Joe Gierut thinks you’re not smart enough to know what’s good for you.
His byline recognizes him as a Sioux Falls resident with two kids. What he fails to mention is that he’s vice president of a national political research and issue-advocacy firm, one I would bet backs data centers.
Joe’s recent column frames South Dakotans wary of data centers as small-minded, uneducated locals who are confused. He casts local opposition to the noisy water- and power-sucking centers as an uninformed fringe opinion.
VIEWPOINT | Data center issue deserves seat at the table, not a moratorium
Guest column by Joe Gierut
Subscribe to The Dakota Scout to read the rest of the story.
Become a paying subscriber of The Dakota Scout to get access to this post and other subscriber-only content.
SubscribeA subscription gets you:
- Daily news in your inbox
- Viewpoints, concert reviews, obituaries
- Weekly digital copy of print version
