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Seattle\u2019s lefty Mayor Katie Wilson admitted she was wrong to slam Starbucks and push for a boycott of the mega-coffee chain birthed in the Pacific City.<\/p>\n

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Wilson, 43, issued a terse mea culpa to the New York Times this week as questions swirl about whether the liberal Northwest city can attract and retain businesses, including Starbucks, which recently chose to expand its footprint in Tennessee.<\/p>\n

The democratic socialist made waves last fall when she joined a barista union rally as mayor-elect and expressed her disgust with one of Seattle\u2019s most recognizable businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not buying Starbucks, and you should not either,\u201d she whined in November, according to KUOW.<\/p>\n

But several months later, Wilson appeared to walk back her statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose comments were not productive in the sense that they caused more harm than good,\u201d\u00a0she told the New York Times.<\/p>\n

Wilson also told the outlet she\u2019s aware that everything she says could be used as possible anti-business missives, and she needs to have a \u201cmultidimensional relationship\u201d with corporations like the coffee giant.<\/p>\n

Starbucks recently revealed it was going to build a 2,000-person corporate office in Nashville, which fueled concern that the business could leave its hometown high and dry.<\/p>\n

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Seattle City Council Member Rob Saka told the Times he is \u201cgravely concerned\u201d about the loss of business.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is real,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Wilson insisted this week that her office and Starbucks have a good relationship, and the snub in favor of Nashville was not a surprise, the outlet reported. Starbucks was also a sponsor for a new tiny house homeless shelter that was announced earlier this month, according to KOMO.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI want them here, and I believe they want to be here,\u201d the mayor said.<\/p>\n

Starbucks noted the plan for Nashville was an effort to expand in other parts of the country, the Times reported.<\/p>\n

Wilson has also taken aim at the ultra-rich during her brief stint in office, including controversial remarks last month. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think the claims that millionaires are going to leave our state are, like, super overblown. And if \u2014 the ones that leave, like, bye,\u201d she said\u00a0at a forum at Seattle University.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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