14caratgoldjones

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And it'll bring about 10 permanent jobs to the area. The rest of the shite will be done remotely.

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Better than no jobs at all and the infrastructure won’t be stressed for years to come trying to accommodate 300-500 families.

The county will also receive anywhere from 1-1/2 to 2 million in tax revenue a month. Massive gain! Sounds like a win to me.

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I think they look for places where land is cheap and where they think the people are too poor and politically disengaged to stop them. I don't think they care about the environment or the impact on residents beyond doing the bare minimum requires by law.

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While cheap land is a plus, this is just not true. They are paying anywhere from 35,000 per acre to 300,000 per acre, or more in a few cases. Most rural land is selling for 3-5k an acre for unimproved land in the Southeast. Out of the 100’s of millions of acres of land, what they require has to fit specific criteria. POWER is #1 limiting factor. That alone eliminates millions of acres itself.
Gas lines are also a plus. That also eliminates millions more. If you find the right place where you can get the electric power AND natural gas at a specific site, that’s the golden egg.

Now you are down to just a handful of places that meet this criteria. They just don’t go for cheap land with poor people to exploit. The places they are choosing have been pinpointed and due diligence done before even CONSIDERING a Data Center build. It’s a needle in a haystack to meet the requirements. You can’t just pop one up anywhere just because the land is cheap.

I say we just get out of the rat race and let China, Russia, Europe, Asia and Middle East make major advances in AI. We can sit here and complain about fabricated anti-data center BS, and just let them rule the world, while the US drifts off into obscurity. Excellent idea. America LAST!! At least my power bill didn’t go up.

There is supposed to be a Data center coming to our area. The end buyer who has yet to be named but known by the county, said they were covering ALL cost to upgrade infrastructure. They’re going to come in and put 175 million in the county coffers. Schools system locally a would get a 20% increase to their operating budget.
It would be a closed loop cooling system so 60k gal of water needed. Nothing outrageous as other mills in the area use 3x as much. They would hire a minimum of 85 employees and the county would receive 2 million in tax monthly. They are covering all road construction cost to widen the roads leading to the facility. They are also going to be using natural gas to power the facility and have electricity through Alabama Power as a back up. They assured no one’s power bill would increase, and I believe the state of Alabama has a bill that covers this topic that the power bills for customers cannot increase due to these data centers. This is all stated in the contract.

This county can’t even keep its jail in compliance and has to carry inmates to neighboring facilities. We are always under a “boil water” notice. Failing school system every year. They can’t hardly fund kids sports. The data center they would float all expenses for youth projects. Broke isn’t the word for his county.

Data center said the county could use a portion of the 175 million, for water/sewer line upgrades, or whatever they want to use it for. It’s theirs ti spend how they choose. That’s just the up front $.

They will also be working closely with the local colleges to offer computer science degrees and hire local students who receive those degrees.

I see it as nothing but a win/win. We will NEVER get another opportunity for this kind of tax revenue for this broke arse county if they refuse this project. 2 million dollar check in the mail every month would be like hitting the lottery here.

It’ll be located on 1200 acres in the middle of nowhere. The nearest home would be 1/2 maybe? And that’s like 2 homes. Extremely rural countryside other than that. Bring it on!

Your welcome.

Ville Platte mayor just raised the stakes on New Iberia haircut man.

Is he creating the illusion of a Mohawk on the tuft he’s clinging to up top?

Had the tour one summer at Marion Military Institute. (MMI)

I had several friends whose fathers attended due to bad behavior and heard nightmare stories from them.

I backed WAY off the throttle after that campus tour. No thank you.

Really good opportunity for the team to gel and Baby Bruce to get some tournament experience himself.
Good luck!

Took my son Saturday AM for our first hunt of the year. Had trouble sleeping the night before for whatever reason so 5 AM came quick. I was kinda out of it and just trying to get out of the house.
Got all the way to the gate and my son asked me for the shells. I reach in the back of the truck to hand him the box. Shells wouldn’t fit. I looked and I accidentally put the 3-1/2’s in my bag.
My gun wont take but 3’s. Strike one!
I rode up to the camp and thankfully had a couple shells laying in the gun cabinet. Got problem one resolved.
Then we drove to our spot to owl call. Windy as hell. I hooted several times and nothing. Couldn’t hear more than 100 yards anyway so they may have been going off, but we wouldn’t have known.
I reached into the back of the truck to get my vest and calls.
Yep… I left the vest on the kitchen table and all my calls were in the pocket. I had to listen to my son rag me for the next 30 mins. Nice job dad. Strike two!

We walked in and just sat up on a plot for about an hour with no call and just winged it. No luck.

I will say the Hardee’s biscuit by 8AM and the nap afterwards was on point though.

Good times!

Awesome pics. I bet that fish weighs about as much as the bird. No doubt he had a time getting lift.
I was in OBA last week and several Ospreys were nesting and hunting out of the trees along the bay. I watched a few take fish and the others would trail and try to steal the spoils. Their call was crazy loud as well.

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Gators didn’t switch up on the last Iowa shot… Gators passed in the paint for a potential game winner. …

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Coming out in full court press at that time was a huge gamble and I was screaming at the TV WHHY? All it takes is a play like that or a pick play to shake the defender and now you are wide open down the floor. Just set up normal defense and have someone shadow their guard from full court to at least slow him down. I know Golden is a great coach but that had me scratching my head.

I also thought Boogie didn’t show up at ALL for that game like he was sick or hung over, whatever. Can’t have your point come out that flat and expect to advance.