Charles Crittenden

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Charles Crittenden1 month ago Those of us in STL have heard this all before. Some great project is going to come in and fix all of our problems without the city government having to acknowledge or fix any of them themselves. Take a look around the country at the impacts the massive data centers have on the surrounding areas, the environmental impacts, and the general consensus in our city that this isnt what we want the focus to be. Our utilities are falling apart, the streets are a mess, and north city is still recovering from the tornado last year. For those of you in Oldenburg’s ward, know that he supports this data centers saying “There is zero evidence that residual power rates will go up.” Be sure to remember that when it is time to vote. Find out how your alderperson feels about this and vote accordingly.And lastly the city doesn’t even have the resources to tow cars or enforce parking tickets to massive repeat offenders, and you think you’re going to be able to handle checking their regulations without being able to ensure the person checking them also isn’t in the data center company’s pocket?Just admit you made a mistake, and fix it. Focus on the city and what we want. At least put it up for a city-wide vote without assuming that you know what we want and what is best for us.

Charles Crittenden8 months ago I am highly concerned about the city potentially allowing the development of the armory data center(s) to go through.Our power bills are already sky high, our water runs the risk of contamination, the jobs it supplies would all be outsiders, and the pollution and noise pollution in that area would get worse. After the debacle with falling for the rams owners and their promises to the city, we can not let another out of city developer pollute this city. Let’s take a page out of St. Charles’ book and keep them out. I dont know what power or sway we have in any of these discussions, but I am sure if this sort of thing was on the ballot, the majority of the city would vote against it.I know my alderman is in support of it and did not want to hear a differing opinion.We will not come out ahead no matter how the techworld tries to spin it. There is no boost in local economy from something like this. We just got the city foundry to be a destination. Adding this is a terrible idea when it could be turned into anything else that has long term investment in the area and future. At the very least put it up for a public vote.