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Assuming local residents can prevent their elected officials from spending the entire windfall from new data centers, the residents benefit too in the form of modest property tax bills and higher home values.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

And he’s not an anonymous creep on the internet; he’s a 45-year-old elected member of Congress running for governor of California.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

In fact, not one has ever been elected governor.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Grover Norquist’s 1986 Taxpayer Protection Pledge has been signed by nearly 1,400 elected officials.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

In the conflict between Glanvill and Webster the Society hedged its bets; Webster, however, was never elected a fellow.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton