LETTER: Still confused about the county’s role in the Prince William Digital Gateway?

 

October 13, 2022

 

On September 22nd, Chair Ann Wheeler announced her intention to delay the vote on the Prince William Digital Gateway, stating: "There seems to be a great deal of questions and confusion about the process, and I think we need to take a step back and clarify that before we move forward."

 

I rarely agree with Chair Wheeler, but I’ll endorse that assessment.

 

Much of the confusion stems from the Planning Office’s contorted explanation that the county – rather than the data center companies or the landowners - is really the “applicant” for the comprehensive plan amendment needed to move the project forward.  Huh?    

 

The whole point of the ongoing review process was that the county was supposedly scrutinizing a business proposal by private landowners to ensure it met our citizen’s best interests. If the county now calls itself the applicant, was it really in league with the landowners all along and devoting county resources over the past year just shoring up their case?  If so, who was advocating for the citizens, other than the poor souls who were left to wage an uphill fight against city hall in their spare time?


Now the vote is back on for November 1st.  Did I miss something?  How, without uttering a word, did Chair Wheeler miraculously resolve this confusion?  Mental telepathy?

 

One thing nobody should be confused about is the railroading being engineered by your county government.  Retroactively declaring themselves the applicant only further confirms they were in the tank for this project all along.  The true intent of the delay was to take our minds off their unrelenting chicanery.

 

Anybody still confused?

 

Bill Wright

Gainesville

 

 

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