Data center development agreements

Supported data centers generally but argued the council cannot vote on the agreements because Exhibit B — the site master plan that distinguishes good from polluting facilities — is blank in all three contracts.

Demanded the council delay approval until the agreements are complete and the public can review them, and asked where the asbestos-contaminated soil from the site went and whether its handling logs are available.

Positioned himself as neutral on data centers but raised moral and environmental stewardship concerns, pointing to blank legal descriptions, site plans and data center standards pages, and urged the council to slow down until state legislation sets standards.

Called the election-day hearing timing a 'corporate ambush,' criticized fee-in-lieu deals cutting tax rates for large corporations, warned about water contracts draining the system during droughts, and accused the council of rewriting rules to let AIB slip under the 65-megawatt limit.