This Week In Rockdale

25/11/2025

Big Tech gets the breaks. Rockdale gets the bill

25/11/2025

Big Tech gets the breaks. Rockdale gets the bill.

Rockdale County is about to learn what “economic development” really means. A giant, power-hungry data center rolling into town with a smile, a shovel-ready PR team, and a long list of tax breaks they didn’t need in the first place. The politicians will call it “innovation.” The companies will call it “progress.” You can call it what it actually is: a slow, inevitable drain on your water system, your power grid, and your wallet.

20/11/2025

Well, isn't this some garbage. $150 "hangtag" required to use the Recycling Center. (Yes, the same center we already fund with our taxes)...

For context, $150 is the cost of 6 month trash pickup, but in this instance they don't pick up!. You have to haul garbage to them.

Then there are the hours of operation which aren't exactly convenient, and let's not forget they'll close for extra days if a Holiday happens to fall on their "day off", Because why not!, They're only paid by the tax payer already...

This is not a Value, this is a rip-off and anyone that would normally go there after a holiday or spring clean, or just every now and then to drop off boxes, simply won't bother anymore.

Well done Commissioners, y'all are on a roll.

19/11/2025

PROPOSED ROCKDALE DATA CENTER!!!

A data center will drive up your energy and water rates, while they get preferred rates at your expense. Not to mention the extensive environmental damage, and the impact on your tax rates necessary to subsidize whatever abatements they receive. And conveniently, they won’t disclose how many jobs it will create. That’s because most of them will be remote and go to people outside of Rockdale anyway. Any commissioner that approved/approves this should be replaced at the next election. 

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/epd-launches-comment-period-proposed-rockdale-data-campuE

The project would permanently impact wetlands, ponds and more than 1,200 feet of streams on the 52.84-acre site.

07/11/2025

I’ve been asked a number of times why I was on the fence about posting my video. It’s because of what I said in the video, I don’t have all of the details. I don’t know what the other two options are and therefore I don’t know what I’m arguing against. I don’t like posting with half the information. I highlighted that because it obviously would have been better for the community to have known what options were on the table. But that’s why I was hesitant and I hope that explains my position. 

06/11/2025

Buc-ee’s knocked on Rockdale‘s door. Will we answer it? 

06/11/2025

Buc-ee's came knocking on Rockdale's door. Will we answer it?

31/08/2025

Administrative Complex, August 31st 2025.

04/08/2025

So the federal government withheld $200,000,000 from Georgia for public schools, and you would think the world had ended.

So here’s the rest of the story. Georgia has 2300 public schools, that equates to roughly $87,000 per school, or less than the cost of a single administrator.

Don’t let these people gaslight you.

This is effectively the cost of one employee, imagine how they will react when the taxpayers realize that AI can replace half of them!

03/08/2025

Here we go again. A 2.3% proposed School Tax Increase. These rates are getting out of hand. Hearings have been scheduled.

01/08/2025

I just got an update from the county on the Iris drive fire. Here's what we know so far. The radio call came in at 17:14. The fire department arrived at 17:20, a very fast response time.

At this time, the cause of the fire is unknown. They do know that the fire started on the right side of the building by the Bay areas. The shop was open and employees were working, but there are no reported injuries and no employees had to be transported. Stormwater and EPD are on site checking runoff from both the fire hoses and of course the rain. I don't know if the rain helped or hindered the fire department, our communications director is checking on that for me.

There is no shelter in place, there are no chemicals involved in this incident whatsoever so residents do not need to be concerned in the least about that.

As of now, 20:40, the fire is out. There is a wrecker on scene that is removing trucks from the building for transport. Those trucks are being inspected as they are removed just to make sure there's no potential reignition possibility.

The trucks are being removed because of potential structural damage to the building.

Thank you Dir. Diez for keeing us informed.

Edit, I incorrectly listed the current time as 18:40, it should have read 20:40. I apologize for the error.

31/07/2025

July 31, 6:00 pm Avoid area! Rockdale Fire crews on scene at an auto body shop at 1636 Iris Drive, MCH Kenworth, responding to a fire. RCSO has blocked off portion directly in front of 1636 Iris Drive. More info will be provided as it becomes available. First responders were on site within minutes and are working hard to put this out.

Edit. Because of some vague posts that I’ve seen circulating, I want to make it clear that this IS NOT Biolab and that there is no reason currently for residents to be concerned.