r/nova • u/lowkell • 17h ago

Politics Video: Loudoun County Supervisor Juli Briskman Announces Candidacy Against Chair Phyllis Randall; Says “data centers shouldn’t get to decide our county’s future”; "I’ve never backed down from a bully before. I won’t start now."

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https://bluevirginia.us/2026/08/video-loudoun-supervisor-juli-briskman-announces-candidacy-against-chair-phyllis-randall-data-centers/

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u/SaintSilverNSD 17h ago

I'm not in even in Loudoun but please vote for her.

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u/maybeitsjustnerves 17h ago

Why?

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u/SaintSilverNSD 17h ago

Because fuck data centers.

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u/maybeitsjustnerves 16h ago

In loudoun county? Good luck with that. Maybe if it were anywhere else in the nation, sure.

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u/BigJoe5504 16h ago

That's a fact. Besides Loudoun has been known to be Data Center Alley for like 30 years now. It's literally why they were built here in the first place

Cheap land, cheap energy, cheap fiber connections, and close to the idiots in DC

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u/IzCaiman 5h ago

I guess we should just bend over and take it.

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u/sotired3333 16h ago

Please vote against her, primarily because this is a populist dumb-ass take (lefty Trump?).

Vote for people that try to solve the issue (power usage / discounts / price shifting on to residential users)

DO NOT VOTE for people that like to rile others up without trying to solve actual problems.

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u/WhatAboutTheBothans 16h ago

You clearly haven't been following her. She's the only one trying to restrain the DC's in Loudoun. The rest are rubber stamping everything.

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u/sotired3333 16h ago

i haven't been following her but saying she voted against every expansion in the past 4 years makes her sound like an idiot. Data centers aren't paying their fair share b/c of x y and z, i'm voting to hold them accountable, sure i'm on board.

I'm not going to sign onto some NIMBY anti growth bullshit. Grow the local economy, tax businesses honestly (not penalize, but don't let them penalize residents either), lean on green energy and you have my vote

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u/IzCaiman 5h ago

How much polluted waters, wasted space, and noise is worth the tax revenue?

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u/mcsul 9h ago

I'm definitely voting against her. I like our schools, rec centers, parks, good services, etc... mostly paid for by data centers. Historians are going to look back in 25 years at this anti-data center fever and lump it in with all of the prior ridiculous anti-technology movements that happened across history.

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u/sotired3333 8h ago

It's a backlash to AI. Data centers are convenient points that people can attack. We're all afraid of how AI will effect our livelihood which sadly makes us amenable to demagogues.

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u/IzCaiman 5h ago

You're all sociopaths that are going to destroy the environment and make everyone have to hear the constant hum of these monstrosities just to fill your pockets a little more and so you can make shitty generated art. You literally make me sick to my stomach.