Thoroughfare, and other Hallowed Ground, Deserve Your Attention

Dear Neighbors, What we know:  Past behavior is a predictor of the future. Our past, our current, and our future histories are being erased unless we all get engaged to prevent this. (Send a powerful message to Compass and our county leadership – see below) Read More …

MEDIA ALERT!   Bull Run Middle School Principal Cancels QTS ‘Town Hall’

Dear Community – Below is the latest and most updated information. QTS ‘Open House’ CANCELLED BUT PLEASE – BE PREPARED FOR MORE TWISTS AND TURNS. ********************************* Media Alert “Queen Ann” Wheeler Gives Favored Contractor “Royal Treatment” Executive director says: “Wheeler won’t heed citizens. QTS pushes their Read More …

BREAKING NEWS: QTS Propaganda “Town Hall” April 18

You can’t make this stuff up! (Show up Tuesday night to protest! – see below) (Send this easy email to QTS leadership) QTS, possibly through some back channel, has been allowed last minute to plan their Digital Gateway propaganda campaign at Bull Run Middle School next Tuesday, April Read More …

Press Release: Reject Don’t Re-Elect Chair Wheeler

PRESS RELEASE   Chair Wheeler Recall Effort Shifts to “Reject Don’t Re-elect” Mode Executive director says: “Citizens want to BE SURE the next four years are without Wheeler!”  Haymarket, Virginia (March 31, 2023) – Citizens seeking to cleanse the county board of “bought and paid-for” Read More …

“History is History…  You Cannot Rescind History”

“…Pageland Lane area residents, who have signed contracts to sell their properties to data center developers involved in the PW Digital Gateway, spoke against the (county registered historic site) designations during public comment time (at the PWC Historical Commission on March 14, 2023), insisting there Read More …

Virginia’s Dirty Secret

In response to the hard reality that Dominion Energy CANNOT meet the demands of the data center electricity hogs that are currently in operation (NOT to include all those which are proposed and under consideration), the energy solution which has been proposed is running our grid on Read More …

Letter to Editor: Impact of Va’s proposed waiver of air pollution controls to allow for sustained diesel generation supply to northern Virginia Data Centers – Bristow Beat

Impact of Va’s proposed waiver of air pollution controls to allow for sustained diesel generation supply to northern Virginia Data Centers – Bristow Beat The Counsel to the National Wildlife Federation explains the dangerous of air pollution from diesel generators Posted Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Read More …

YOUR VOTE for Bob Weir on Tuesday, Feb. 21 can BLOCK Their Pay to Play

In December of 2014, the Coalition to Protect Prince William County formed to defend the Rural Crescent, farms, homes, residential communities, and small businesses from the negative impacts of data center sprawl. The Coalition feels a responsibility to the community to ensure that Gainesville district Read More …

GUEST OPINION: When it comes to controlling data center sprawl, we all play a role –

https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/opinion/guest-opinion-when-it-comes-to-controlling-data-center-sprawl-we-all-play-a-role/article_7a496ecc-ae63-11ed-9aec-e3d919c62f0f.html By Tom Gordy Feb 16, 2023 Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality is considering increasing pollution limits for about 150 data centers in Prince William, Loudoun and Fairfax counties from March to July so they can run their backup power generators in case of stress Read More …

Commentary: Building more Virginia data centers requires increased pollution controls – Virginia Mercury

https://www.virginiamercury.com/2023/02/15/building-more-virginia-data-centers-requires-increased-pollution-controls/ COMMENTARY Building more Virginia data centers requires increased pollution controls IVY MAIN FEBRUARY 15, 2023 12:08 AM        A data center in Haymarket, Virginia. (Hugh Kenny) In 2019, with Northern Virginia’s data center boom well underway, I worked with the Sierra Club to provide comments Read More …