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SpankMe

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7. I've read that this was unanimously approved by the county commissioners

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 12:16 PM

May 13

And there's video of the commissioners angrily shutting down commenters in public commission meetings and even adjourning the public meetings and going private to take votes.

There's been so little transparency in the process that there must be something we don't know about what is motivating the commissioners. They know something the citizens don't. A good journalist needs to dig this up.

Also, it's infuriating for O'Leary to claim the protesters are paid, out-of-town plants when O'Leary, Stratos and the data center itself are out-of-town entities intervening on local concerns. They can get fucked.

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