There was a small story in the political section of the News and Observer last month, noting that Raleigh City Councilor Bonner Gaylord’s twins weren’t named after Google’s founders as he had jokingly pledged to do if Raleigh was chosen as the site for their 1Gb Internet Google Fiber project.
Twins weren’t Googled
Raleigh City Councilman Bonner Gaylord is now the proud father of twin boys, who were born early this week. But no, they aren’t named after Google’s founders Larry and Sergey as Gaylord had previously promised – without consulting his wife – if she had boys and Google wired Raleigh with high-speed Internet. Google passed on the City of Oaks, so instead of Larry and Sergey, Gaylord’s sons are named Demetri and Mont. Overall, it’s bad for Raleigh, good for Gaylord’s marriage.
The problem is that Google hasn’t passed on the City of Oaks. It hasn’t passed on anybody, actually. The company has yet to make its selection.
A few days ago I left word on the N&O website, pointing out this error but the paper has not yet responded. Hopefully a correction will be printed, lest Google think the City of Oaks has written them off.
It’d almost be better if everyone thought we were out of the running… that takes away the “well… Google might do it!” argument against municipal fiber.