Elon Musk obtained invitations to maneuver the social media platform’s HQ from California to Texas or Florida. Governor Greg Abbott from Texas and Mayor Lenny Curry from Jacksonville, Florida, offered their arguments to Elon Musk through Twitter.
Gov. Abbot argued that Musk’s different firms have already got a base in Texas. “Convey Twitter to Texas to affix Tesla, SpaceX & the Boring firm,” he tweeted on Tuesday, April 26.
The Texas Governor was a key determine when Tesla was on the lookout for one other gigafactory website a number of years in the past. Again in Might 2020, Abbot tweeted that Musk would save billions in taxes if Tesla moved its headquarters to Nevada or Texas.
Now, the Lone Star state is the house to Tesla’s new headquarters in Austin. Elon Musk has additionally moved to Texas, alongside together with his different companies, together with the Boring Firm.
One other notable determine vying for Twitter’s HQ is Mayor Lenny Curry from Jacksonville, FL. He highlighted Jacksonville’s strengths and benefits over the opposite states who welcomed Twitter.
“Mayor right here. We’re a haven for tech expertise with the third largest month-to-month tech job progress within the US, outranking LA, Houston & Miami. We’re dwelling to @FIS and @Dnbsmlbusiness and the state’s 1st Fintech Academy. I’m with @JimmyPatronis transfer the @Twitter HQ to Jax!” Curry tweeted.
Lenny additionally prolonged an invitation to maneuver Tesla’s HQ to Jacksonville in 2020. The Mayor informed Elon Musk that Tesla might “open instantly” if he selected Jacksonville.
Elon Musk has overtly mulled over what to do with Twitter’s HQ. Earlier this month, he tweeted a ballot asking folks whether or not Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters needs to be became a homeless shelter. He famous that nobody confirmed up on the headquarters.
Surprisingly, Jeff Bezos provided his ideas on the topic. The Amazon pioneer urged that Twitter flip solely part of its HQ right into a homeless shelter. Bezos famous that it will additionally make it simpler for workers to volunteer. Elon Musk replied to Bezos, supporting the concept.
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