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Leo Hohmann – Leo’s Newsletter June 23, 2026
Government officials acting in secrecy or withholding key information from their constituents about important developments almost always ends badly for the people.
The old saying really is true: Democracy dies in darkness.
We long ago lost all sense of accountability from the federal government, which is now a creature of its own construction, making decisions on its own, with no connection whatsoever to the people it is supposed to answer to.
But the advent of the data center boom in America is quickly revealing that state and local officials are no less an island unto themselves, acting in secret for the benefit of the rich and powerful, and to the detriment of their constituents. Citizens are seen as nothing more than a resource to collect taxes from, and the moment they start to ask questions, they get shouted down, ignored or in some cases even treated like suspected terrorists.
That’s a dangerous place for any country to be, but especially one with a history like that which America will celebrate on its 250th anniversary on July 4th, with citizens coming to the conclusion that their interests are no longer represented at any level of government. It’s becoming apparent that the whole shebang is sold out to the big-money crowd — state, local and federal. That’s called an oligarchy. Not a constitutional republic like what we’re supposed to be celebrating.
Take the case of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, for example.
According to Fox 9 KMSP in Minneapolis, tensions ran high at the Inver Grove Heights City Council meeting on Monday night, June 22, as plans to discuss a controversial data center were derailed by an abrupt adjournment amid looks of disbelief from residents in attendance.
The meeting was set to include a vote on a moratorium on new data centers and a discussion about a proposed 54,000-square-foot data center in town.
But before the council discussed those issues, it voted to adjourn the meeting, rescheduling it for Friday morning.
The room erupted with people shouting, booing, and demanding a chance to speak. Only to be ignored by their elected officials. Mayor Brenda Dietrich left the council chambers without answering questions or addressing citizens’ demands for answers. Sorry, Mayor, but you don’t get to do that if we are still living in a representative democracy, but maybe she knows something we don’t. Maybe that idea only lives in our heads and has been quietly, for all practical purposes, exterminated by unseen power elites?
Many residents were angry, stressing that most people would be at work on Friday morning, leaving them unable to participate in the rescheduled meeting. Did that sway the mayor in her determination to shut down the meeting? Not at all. Take a look at the video below, where the mayor’s arrogance is on full display.
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This is the kind of chicanery taking place at city councils and county commissions nationwide when it comes to the barrage of new data surveillance centers.
While we are largely focused on other things, even the illusion of a government by the people, for the people, of the people, is being shattered.
When a developer comes to town proposing a massive AI data surveillance center, he automatically commands the full attention of the local government, in some cases totally calling the shots as to timetables and schedules of public hearings, the length of such hearings and any rules that might need to be broken in order to get the development passed.
Sue Gliva, a city council member at Inver Grove Heights, told Fox 9 the council ended the meeting because it received new information that was “confidential” and needed to be discussed but did not elaborate. Confidential? What ever happened to transparency in government. Who is the boss over these so-called public servants? The people who voted them into office or the wealthy investor class pushing data centers? I think we know the answer. It’s pretty clear from the video above.
The anger and feeling of betrayal that is now building in Inver Grove Heights is not very different from what I’ve seen first hand in my own community of Coweta County, Georgia, where at least six data centers have been proposed and are being ramrodded down our throats whether we want them or not. Georgia Power, the state’s biggest electric utility, is using eminent domain to take people’s land, in an attempt to create power-grid expansions that accommodate the data surveillance centers.
Below is an excerpt from the Fox 9 report regarding the situation in Inver Grove Heights.
Residents in the room voiced their frustration over the lack of public input and the abrupt ending.
“This is like the second or third time you’ve done this now. Recess the meeting,” one person said.
Another added: “There’s no community input on this before you approve a variance for our community.”
Others questioned why public comment was not allowed, saying, “We can’t figure out why we were not allowed to public comment.”
Residents left the meeting feeling unheard, with one person saying, “It ain’t right. I mean — you don’t get to talk. I don’t want to talk to you people. Get lost. Get out of my building.”
Another added: “This is a railroad job.”
What’s next:
The developer behind the proposed data center has threatened legal action if the council makes decisions using anything other than zoning laws. It remains unclear whether a moratorium would affect the proposal for that facility.
Gliva acknowledged the frustration in the room, saying, “I understand how they feel, but we have deadlines also.”
The meeting was postponed to Friday at 8 a.m., a time several residents said will make it difficult for them to attend and voice their opinions.
It is still unclear what new information the council received or how it might affect the moratorium vote or the proposed data center.
This is not an isolated case. There are political dog fights like this brewing in cities and towns and in rural outposts all over America. If you aren’t currently facing one of these data-center monstrosities trying to force its way uninvited into your community, you will likely get to share in the experience soon. Because in the eyes of our government — state, local and federal — you can never have enough data surveillance centers. Why? Because, in their eyes, all they see is money and an opportunity for more crony capitalism through back-room deals, the people and taxpayers be damned. Until these elected officials start to fear us more than they fear the developers and investors behind these projects, we will continue to be treated like the lowly slave class they currently see us as.
We need to get active, get organized and get creative. We need to pool our resources and file lawsuits. At the same time, we need to employ 24/7 non-violent strategic tactics that force our elected officials to remember who they represent. One idea I’ve been toying with is picketing in front of local officials’ private homes and businesses. Confronting them verbally with tough questions whenever they come out of their houses, shops and safe spaces. Make life difficult and make accountability inescapable, all within the law and our First Amendment rights of course. They should not be able to shirk their responsibility and oaths of office simply with a show of hands inside the comfort of an air-conditioned council chambers and go home to sleep easy as if nothing they’ve done was abnormal or a violation of their oath to represent the taxpaying public. Let’s make it real for them. Because if we lose at the local level, we can forget about ever reclaiming the state and national levels.
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SPIRITUALITY AND VEGETARIANISM”
Is it necessary ? ( word count 1000 )
One of the biggest questions that puzzles those seeking to lead a spiritual life,
Is the problem of eating animals.
There are those who believe in the often quoted saying of Jesus that, “ it is not what goes into a mans mouth that defiles him, but what comes out “
One could further say that Christ recruited from non-vegetarian fishermen, but the only mention of meat in the bible, did not refer to animal flesh, as meat in ancient Greek meant any solid food.
Remember Jesus was an Essene, and they were an ascetic sect who were not only vegetarian, but also taught reincarnation, and not transmigration as has been clamed in recent books.
This argument over vegetarianism has come up many times over the years , and has been tackled by occult authors Dion Fortune and Lobsang Rampa who both thought it made little difference.
But their studies were carried out in the 1930s and the late 50s, and even last year the subject was handled very badly by the lowbrow mediums newspaper “psychic news”
Recent tests by top universities in Britain found that by running the Bible through a bank of computers it was possible to detect that many alterations had crept in as most scholars accepted over the centuries, so the present bible is not the original bible and today’s Christians are far from the original Christians.
Most versions and this is from the revised standard version say in genesis 1;29 ““behold I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit, you shall have them for food”
This goes on to declare in Genesis1;30 that no beast would prey on another, and flesh was an unlawful food, until after the flood when god is alleged to have said to Noah,
“The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth,
unto your hand they are delivered, every moving thing that lives shall be food for you and as I gave you in Genesis 1;29 the green plants, I give you everything, only you shall not eat the flesh with its life, that is its blood Gen, 9;2- 4
both flesh eaters and vegetarians use this passage to bolster their beliefs, but it is impossible to eat meat without consuming the blood it contains,
its conclusions are obvious.
The British Medical Journal, among other medical periodicals, claim that 60% of all deaths in Britain are cardio-vascular related, and the next biggest killer Cancer, are both heavily linked to saturated fats consumption from meat..
The scholar Empedocles, summed up ecclesial thinking around the time of the early bible when he said ”the original sin was the killing and eating of gods animals”
The root problem is that world wide wherever animals are reared for their flesh, there is cruelty and abuse, factory farms with forced feeding and mass medication are just one instance.
St. Francis of Assisi is recognised as one of Christianities holiest saints and he was a vegetarian hermit.
Recent problems such as the B.S.E crisis, foot and mouth disease, the Stilbesterol scandal, and others that our government suppressed from us, show that spirituality could not be aligned to such a cruel and exploitative industry.
The Bhagavad-Gita Gita 9;26 also states, “if one offers me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water I will accept it”.
This passage infers that god would not accept offerings of flesh, eggs or fish,
yet they do accept milk.
We read in chapter 17 of the Bhagavatam a fight between two kings over animal cruelty,
Although the story can be seen in a figurative way, showing that this is the age of Kali or slaughter, a deeper meaning is visible to scholars suggesting that non harm or “Ahimsa” is most necessary for spiritual progression.
The commandment thou shalt not kill, is regularly fobbed off among Christians as meaning the killing of humans,
If this was the case the commandment would read “thou shalt not commit murder”
A “kill” always refers to an animal.
Christians also say Christ came to redeem humans not animals, yet there is no scriptural basis for this claim, and in fact all versions of the biblical record agree that Christ believed “all life is sacred” and to “love thy neighbour”
are not animals also our neighbours ?
Many Christian scholars claim animals have no souls and are lesser creatures,
This may in part explain why animal cruelty is highest in Christian countries.
But Christ came primarily for the Jews, it was only by altering the doctrines to suit Roman tastes that ensured Christianities survival, and roman Christianity was imposed on England in 664A.D at the Synod of Witby, strangely this site is now a shrine to vampirism, ! however, early Christians maintained god had entrusted animals to our care and we would be judged on how we cared for others.
This is echoed in the holy Koran, every verse bar one starts with the words,
“Allah is merciful and compassionate”
and the prophet himself said ” whoever is kind to animals is kind to god”
A growing tradition of rejecting meat has been gaining ground for a variety of reasons, around the Islamic world.
So we have a tradition in each major world religion where flesh eating is condemned
Except Christianity, but even here many enlightened folk are returning to the original Christian vegetarian concepts, such as in the Seventh day Adventists, and health surveys show a remarkable improvement among their followers.
Certainly studies show vegetarianism does increase sensitivity and spiritual awareness, this is on record with training both motor racing teams and the intelligence services.
The Greek gospels of Thomas particularly, and Philip, say that Christ was, as many scholars have always said, a vegetarian,
and if it was good enough for him, maybe it should be good enough for us.
The disconnect here is that the “citizens” seem to believe these “meetings” are there for them to give some sort of command to their overseers. Like the “surgeries” they have with “mps”, they only turn up because they’re still (for whatever reason) trying to keep up the idea that you have some kind of right to be alive on their planet.
The one and only thing worth doing at such a meeting it to use a knife or a gun on them. Then go to their homes and take out everyone there. What’s the point in yapping at your jailor?
The economic and environmental impact of these monstrosities are unsustainable so they will not sustain. They’ll build them but it’s a matter of how long they’ll be useful before they’re abandoned. 3 to 5 years? 10, maybe. In some cases the heat they generate will cause the fire that burns them down, and it wouldn’t need to burn the whole place down to make the repair costs uneconomical.
Democracy invites worthless shitheads void of merit, but loaded with narcissisms. The simple answer is: WAKE THE HELL UP AND UNITE against the “legal” bull-shit-show referred to as legislators, local courts and municipalities, it is all the same cyst. We need Rupert like LEADERS in place, not worthless starmer like dipshits.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, get it through your head that the commercial “legal” system, is code, rule and regulation AND NOT LAW of the land or people. Learn what Equity Jurisprudence is and and new dimension of thinking will occur in your mind.
Happy to say that our local twp just passed a no AI center law, but we’re getting a development down the street. These people have my sympathy, their nightmare is just starting. They should insist on greedn energy and cooling, that’ll learn em. Besides, the hype smells just like it.
Used to see herds of deer, turkeys, even a peacock. Now, just footings, big piles of dirt. But this is NJ., where nobody likes us, and we don’t care…
We know that national and state governments are corrupt, and there hasnt been a legitimate election there for generations.
Loca governments all bein rum by Freemasons, what are the chances of them being on the level?
“Local,” and “run.”
I must add that even years ago when my Dad was a mason, and I thought it was a joke, having grown up with Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble, and The Loyal Order of Water Buffalos, masonic cops and school officials, were corrupt, though they probably perceived it as “group loyalty.”
It’s typical communist behavior to disdain the people who support them only to be the first ones to suffer at commie hands.
RE: Mayor Brenda Dietrich:
—Elected Nov. 2024.
—Won by 75% of the Vote.
FaceBook:
https://www.facebook.com/BrendaDietrich4CityCouncil/
The town’s population is approx 35,000.
It is in Minnesota (a very corrupt state).
Mayor looks like a MAN….check out “her” physique … even just her face.
She claims to be Married…yet can’t find many details about her “spouse”
Council has (3) Women / (2) Men.
My guess?
…..is she is a quasi- Manchurian Candidate.
She was planted to be beholden to Wealthy and Powerful interests(such as Data Farms).
She is less than (2) years into her (4) year term as Mayor..
Lots of time to do more dirty tricks.
Large area/ small population = Prime for land to be used/stolen for Data Farms etc.etc.with dirty deals with the backing of a corrupt City council.
FINALLY …
…when I see NON (White ) Males in office , especially females as Mayors or Governors…it often doesn’t have a happy ending…. as with few exceptions they seem to go full – on Dictators , Commies as well as incompetent and Super WOKE.
@ PETER JENKINS
the stoneage peopls before adam eva abraham moses
had to hunt fat + protein rich animals on the northern
globe ! why did god not build a big wall around the
northern globe to prevent that the megalithic people
go + settle in the north ? do you plead that Eskimos
have to change to vegetarism ? in hinduism even
animals have souls . so if they get killed they rise
their positive karma . surely only perverteds enjoy
killing of any creature .