Prince William County Board Chair At-large Ann Wheeler continues to stonewall reporters following a bi-partisan recall effort from residents demanding that she resign.
Today, the Prince William County Government called a press conference to discuss a $10.6 million deal to buy a vacant retail shop next to Potomac Mills mall for a mental health crisis center. Wheeler dodged a question from PLN, seeking her reaction to the recall effort.
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[Updated 4:4o p.m.] Bill Wright has been a force in the fight against a wave of data centers being considered or already under construction in Gainesville.
For eight months, he's spoken at Prince William Board of County Supervisors meetings, warning that if data centers are built next to the Manassas National Battlefield, they would take away from the rural character of the sacred Civil War ground and negatively affect the Occoquan Reservoir by creating more rainwater runoff and make noise pollution due to the constant hum of the server farms that dominate in neighboring Loudoun County.
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As thunder rolled during a summer storm on Tuesday, July 12, residents gathered outside the county government center demanded Wheeler, the highest elected county official, resign from office or face a recall campaign. It's the second call for resignation in as many weeks for a member of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors.
According to Wheeler's 2021 financial disclosure, the Chair listed a 300% increase in purchased stock compared to 2020 in nine data center firms. One of them, Blackstone, Inc., is pushing the Board of County Supervisors to rezone more than 800 acres next to the Manassas National Battlefield Park to build a data center campus.
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The recall press conference for Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chair At-large Ann Wheeler will occur at 6:30 p.m. at the McCoart Government Administration Building, at 1 County Complex in Woodbridge, before the start of the Board's 7:30 p.m. meeting.
Wheeler is accused of using her position of power for financial gain when purchasing stocks in tech and data center firms looking to expand in the county. Data centers, or server farms that power the internet, have taken an interest in the county under Wheeler's leadership due to its relaxed policies, lower land cost, and access to fiber lines.
