San Francisco Progressives Debate the Wi-Fi PlanBen Malleybyline‚ Mar. 30‚ 2007A discussion on the Google/Earthlink Wi-Fi proposal at Modern Times Bookstore seemed like it would be a night of progressive activists preaching to themselves about the horrors of the city’s plan – after moderator Annalee Newitz announced that not for lack of effort on her part, Google and Earthlink had both declined to send representatives. But an unexpected proponent of the city’s plan emerged. Reverend Arnold Townsend of Bayview and Balboa High School teacher George Lee both argued in favor of the plan, citing the desperate need to address the digital divide. |