Iknew a kid who was at a high-school dance. He built up his courage and asked a girl to dance. She ignored him. Said nothing. Didn’t even look.

He stood there a moment. He knew she could hear. He’d seen her hear before. He knew he had spoken. He’d spoken before. She was simply refusing to acknowledge his request. Dismissing him.

The people of Tucker County are like that kid. They have asked the state government of West Virginia to please not build a behemoth, energy sucking, pollution-emitting data storage facility near Davis, Thomas, Blackwater Falls and Canaan Valley.

The state government has ignored the people of Tucker County. The state government isn’t pretending not to care about the people of Tucker County. The state government does not care.

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