Letters to the editor
Data center questions
I am obviously confused about data centers, which are currently the subject of so much debate.
My first bit of confusion is, why do we need them? Everybody from the president to state political candidates tell us that these data centers are great and wonderful, but they never tell us what they are for.
My second bit of confusion is why do other electricity users in the area of data centers have their bills go up? I have always understood that each user pays for what they use, not for what others around them are using. If some of the cost of the electricity these centers are using is being passed on to other local consumers, that is totally wrong.
If that is what is happening, I recommend we look at who is responsible and who is profiting from this abuse of the taxpayers.
Just remember the old adage, “The answer to all of your questions, my dear, is money.” Somebody is making a killing on these data centers and is selling us down the river to do it.
Stanley Myers
Washington
Meet someone who shows up
A bit over a year ago I met a fellow who said he was thinking about running for Congress. He seemed nice, and he seemed genuinely interested in what was happening in Greene County, in what people are struggling with, but honestly, I didn’t expect to ever see him again.
Several months later I was volunteering at the food bank and the same guy showed up again. He said he had decided he would run for Congress and he wanted to know more about how things were going in Greene, what people struggled with, what they needed from their representatives. He spent the entire day working shoulder-to-shoulder with us packing boxes and loading them on trucks.
He could have just showed up for a quick photo op and disappeared. He could have just gone through the motions. But he didn’t. He showed up and he worked alongside us to help our neighbors.
His name is Alan Bradstock.
Alan is a combat veteran of the Gulf War and spent 20 years as a special agent of the FBI. He is running for Congress in the 14th District, our district. He has come to Greene many times to meet residents and learn about their needs and concerns. Seems like something a “representative” ought to do.
If you are interested in the opportunity to meet and talk to someone who would actually work to represent you in Congress, someone who shows up, someone who actually comes to Greene County to talk to the people who live here, then come meet Alan on Sept. 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Carmichaels American Legion Hall. I hope to see you there!
Karl Hursey
Waynesburg