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[Pennsylvania] State Senator Pockets Massive Real Estate Fee From a $30M Data Center Land Sale, Then Introduces Bill to Fast-Track Development
2026-07-10 22:15 UTC
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.
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@spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-10 22:22
Gadgetreview.com doesn’t mention that Rothman’s a Republican until the 2nd to the last paragraph for some strange reason. His website doesn’t say ‘Republican’ anywhere on the ‘Home’ or ‘About’ tabs either. If he were a Democrat it would almost certainly be in the headline or first paragraph.