County Historical Commissioner calls PW Digital Gateway "an atrocious atrocity” and “a rape of Prince William County”

 

It's difficult to conjure up a stranger story that what is playing out in the Board Chambers of the McCoart Building where the Board of County Supervisors (BOCS) appear to be ready to ram through approval of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA) that will empower the destruction of more than 2,100 acres of the most precious historical land in America.

While the BOCS has assumed the mantle of being the "applicants" -- and why not since the best attorneys money can buy and a slick PR firm pumping out nearly daily propaganda are promoting the destruction -- the appointees of the BOCS on the County Historical Commission have stayed true to their oath to defend citizens of the County are standing up to some of the wealthiest multi-national companies on the planet.

One of the strange elements of the vote that played out -- and it was unanimous -- on the Historical Commission was the warning issued by the Occoquan Commissioner:

Commissioner Jim Burgess, who represents the Occoquan District, called the Gateway “an atrocious atrocity” and “a rape of Prince William County.”

Burgess is the appointee of Occoquan Supervisor Kenny Boddye, and if you close your eyes and just listen you would think that Commissioner Burgess' statement was actually mirroring the statement made by then-candidate Kenny Boddye. Boddye promised to protect and defend the Rural Crescent during his campaign.

But the lawyers representing the data centers who want to "rape" the County are publicly claiming they have Boddye in their hip pocket.

Not a great look for Supervisor Boddye if true.

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