LETTER: Pre-stated “findings” invalidate data center land report
June 16, 2022
The
County has posted a Targeted Industry Land Needs Analysis from Camoin
Associates on its Prince William Digital Gateway website. The County hopelessly prejudiced this report
with its own pre-conceived and disproven premises. The scope of work provided
to the prospective contractor stated: “The Department of Economic Development
calculates that as of July 30, 2021, there were approximately 90 to 830 acres
of market viable land remained in the DCOZ that can be developed for data
centers.”
I
wonder if whoever was soliciting this “study” thought they were playing
Jeopardy when they gave the contractor their desired answer before asking the
question. The resulting report contains tainted
information, packaged at taxpayer expense, and presented to the public as
independent analysis designed to bolster bankrupt arguments for unnecessary
development.
On
May 27th, I asked Chair Ann Wheeler to explain the improper solicitation of
this report. How can the County claim to
be objectively studying this issue when its biases are clearly apparent and
public input is treated as an annoyance to be suffered through? There has
been no feedback provided from community engagement meetings and future project
milestones are undermined by the promotion of this sham report.
The
Department of Economic Development, which requested the Camoin report, has
advocated for this project from the outset and its obvious “finger on the
scale” should disqualify it as a source of trustworthy information.
How
many more curveballs like this must our citizens fight off? The deception is failing. Try truth for a change.
Bill
Wright
Gainesville
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