Caught on Camera: Shelbyville Mayor Insinuates Citizens Opposing Data Centers Are Poor Renters in 'Sh***y Houses'

Mayor Caught on Camera Saying the Only Voters Who Oppose Data Centers Are Disgusting Poor People

Do you oppose data centers being built in your town? Well then you’re a lowly “unkempt” rube, in the eyes of Shelbyville, Indiana mayor and aspiring aristocrat Scott Furgeson. In a video seemingly recorded without his knowledge, Furgeson, a Republican, fumes against the “No Data Centers” signs popping up across town, before making a cartoonishly villainous observation about his own constituents. “I’ve seen a lot of these all over the town, but I…

Shelbyville Residents Feel Insulted After Mayor Furgeson's Comments

Source: FOX 59 SHELBYVILLE, Ind. — Tensions are growing in Shelbyville after Mayor Scott Furgeson was caught on camera using disparaging comments against his own citizens. Those comments came as the city debates a multi-billion-dollar data center. Residents say they feel insulted and disrespected. “I think it was very detrimental and very inappropriate and disrespectful language to be used,” said Alan Kitson, a member of the Shelby County Citize…

Indiana mayor insinuates Hoosiers opposed to data center are poor, live in 'sh***y houses'

Mayor Scott Furgeson is facing criticism after a video appeared to show him describing opponents of proposed data centers as renters living in shabby homes.

Caught on camera: Indiana mayor insinuates citizens opposing data centers are poor renters in 'sh***y houses'

Shelbyville, like many places across Indiana, is home to a proposed billion-dollar data center site. A site that has been met with fierce resistance by many in the community.

Caught on camera: Shelbyville mayor insinuates citizens opposing data centers are poor renters in 'sh***y houses'

SHELBYVILLE, Ind. — Shelbyville Mayor Scott Furgeson was caught on camera insulting his own constituents and insinuating that everyone with "No Data Centers" signs in their yards were poor renters living in "sh***y houses." In the video, seemingly filmed without Furgeson's knowledge, Furgeson can be seen holding an anti-data centers sign while speaking with a [...]