Tuesday, May 19th is primary election day, and if you're looking at your sample ballot wondering where all the contested races went, you're not alone. MoreThanTheCurve describes the primary as "mostly meaningless" when it comes to top-line races, but argues there is one issue worth showing up for, and that issue is data centers.
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A reminder of why this matters locally. The same developer behind the recently shelved Conshohocken proposal is, per reporting from Plymouth-Whitemarsh Patch, trying again in Plymouth Township. That same outlet notes the developer has been lobbying Harrisburg to pass legislation that would strip residents of the right to appeal data center approvals. Read that sentence twice. The pitch is to remove the appeal process that you, the resident, would otherwise use.
Meanwhile MoreThanTheCurve reports that Plymouth Township's Environmental Advisory Board will have no official role in the zoning hearing for the proposed Conshohocken data center, expected sometime in June. An advisory board, not advising. Now my biases are obvious, but it's worth pointing out before you decide whether to swing by your polling place.
Plymouth-Whitemarsh Patch has assembled a voter guide covering who's on the ballot and where to cast it. Polls open early Tuesday.