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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the deal with data centers?  Is anyone actually planning to allow them and not block them?  And where would they even go?  Any insights?[/quote]

Glass was the first person to support a moratorium. It was narrowly defeated by a 3-2 committee vote. Jawando conveniently recently proposed a more aggressive moratorium (which Mink has been all over).[/quote]

[b]Jawando announced he was doing a bill in February. Glass introduced a bill in May.[/b] The bill that Glass introduced wouldn’t have affected Dickerson, while Jawando’s bill would.

The more important thing is that Friedson has opposed both bills during candidate forums. Friedson has received a lot of help from a super PAC funded by big tech and developers, so it’s not politically possible for him to be strong on data centers. We can’t have Friedson. It has to be Glass or Jawando. [/quote]

And that right there is why I am choosing Glass.  I want a county executive who actually does things, as opposed to saying he will do things.  Glass has a record of actually doing the work and getting bills through.  Not posturing.  [/quote]

So you preferred a flawed bill that would allow the data center at Dickerson to proceed over a bill that would stop the data center at Dickerson and have a longer moratorium? Interesting perspective. Jawando and Glass introduced their bills days apart. I’m happy that Jawando took a few more days to make sure that his bill would impact Dickerson. [/quote]

Lack of follow-through is a key flaw of Jawando. I'll bet that bill of his never makes it to law. He changes his tune depending on which way the political winds are blowing, usually choosing in ways that personally benefit himself. If Jawando wins, he will be a disaster for the county. Voted already for Glass.[/quote]

They had a hearing yesterday on both bills. How is Glass following through more than Jawando?

[b]It is also a fact that Glass’s bill as drafted did not cover Dickerson. Jawando’s bill was stronger. [/b]

Also you seem to be criticizing Jawando for listening to people and taking positions based on public input. You’d rather politicians just ram things through over the objections of the people? A lot of residents are smarter than the elected officials and that’s especially true when you get into areas that require specialized knowledge. [/quote]

Neither of these is fact.

Can you back it up at all?[/quote]

Glass’s bill literally excluded the zone that includes the Dickerson project. I take your point that he expected the ZTA to pass. That being the case, a more effective proposal would have been amending the ZTA. Jawando’s bill provides for a more comprehensive and longer moratorium than Glass’s bill did as originally drafted. Jawando’s bill is a more effective bill. Glass’s was performative. Friedson will oppose both. Vote Glass or Jawando if you care about sensible data center regulation. [/quote]

I agree a zta amendment would be better. For both Jawando and Glass. They did separate legislation so that they could say they were acting. They don't care about actual policy. Just publicity. [/quote]

The problem for both bills as amendments is that Friedson would have held the ZTA up in PHP until Dickerson got permitted. Elrich took away that problem with the permitting pause. [/quote]

acronyms?[/quote]

DP.

ZTA -- Zoning Text Amendment, a way to say, "Remember when we zoned this area for single family deta hed dwellings with certain setbacks, etc.?  Well, we know that re-[i]zoning[/i] that to get the density we want in that area now would be [i]hard[/i], so we'll just change the definition of the zoning type, itself!"

PHP -- Planning, Housing & Parks Committee, where all such things originate or are referred.  Friedson took the chair, there, with his mastermind/partner in crime until recently, NFG (Natalie Fani-González), as the second vote that could always freeze out Jawando, the third committee member, in case anything contested Friedson's actions, whether via his committee scheduling authority or otherwise.[/quote]

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