Shouldn’t be any kind of bad publicity. A total of 34 states have laws requesting or requiring voters to show some form of identification at the polls, all of which are in force in 2018. North Carolina is not at odds with the rest of the United States.
What matters is that those laws are at odds with the politics of people who work at Apple (and who Apple want to work for them).
Apple has a Huge office in Texas. I think they will be fine.
I can predict with 100 percent confidence that all apple products will be more expensive next year, just like the last few years. Take that to the bank.
Generally, statements without sources or basis are lightly discouraged FYI. Mind sharing your rationale? It helps spark smarter conversation rather than flame wars.
The very worst outcome of the vote was avoided with regard to what we presume is Apple’s concerns. Stripping power from the Governor went down in flames, and the GOP lost their veto-proof majority. Those are good signs.
Also, Wake bonds were approved for schools and different infrastructure projects in the communities in the county.
Finally, the Republican Sheriff lost over (possibly) how he dealt with immigrant issues under his charge.
Voter ID is in place in half of the states in one form or the other including VA and TX. My point was publicity. An announcement right after a state has passed voter ID has a risk of a publicity problem versus in a state that had it all along (and people forgot) - remember advocacy group Color of Change ads in newspapers in Bay area and Seattle discouraging them to consider Raleigh
Overall I agree with John that the outcome from mid terms is rather positive in our quest for apple
Good morning Leo,
Our company buys over a mil in apple stuff every year, it never goes down. Along with many other manufacturers.
I dont see it as a negative comment because it’s actually worth the money. We love the products and that’s why we stick with them year after year.
Us Brits humor is always a challenge, lol.
I think the outcome of midterms does absolutely nothing in our quest for apple. Not much has changed really if you get right down to it.
Well, not defending him, but Apple products have historically increased in price every year. that is why the iphone XS Max is 1499.
Oh sure. I whole-heartedly agree. Apple probably knows that they don’t want to be in the business of building products that appeals to the cheapest consumers. “race to the bottom” as they say. Not a good business model to be in, I think. I appreciate their approach and would welcome them to Triangle to be honest. (versus Amazon’s race to be the cheapest online retailer out there)
While Apple is in Austin, North Carolina’s attempt at voter ID historically has been vastly more discriminatory (as evidenced by court rulings) and has created a very negative perception about the state of North Carolina ideology…which unfortunately is being tainted daily by our illustrious legislature.
Part of me just wants to know about Apple (and get confirmation about Amazon) so we can either celebrate or move on.
I’ll give that a double Amen Amen!
Triple that Amen.
Looks like NoVa may steal Apple from us.
The way that article’s written makes it seem like a lot of hype without any evidence…
From the only substantial sentence in the article: Though the Loudoun [County] option remains, [Tysons Reporter is] told that Apple is looking “seriously” at Fairfax County.
That’s the exact same situation that we’re in (and it’s not surprising to see other cities being stuck in this limbo, as well).
If I may politely challenge former U.S. Representative from Florida Allen West’s premises for just a minute, neither California nor New York nor New Jersey is losing population. California is actually still growing faster than the U.S. population as a whole. I’m also not sure what the evidence is that any of these states are losing business in the aggregate. Individual businesses and people move all the time, of course, for all kinds of reasons, but overall each of these states is seeing continued growth.
If you look at changes in U.S. population since 2010, there’s very little correlation between politics and a state’s overall growth. The District of Columbia, no bastion of conservatism, has had more growth than any U.S. state. West Virginia has seen the biggest decrease. The strongest correlation is simply that people are moving from cold-weather states to warm-weather states.
And statewide figures can conceal a lot of variation within states because of the country’s continuing urbanization. North Carolina has seen a lot of growth in the last ten years, but much of it has been to Wake and Mecklenburg counties, while there are other more rural areas that are experiencing population loss. Growth in Pennsylvania has been soft as rural counties depopulate, but Philadelphia has seen a growth surge since 2010. And so on and so on.
Forbes is making it seem we are still the front runner for Apple. We will know soon enough.