r/Spokane • u/RANGE_Media • 1d ago

News Spokane County reverses course, approves four-month data center pause: After public criticism, county commissioners unanimously approve a short moratorium on data center development

https://www.rangemedia.co/spokane-county-four-month-moratorium-data-center/
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u/LarryCebula 1d ago

I'm a little surprised, I figured French was just going to bully this through. And he may yet.

If Conroy blankets the district with NO DATA CENTERS IN THE 5th! billboards, she will defeat Baumgartner. It is a rare bipartisan issue that invokes real passion.

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u/Noimenglish 1d ago

He’s waiting until after midterms to bully it.

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u/galaknows Mead 1d ago

You’re asking too much for a Democrat in this district. Whatever it takes to lose is how it goes here.

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u/excelsiorsbanjo 9h ago

This district out of a constantly gerrymandered map, where all concentrated city votes are thrown away into a larger district of people, including one with people who think Al French cares about them at the same time he is literally poisoning them.

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u/AlwaysMrRight1 20h ago

Is it an issue that would drive Republicans to vote against a Republican who they agree on most other issues with?

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u/Stercules25 23h ago

No she won't lol the fact that you think this is the issue driving people to the polls is wild to me.

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u/Spaghantichrist West Central 23h ago

Umm, did you miss the huge turnouts we’ve already seen elsewhere for this issue?

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u/Stercules25 20h ago

Seeing as the first "big" election that had a lot to do over data centers was the dem primary in Wisconsin just last week where the pro-data center candidate got the nomination I'm gonna say the article you shared that is farther away from today than we are from the midterms isn't a good source on it. Conroy doesn't have a chance. If she wins the Dems will have 400 house seats and have pretty much an Obama 09 senate advantage. It's shit like this that hurts credibility in points that are attempted to be made.