Solar moratorium

Said he helped build the county's three existing solar farms and criticized project cybersecurity, offering to share documentation with commissioners.

Runs an art retreat bordering the proposed 2,900-acre site and urged a moratorium, saying the Tensaw area is historically important and wrong for industrial solar.

Called for a 180-day moratorium so an engineering company can study the project.

A Stockton resident who said the project would cover 2,000 acres with 700,000 panels and that Silicon Ranch's other sites have caused road damage and sediment runoff problems; urged the commission to research it and impose a moratorium.

Cited a $135 million jury verdict against the developer in Georgia and non-compliance claims in Georgia counties, and pressed the commission to enact guardrails now rather than waiting for the AG opinion.

Read a letter from the Snowdoun VFD fire chief describing two grass fires at the Black Bear Solar Farm, no pre-planning or training, and orders not to put water on panels — warning county firefighters could face the same dangers.

Brought research handouts on solar panel toxicity and wetlands impacts and urged the commission to involve federal agencies like the Corps of Engineers.

A business owner and landowner near Fort Mims whose 500 acres contain documented Native American mounds, burial sites and the Pine Log Creek archaeological site; urged the commission to protect the sacred, connected cultural landscape.

Asked for a broader 180-day moratorium on any unprecedented county project — including data centers and carbon sequestration — not just solar.

President of the Stockton Heritage Association who said 'the moratorium is the right thing to do on every level' and asked commissioners to act before it's too late.