There is an old adage in politics that you just have to follow the money to find the truth. The money flowing into Prince William County from some of the wealthiest multi-national corporations on the globe is unprecedented, and it has exposed the ugly underbelly of how money corrupts public officials and community leaders. Gainesville District Supervisor Pete Candland, who had previously pledged he would fight "tooth and nail" against the destruction of the Rural Crescent by developers to protect the families who elected him to office, has come under fire from his constituents because he set aside his commitment to them to sign a contract with data center operators for somewhere between $5 to $10 million for his lot. County Chair Ann Wheeler, immediately after getting elected, started making large investments into data centers and companies that supply them to take advantage of the data center boom that she knew was being proposed as a "target industry" by county st...
Comments
Post a Comment