Honorable County Commissioners,

Good governance is at the heart of public trust in our institutions. The Board of County Commissioners is violating that trust in its rush to approve the $165 billion Project Jupiter data center Industrial Revenue Bond in mid-September.

To put the magnitude of this decision in perspective, the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank pegs Doña Ana County’s annual GDP at between $10 billion and $11 billion. The public deserves transparent, thorough, and independent vetting of the proposed project. Financial viability, management history, environmental impacts, agreements with utilities, and impacts on county infrastructure and budgeting should all be a matter of public record with adequate time for public review and comment before a vote is taken.

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