[dragonwriter]

> I thought this worked like a stack? i.e. California gets x%, Santa Clara County gets y% and Cupertino gets z% …

To the extent that is approximately correct, the issue here is that the Apple/Cupertino deal involves Apple apparently filing false paperwork to make Cupertino rather than the actual distribution site for the particular order the bottom of the stack, and is getting kickbacks from Cupertino out of the money effectively stolen from some other jurisdiction by that false reporting.