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philipallstar 80 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: County with 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to 'Conse...

Their job is to represent their company. It's like calling a defence or prosecution lawyer an asshole for taking their client's side. It's the judge's job to be impartial, not theirs. And it's the regulator's job to be impartial, not the lobbyist's.

bryan_w 80 days ago | [–]

You're assuming these people know what a lobbyist does beyond the edgey cynical definition they learned about when they were 13.

jlarocco 78 days ago | [–]

Nice ad-hominem. Obviously if I think lobbyists are assholes it's because I'm un-educated.

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