The Rod Martin Report

The Rod Martin Report

Share this post

The Rod Martin Report
The Rod Martin Report
An Aging Hippie Meets Reality
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
Geopolitics, Tech & Markets

An Aging Hippie Meets Reality

The left has no limits on its desire to take.

Rod D. Martin's avatar
Rod D. Martin
Jun 08, 2011
∙ Paid

Share this post

The Rod Martin Report
The Rod Martin Report
An Aging Hippie Meets Reality
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
Share

by Rod D. Martin
June 8, 2011

Okay, I hate to refer to the great Steve Jobs as "an aging hippie", but it is what it is, and after all, this is a man who put Al Gore on his board.

So it was pretty amusing to see this tidbit buried in a story about Apple's planned new campus in Cupertino.

One of the city councilors asked what the citizens of Cupertino would get from the new campus, and in particular brought up a free Wi-Fi network, like Google offers in Mountain View. Steve responded that Apple was the largest taxpayer in Cupertino and he felt that the tax benefits to having a company like Apple in Cupertino was benefit enough and the city should be providing a service like that.

"If we can get out of paying taxes, we would be glad to provide free Wi-Fi."

Story is here.  It's pretty sweet (on its own merits).

This post is for paid subscribers

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Rod D. Martin
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share

Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More