Abilene Texas data centre<\/p>\n
Government officials acting in secrecy or withholding key information from their constituents about important developments almost always ends badly for the people.<\/p>\n
The old saying really is true: Democracy dies in darkness<\/em>.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n That\u2019s 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\u2019s becoming apparent that the whole shebang is sold out to the big-money crowd \u2014 state, local and federal. That\u2019s called an oligarchy. Not a constitutional republic like what we\u2019re supposed to be celebrating.<\/p>\n Take the case of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, for example.<\/p>\n According to Fox 9 KMSP<\/a><\/strong> in Minneapolis, tensions ran high at the Inver Grove Heights<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n But before the council discussed those issues, it voted to adjourn the meeting, rescheduling it for Friday morning.<\/p>\n 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\u2019 demands for answers. Sorry, Mayor, but you don\u2019t get to do that if we are still living in a representative democracy, but maybe she knows something we don\u2019t. Maybe that idea only lives in our heads and has been quietly, for all practical purposes, exterminated by unseen power elites?<\/p>\n 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\u2019s arrogance is on full display.<\/p>\n