Tanya Miller’s stance on data center regulation
Tanya Miller, Democratic nominee for Georgia Attorney General, discussed the AG's role in regulating data center construction. She emphasized enforcing transparency laws to protect communities from "secret data center deals" and ensure their quality of life, including property values and water quality, are safeguarded.
Tanya Miller, the Democratic nominee for Georgia Attorney General, outlined her perspective on the Attorney General's role in overseeing data center construction within the state. Miller, currently a state representative, emphasized that the AG's primary responsibility is law enforcement.
She stated her commitment to enforcing all existing laws designed to protect communities, specifically highlighting issues surrounding data center developments. Miller criticized the "secrecy involved in how these deals are arrived at," a sentiment she hears from communities across Georgia, regardless of their political alignment.
Miller stressed the importance of transparency laws, such as sunshine, open records, and open meeting laws, which she believes the Attorney General is responsible for enforcing. She asserted that communities "ought to be heard" and that corporations or developers should not "run roughshod over the quality of life of the people." This includes protecting working people, their homes, neighborhoods, schools, drinking water, and property values.