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Resident urges attendance at Brightmark meeting and calls for county to consider banning data centers
Summary
Rusty Blackson urged residents to attend a Brightmark meeting with the EPD on May 18, 2026 and asked the board to form a team to draft an ordinance banning data centers in Upson County.
During the public-comments portion of the May 12 meeting, resident Rusty Blackson urged the public to attend a Brightmark meeting with the Georgia Environmental Protection Division scheduled for Monday, May 18, 2026. He also asked the board to form a team to draft an ordinance that would ban data centers in Upson County.
The transcript records the request but does not show any response or formal direction from commissioners during the meeting. Commissioner James Ellington separately asked staff to ensure YouTube setup for the Brightmark meeting; Chairman Dan R. Brue II and other commissioners encouraged public attendance later in the meeting.
There is no record in the provided segments of the board creating a team or directing staff to pursue a data-center ban; those actions are therefore not reported as decisions in this summary.
