The apple of temptation came to Williamson County, Texas, last week, but the county commission didn't bite. Earlier this year Apple Computer, the California-based high-tech firm, proposed to build an $80 million office complex near the town of Round Rock. The five-member county commission was delighted. The project would bring as many as 1,450 new jobs, with a potential contribution to the local economy of $300 million by the year 2000. Then the commission learned that Apple extends health benefits to the live-in partners of unmarried employees, whether straight or gay. Jobs or no jobs, that was a big snag.
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