Del. Bob Marshall: It’s All For The Money

It’s All for the Money Virginia’s State Corporation Commission has made the case for a constitutional lawsuit against itself, Amazon and Dominion Power by their approval of two electric transmission routes (Railroad and Carver Road) to serve Jeff Bezos’s Amazon Haymarket data center, and their Read More …

Richmond Times-Dispatch Letter to Editor: Decision on power lines was unfair

Editor, Times-Dispatch:  The State Corporation Commission’s hearing examiner recently recommended approval of the above-ground Carver Road alternative power lines for the Amazon data center project in Haymarket. This recommended route parallels Route 29 from Gainesville before cutting through neighborhoods and woodlands to swing north toward Read More …

Richmond Times-Dispatch Letter to Editor: Power lines would endanger community

Editor, Times-Dispatch:  The State Corporation Commission holds the future of our community in its hands. My husband and I, as well as many other families, chose to build our home in an area surrounded by conservation land. Originally, this seemed to be the ideal neighborhood Read More …

Richmond Times-Dispatch Letter to Editor: Power Lines Don’t Belong on Carver

Editor, Times-Dispatch:  I am opposed to the proposed power lines that would be placed on Carver Road in Gainesville. Carver Road is a historically African-American neighborhood (one of the last in the area). The neighborhood has been home to working-class citizens for generations. Building power Read More …