Sinema switches to independent, shaking up the Senate

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Sinema's a lobbyist now

For the better part of a year, Sinema schmoozed and charmed city staffers and the seven members of the Chandler City Council. Now a senior advisor with the powerhouse Washington, D.C., lobbying firm Hogan Lovells, she traded numerous emails and arranged one-on-one meetings. The firm’s client, Active Infrastructure, wanted to build a massive new AI data center on Price and Dobson roads, and Sinema said Chandler should join the “AI revolution” by approving it.

In public appearances before the council and the city’s planning and zoning commission, she added an ominous threat: If Chandler didn’t get with the program, the Trump administration would compel the city to accept the 422,877-square-foot, energy-guzzling data center anyway. Sinema’s condescending tone in her public appearances galvanized opposition to the project, setting off a wave of anti-data center and anti-Sinema emails to the city council. This month, reporting by Phoenix New Times revealed the extent of Sinema’s hard sell and the “unknown” water costs of the proposed six-building development.

The final nail came Thursday night, as residents packed a city council meeting to watch the data center go down in flames in a 7-0 vote. Sinema was nowhere to be found.

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news...nter-40628102/

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alienation of affection

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