It’s maddening that there are people on Obamacare paying less per month with taxpayers subsidies than Medicare recipients who paid Medicare taxes for 50 years. Just Medicare Part B is over $200 a month plus variable rates for Part D (prescriptions).
You’re probably right but it’s so sad to see.
The south side of Atlanta is still proud of their rural communities and has tried to save it from overdevelopment with their longterm plans. They seem very proactive and have fought warehouse developers but the data centers are just being rammed thru.
It’s their county commissioners who have betrayed them. It’s a beautiful area near Atlanta but not too close so it’s sad to see it being destroyed
Fun fact: the county is where the original Walking Dead was filmed
The public backlash over the proposed data center in Coweta County, Georgia, has escalated into the courtroom as 17 residents filed a formal appeal last week to overturn the county’s approval of the massive $17 billion Project Sail hyperscale data center campus.
Opponents, led by the grassroots group Citizens for Rural Coweta, argue that county commissioners ignored zoning rules, state law, and residents’ constitutional rights when they narrowly approved rezoning 829 acres of protected rural conservation land in western Coweta County in April.
The lawsuit, filed May 5 in Coweta County Superior Court, claims the 3-2 vote amounted to an abuse of power and violated due process for the more than 1,200 homes located within a mile and a quarter of the site.
Project Sail, initially advanced by Atlas Development LLC and now backed by San Francisco-based industrial giant Prologis, calls for nine massive buildings totaling 4.34 million square feet, plus two substations, on land near Wagers Mill Road and Welcome to Sargent Road—just outside Newnan.
The 900-megawatt facility would rank among Georgia’s largest data centers, clearing hundreds of acres of wooded rural land to meet surging AI and tech demand. Proponents highlight potential tax revenue for schools, roads, and emergency services.
However, the public backlash over the proposed data center in Coweta County has centered on its location in a rural conservation zone explicitly protected under the county’s comprehensive plan. Residents say the project would permanently alter the character of one of metro Atlanta’s last remaining rural pockets.
Since the proposal surfaced in late 2024, thousands of Coweta County residents have mobilized under the banner of Citizens for Rural Coweta. An 8,000-signature petition, overflowing commission meetings (many attendees wearing red shirts in protest), and a dedicated “Stop Project Sail” Facebook group reflect the intensity of local opposition.
Steve Swope, co-founder of Citizens for Rural Coweta, has been a vocal leader. “This isn’t about rejecting technology,” Swope stated in earlier public comments. “It’s about where industrial-scale development belongs. This site is surrounded by families and farms—it goes against everything in our comprehensive plan.”
Primary concerns cited in the lawsuit and public hearings include:
Loss of protected forest and rural character – The site sits on conservation land near the Chattahoochee River corridor. Environmental and infrastructure strain – Fears of increased noise, traffic, water usage, and power demands in an area already facing growth pressures. Impact on nearby homes and property values – More than 1,200 residences are within close proximity. Procedural violations – Opponents allege the county bypassed its own rules during rezoning, even after a 180-day moratorium and adoption of a new data center ordinance in December 2025. The controversy mirrors broader tensions across Georgia, where dozens of data center projects are advancing with limited statewide oversight.
Lawsuit Seeks to Reverse Rezoning: What Happens Next? The appeal asks the court to declare the rezoning invalid and block all construction and operation of Project Sail. Plaintiffs—described as longtime farmers, landowners, and neighbors—say they were effectively shut out of the decision-making process.
Coweta County officials and Atlas Development have not commented publicly on the pending litigation. Prologis has previously emphasized that the project follows standard procedures and would bring significant economic benefits.
Citizens for Rural Coweta leaders have also formed a PAC and launched fundraising efforts, signaling plans to hold accountable the three commissioners who voted in favor during the 2028 election cycle.
Atlanta-Area Residents Watching Closely As one of metro Atlanta’s fastest-growing counties, Coweta’s data center controversy is drawing attention from neighboring communities concerned about similar proposals. The outcome of the lawsuit could set a precedent for how local governments balance tech infrastructure growth against rural preservation.
We know people who live in the county who were absolutely against it and fought against it. But their county commissioners betrayed them.
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/coweta-county-approves-massive-project-sail-data-center
The next county over, Fayette, approved a Blackstone affiliated data center and promised there wouldn’t be water issues. Doesn’t seem to be true.
Ted Turner, the brash sportsman and entrepreneur whose ambition and instincts led to a media empire that included groundbreaking news network CNN, has died, CNN reported on Wednesday citing a press release from Turner Enterprises. He was 87.
No cause of death was given.
In September 2018 Turner revealed that he had Lewy body dementia, a degenerative nerve disease.
One nickname was not enough for a personality as roguish and bold as Turner’s. He was known variously as the “Mouth of the South,” “Captain Outrageous,” and “Terrible Ted.”
He became a billionaire by taking over his father’s billboard business, buying a television station in 1970 and parlaying that into what would become a vast ground-breaking television group.
Ted Turner, the brash sportsman and entrepreneur whose ambition and instincts led to a media empire that included groundbreaking news network CNN, has died, CNN reported on Wednesday citing a press release from Turner Enterprises. He was 87.
No cause of death was given.
In September 2018 Turner revealed that he had Lewy body dementia, a degenerative nerve disease.
One nickname was not enough for a personality as roguish and bold as Turner’s. He was known variously as the “Mouth of the South,” “Captain Outrageous,” and “Terrible Ted.”
He became a billionaire by taking over his father’s billboard business, buying a television station in 1970 and parlaying that into what would become a vast ground-breaking television group.
In 1986 he started the Goodwill Games, an Olympic-like competition, and two years later bought a wrestling organization that provided more TV content. His concerns about nuclear war led him to co-found the Nuclear Threat Initiative in 2001.
Forbes estimates Turner’s fortune at $2.8 billion.
“If I only had a little humility, I’d be perfect,” he once said.
Rocky start in TV
Robert Edward Turner III was born in Cincinnati on November 19, 1938, moving to the South with his family when he was 9. He was sent to military schools where he became a champion debater and yachtsman.
He enrolled at Brown University in Rhode Island and angered his father by studying the classics rather than business. Turner got in trouble for having a girlfriend in his room, among other offenses, and he never graduated.
He joined his family’s advertising company in Savannah, Georgia, selling space on billboards. At 24 he was left in charge after his father killed himself.
The business was sold to pay debts but after a family debate in which Turner was victorious, he repurchased the firm and made it successful. In 1970, against the counsel of advisers, he bought a failing Atlanta UHF television station, now called WTBS, for $2.5 million.
After a rocky start, Turner eventually made the station profitable with low-cost 24-hour programming. The station’s fortunes rose in 1976 after a federal ruling that cable television systems could use satellite signals for programming. By being a satellite pioneer, Turner helped WTBS become the first “superstation,” with programming picked up by local cable systems across the country.
In 1980, he started CNN in Atlanta, which he said would counter “sleazy” coverage by the major networks CBS, NBC and ABC. Offering low pay but the lure of adventure, Turner signed up journalists and technical crew who endured ridicule that the “Chicken Noodle Network” would fail. Instead, as the first 24-hour news outlet, it set a template for worldwide news coverage of wars, trials, revolutions and manmade and natural disasters.
“Barring satellite problems, we won’t be signing off until the world ends,” Turner said in a 2013 CNN interview. In 2018, in the middle of President Donald Trump’s stormy first term, Turner said in an interview that he rarely watched the network he had founded any more, saying that it focused too much on politics.
As a “televisionary,” Turner was named Man of the Year in 1991 by Time magazine for “influencing the dynamic of events and turning viewers in 150 countries into instant witnesses of history.”
In 1996 Time Warner Inc bought his Turner Broadcasting System for $7.5 billion, creating the world’s largest communications company, with properties such as HBO, Warner Bros movie studio, Time magazine, CNN, Cartoon Network and Turner Classic Movies.
In 2001, Time Warner merged with online provider AOL, a $99 billion deal that Turner voted in favor of. But in the ensuing reorganization, he was stripped of his position overseeing the cable networks that he had created and ultimately lost billions as the value of the company’s stock fell. In 2003 he quit as vice chairman and three years later stepped down as a Time Warner director.
He battled depression and often spoke of suicide, according to his biographer.
Blunt talker
In his early days Turner had a reputation as a raucous drinker who bluntly spoke whatever was on his mind.
“I don’t have any idea what I’m going to say,” he once told the New Yorker magazine. “I say what comes to my mind.”
He ticked off the Catholic church when he called some of his employees “Jesus freaks” because of the Ash Wednesday marks on their foreheads and told a group of Germans that after being on the wrong side of two world wars, they could turn things around just as his losing Braves baseball team had done.
Turner had a long-running feud with fellow media mogul Rupert Murdoch that began in 1983 when a Murdoch-sponsored yacht collided with Turner’s boat in an Australian race, which led Turner to challenge Murdoch to a fist fight. Their ill will intensified in 1996 when Murdoch started Fox News as a conservative rival of CNN. Turner called him a warmonger and likened him to Adolf Hitler.
During his ownership of the Atlanta Braves baseball team, Turner appointed himself manager and directed the team for one game, a 2-1 loss to Pittsburgh, in 1977. Baseball officials then ordered him to relinquish the manager’s job.
Periodically, your Congress members will show up in your district and meet with their constituents. Call and ask when they will be near your area. Send the emails to your Congressional representatives, document dates, contact names and make copies of all previous efforts to resolve the issue. Have a nice packet of info to provide them. They will most likely want digital copies but be ready with a set of the paperwork if you meet with them. Have both ready.
Don’t give up yet. I had problems once getting the state investigator to charge a thieving auctioneer in another state. After 2 years of delays, I contacted the governor and the AG of the state. The governor’s office actually called me to say it was out of their control BUT they were walking it over to the AG. The guy got charged immediately , convicted and ordered to repay me and 10 other people he had embezzled from. The estate attorney said not to expect full repayment because it never happens. It took 10 years and close contact with his parole officer but I got every dime.
Don’t give up!
When our kids were teenagers, we gave them a credit card with a budgeted spend amount so they could buy their own school stuff. But, for anything not pre-approved by us, they had to ask us first. We were trying to train them to understand ‘needs’ vs, ‘wants’ . Very important distinction for budgeting, especially when you are first starting out.
It should be a great opportunity for the US government and companies to help poor, rural communities in our own country.
For instance, Native Americans on the reservations could be trained as call center operators and tech support. Starlink could provide internet connections that haven’t been available in the past.
My friends’s son is a computer engineer who works remotely full-time in a high paying job on the opposite side of the country.
MAGA!
Know a nurse who bragged about threatening to withhold meds from a surgery patient who wasn’t complying with her demands. Took her 2 trips thru a college nursing program to even become eligible to work at that particular hospital….in NY.
I was the executor of an estate who had a farmland easement on their property. The deceased had even stated in the easement legal paperwork that he didn’t care how much the property went up in value around him. He wanted it to always remain in the Easement.
20% was left to the local Catholic Church. A family member got 80% of the property. The estate lawyer had messed up wording in the will and ended up creating an ‘undivided interest’ ownership in the property so both the church and main beneficiary had equal say in what happened to the property. I notified the church representative about their 20% and that it was in a farmland easement and couldn’t be split up, mined or built on. His response was ‘Don’t worry. We can get it out of the easement and it’s worth millions’. The family member with 80% wanted to keep it in the family. It cost them thousands of dollars and took years to force the Catholic Diocese to honor the stated wishes of the deceased.
She should look at the Social Security AIME calculation. They take your money and givev it to someone else. Isn’t that socialism? https://ssa.tools/guides/aime “ This progressive structure means that Social Security provides higher replacement rates for lower earners while still providing meaningful benefits for higher earners.”
My mom’s drug plan is so bad that she uses the free GoodRX card that comes in the mail. A recent RX was over $100 under her Medicare drug plan which has a $600+ deductible. She used the GoodRX card and paid $43. The pharmacy assistant said that’s very common.
And have you ever looked at the SSA Aime calculation? Look at the bend points We get back a fraction of what you pay in. Social Security and Medicare are Socialism sold to us as a retirement plan.
https://ssa.tools/guides/aime “ This progressive structure means that Social Security provides higher replacement rates for lower earners while still providing meaningful benefits for higher earners.”
Dan Cathy, the son of founder Truett Cathy, is now the CEO. He’s gone Hollywood and is a major player at Trillith Studios. Trilith Studios is the vision of Dan Cathy, the chairman of Chick-fil-A Inc. and the richest person in Georgia. Chicken sandwiches are no longer his sole focus. He wants to be a Hollywood mogul.
Reparations for my tax dollars that went to foreign nations and NGOS too!
NGO = Non-governmental ! It says it right in the name!