here.”

It’s the kind of talk that drives Mayor Emanuel crazy.

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