Letter to the Editor: Planning commission’s’ vote on the ‘PW Digital Gateway’ was a sham. Throw the bums out. – Prince William Times

LETTER: Planning commission’s’ vote on the ‘PW Digital Gateway’ was a sham. Throw the bums out. | Opinion | princewilliamtimes.com Sep 25, 2022 If you didn’t attend or tune into the Sept. 14 Planning Commission public hearing on the Prince William Digital Gateway, you missed Read More …

Data Center Cons – Letter: Mayor’s office, Industrial Dev. Board, Franklin, Tennessee

Date: September 14, 2022 at 5:15:37 PM EDT Subject: Data Center Cons The Franklin County Commission denied rezoning for (1) commercial solar farms and (2) data centers within the last year.  Our County Commissioners LISTENED to the community.  Neighbors not wanting to hear “buzzing” sounds, Read More …

Opinion: Do we really want an ‘outer beltway’ in Prince William? – Prince William Times

GUEST OPINION: Do we really want an ‘outer beltway’ in Prince William? | Opinion | princewilliamtimes.com By Stewart Schwartz Sep 17, 2022 If Prince William County officials approve the proposed “Digital Gateway” data center megaplex in the county’s “rural crescent” in western Prince William, the Read More …

Bull Run Observer: Cart before the horse?  Trio of civic leaders urges pertinent studies, then land use decisions, then updating 2040 Comprehensive Plan before a Digital Gateway decision – Letter

Cart before the horse?  Trio of civic leaders urges pertinent studies, then land use decisions, then updating 2040 Comprehensive Plan before a Digital Gateway decision September 16, 2022 To PWC Planning Commissioners: This letter is in reference to CPA 2021-00004, PW Digital Gateway.  We urge Read More …

Bull Run Observer – Resident alleges “atrocious process” used by PWC to ‘review’ the Prince William Digital Gateway proposal – Letter to Editor

Resident alleges “atrocious process” used by PWC to ‘review’ the Prince William Digital Gateway proposal September 16, 2022 To the Editor: While the fate of the Prince William Digital Gateway proposal is still undecided, one thing isn’t.  That’s the verdict on the atrocious process employed Read More …

Vida Carroll: PAY ATTENTION TO THE 2040 COMP PLAN UPDATE

Rally-Press Conference Presentation – Before BOCS meeting:  092022 Hello Prince William!! Thank you, to Elena, Karen, and the Coalition for organizing this event and inviting me to speak. My name is Vida Carroll, and I live in the Brentsville District. I’m a wife, a mom, Read More …

Bull Run Observer: Petition drives continue on attempts to recall Gainesville Supervisor and Chair of PWC Board of Supervisors

The Coalition is continuing to collect signatures for both the Candland and Wheeler recall petitions. ———————————————————– By E. Bruce Davis September 16, 2022 Elena Schlossberg, executive director of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County, recently reported that the citizens organization has obtained the required Read More …

QTS – Compass “Applicant” Digital Gateway CPA Changes 090922

DEMOCRACY DIES IN DARKNESS – SEE THIS TRUTH! (Below)   Sept. 9, 2022 letter from QTS-Compass – added by Planning Commissioner Brown to her motion to approve/recommend the Digital Gateway application to the Board of Supervisors. This was done by your County Planning Commission on 9/15/22 between Read More …

Stand Up to Corruption – Stop the Destruction

September 13 – Rally September 14 – Planning Commission Digital Gateway vote The Coalition wants the entire Prince William County community to understand the totality of the changes that are proposed – countywide. We recognize that data center proliferation, their associated impacts and massive energy Read More …

Do all the local, regional, state and national conservation organizations have it wrong?

Go to GrowSmartPW.org for the full list of environmental and preservation organizations opposed to extensive development throughout the rural area. “We are everywhere there are crowds, the [livestock section] being just one of many locations. When we first started doing this it was more persuasion, but Read More …

Oh yeah – Things are definitely heating up around here!

Thanks to the hard work of volunteers throughout the county, and those of you who have already mailed in your recall petition signatures, here is this week’s count: Ann Wheeler – 2,523   (last week 1,638) Pete Candland – 1,320   (last week 1,063) Wheeler Recall Petition Candland Read More …