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.

  • lectricleopard@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    Thats straight forward quid pro quo if you ask me. It always baffles me that there are people ao evil that they dont think theyll ever have to answer for this behavior.