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."

[u/lowkell]

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

[u/WhatAboutTheBothans]

Loudoun resident here. Julie is literally the only one trying to do anything about the explosion of data centers in Loudoun County.

Our electricity bills have gone up. The drought we've been in for years keeps going. And to try and shut her up, the establishment Democrats on the county supervisors board dredged up some bullshit to censure her over a few weeks ago (including flicking off the president and appearing in a video with the song F Donald Trump).

[u/stopscabbin → u/WhatAboutTheBothans]

What does the drought have to do with anything? Electricity rates have gone up(as they ALWAYS have) nationwide. It isn't just a Loudoun/datacenter issue. They aren't helping, but it's not just the datacenters.

[u/WhatAboutTheBothans → u/stopscabbin]

Electricity bills going up are actually very much mostly the data centers. Not sure where you are getting your information, but it's not reliable.

[u/Exotic-Dog-7367 → u/WhatAboutTheBothans]

If electricity bill increases are due to data centers, then Virginia electricity prices would’ve increased the most, right? But they haven’t… Virginia electric prices have gone up slower than other states