The mayor of Shelbyville, Indiana, says only people who live in 'shitty houses' oppose data center

[highplainsdem]

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/944984/shelbyville-indiana-mayor-shitty-houses-data-center

A proposed $2 billion data center has become a political flashpoint in the small city of Shelbyville, Indiana. And the controversy has only grown more intense after the mayor, Scott Furgeson, was caught on camera saying of the “No Data Center” signs going up that, “I’ve seen a lot of these all over town, but I only see them in shitty houses,” before adding, “most of them are rentals.”

The woman speaking to him in the clip quickly pushes back, saying that they’re “working class,” and someone chimes in to add something that a mayor shouldn’t have to be told about their constituents: “it doesn’t matter whether they’re rentals, they’re still human beings.”

Residents of Shelbyville are understandably taken aback by Furgeson’s dismissive language used towards his constituents. Alexas Williams called the mayor’s words “kind of disrespectful” and “kind of hurtful” when speaking to local NBC affiliate WTHR.

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The WTHR article it linked to:

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/shelbyville-mayor-criticized-for-data-center-comments-scott-furgeson-city/531-00aff6f5-c904-44c5-a24f-dd2de2e92727

[Ray Bruns]

1. He looks like an asshole.

[Quanto Magnus]

9. and...

he's probably getting a huge kickback for allowing it to be built...

[sop]

2. I'm sure the mayor wouldn't object if they built these data centers next to all the expensive houses.

[mercuryblues]

3. As soon as people realize that

the people who live in "shitty" houses outnumber those who don't, we will see true change.

Just another republican trying to unite showing their true colors.

[Beartracks]

4. Oh, I am SURE his words were "just taken out of context."

Wow.

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[GenThePerservering]

5. "Kind of"???

This guy isn't going to be re-elected unless someone buys it.

[mwmisses4289]

6. So he won't mind if it goes in next to his neighborhood of expensive homes.

[GoodRaisin]

7. You don't see the data centers next to the billionaires houses.

Maybe they need to start sharing in the fun of having their properties ruined.

[edhopper]

8. That's why Shelbyville sucks

And Springfield is better.

[twodogsbarking]

10. The quality of a person is not measured by the value of their house.

Nor is to be decided by this twerp.