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[Pennsylvania] State Senator Pockets Massive Real Estate Fee From a $30M Data Center Land Sale, Then Introduces Bill to Fast-Track Development (www.gadgetreview.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Weeks before introducing a bill to streamline data center development across Pennsylvania, [Republican] State Sen. Greg Rothman’s real estate firm quietly collected a fee from the $30 million sale of land now hosting the state’s largest proposed data center. Whether that sequence amounts to a conflict of interest — or simply an uncomfortable overlap — depends entirely on who you ask and what standard you think elected officials should be held to.

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[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago

Gadgetreview.com doesn’t mention that Rothman’s a Republican until the 2nd to the last paragraph for some strange reason. His website doesn’t say ‘Republican’ anywhere on the ‘Home’ or ‘About’ tabs either.

If he were a Democrat it would almost certainly be in the headline or first paragraph.

[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Republican.