Governor Spanberger’s executive order for “Virginia’s Data Center Accountability Framework” left some of us hopeful that the public outcry concerning secretive and exploitative development deals had been attended to. I… Read more Vampire Pimps: The Virginia Energy Plan’s Green Vandalism →
When I recently gave a presentation on the “P3 Pipeline”–the hierarchy of “public-private partnerships” that quietly controls the Commonwealth–an audience member described it as “incestuous.” Perhaps nobody demonstrates P3 perversity… Read more Vampire Pimps: Hull, Cobb, & Corporate Voodoo →
The following were my notes for the talk I gave this weekend: If you’re interested in data centers in the Roanoke Valley, sooner or later you’ll come across Gary Larrowe.… Read more Notes for 10/3/26 SWVA DCTA Meeting →
The following is a guest post from a gentleman now retired from the DEQ: GREENFIELD WATER WATCH Streams • Tributaries • Wetlands • Greenfield Lake Citizens can help document water… Read more Greenfield Water Watch →
Botetourt County is the victim of an economic hit job. Google negotiated a deal with the county which is not only comically one sided, but sinister in its ceding of… Read more Vampire Pimps: Roanoke and the Western Virginia Regional Industrial Facilities Authority →
I have before me a paper entitled “AI Ready Roanoke.” It’s fourteen pages, but I can give you the important bits in two (scroll to the bottom for the full document). In this document, issued on August 31, 2026, the Botetourt County Economic Development Authority has just informed us that the “Roanoke region is at an inflection point.” How did we come to an inflection point? Is this a cosmic event? Chance? Or is this yet again the product of some very officious, eager-beaver, small-town vampire pimps, who would procure… Read more Vampire Pimps: “AI Ready Roanoke” →
If you attended yesterday’s Botetourt Board of Supervisors meeting, you may have heard a representative of RVARC present on a “water supply planning program” which it has been appointed by… Read more Vampire Pimps: Going Regional, Going Global →
Terry Austin’s recent letter to the editor of the Fincastle Herald recommends to Botetourt a pattern of planning and development modeled by that bastion of rural charm, Virginia Beach. Let’s pause to reflect upon that. In view of the present political temperature of the county, this suggestion is astonishing. Is this provocation, or stupidity? Let’s see if his style of communication contains any clues. His letter employs some political weasel wording which follows a pattern of manipulation that people should pay attention to. Austin’s third paragraph reads: “Given the proximity… Read more Delegate Terry Austin: A Primer on Evasive Political Flatulence →