Breaking up is hard ‐ especially if you’re a city trying to break up with a bank.

Especially if the other banks aren’t all that interested in dating you...
You're just not that popular, Seattle.
The city council resolved to find a new financial institution before ending the Wells Fargo contract at the end of 2018. But this week, City Finance Director Glen Lee gave them an update on the search for a bank.
We screwed up
"The reality is, none wanted to participate and bid for our services, and given the time it takes to shift to a new service, we felt it was prudent for the city to move forward," Lee said.

The crowd erupted in cheers and chanted "water is life" when the council unanimously passed the measure, which directs officials to end the city’s contract with the San Francisco-based bank once it expires in 2018 and not to make new investments in Wells Fargo securities for three years.
How'd that work out for ya?
"The example that we have set today can become a an example of stupidity beacon of hope" for activists across the country, said Councilmember Kshama Sawant, who co-sponsored the legislation...
"You have been a city setting the example to the world and I look to you to do that now," Olivia One Feather, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, told the council. "When big cities such as this do the right thing, it sparks hope in the world."
It depends on your definition of "right thing".