This Report has Been Provided by an Outside Source

Posted January 26, 2026; All Opinions Are Those of The Phoenixville Republican Committee and May Not Necessarily Reflect Those of the Outside Source

Vote Held on Saturday, January 24, 2026

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Contract No. L-3930 (SGL 234) Land Swap (Data Center Proposal) Timestamps for Public Comments, the Commission's Votes, and a special Comment by State Senator Katie Muth (D) 44th District

The Video of the Meeting can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A8NbgKRE94

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 Public Comments:

 

#12 1:07:27 (Against Land Swap)

 

#20 1:38:37 (Against Land Swap, VP Sankey not present for #20’s comment, VP Sankey voted FOR the SGL 234 Land Swap)

#25 2:17:33 (Against Land Swap)

 

#36 2:59:34 (FOR Land Swap, #36 stated his name was Steve T.* from Bern Township. Steve T. failed to mention that he has spent the last 30 years working for one of the world's largest engineering companies, who builds, yes you guessed it, Data Centers! All this is publicly available information on LinkedIn. Don’t be fooled by these corporations, they DO NOT care about Pennsylvania wildlife or its citizens!) *Last name redacted, can be found on the video.

 

#47 4:03:53 (Against Land Swap)

#53 4:19:07 (Against Land Swap)

 

#54 4:23:00 (Against Land Swap)

#55 4:26:42 (Against Land Swap)

 

#56 4:29:43 (Against Land Swap)

#57 4:34:01 (Against Land Swap)

 

*_SGL 234 Land Swap Vote:_*

 

7:05:33 SGL 234 Land Swap Introduced

 

7:06:45 Secretary DiMarco explains why he is AGAINST SGL 234 Land Swap. (You’re a credit to your family’s heritage, Secretary DiMarco.)

 

7:07:20 Commissioner Mitrick whining about how he didn’t like how #55 and #56 called out the land acquisition team for not being transparent to the community. (Commissioner Mitrick voted FOR the Land Swap.)

 

7:07:58 Commissioner Pride justifying why he is selling out his *OWN DISTRICT* to corporations. Rather than him apologizing for “belaboring” his justification he should apologize to the citizens of Pennsylvania! (Commissioner Pride voted FOR the Land Swap.)

7:12:03 Commissioner Koppenhafer justifying why he is selling out Pennsylvania to corporations. “The winner side is pretty heavy in this deal.” You opened the floodgates to more crooked deals, shame on you. (Commissioner Koppenhafer voted FOR the Land Swap)

 

7:13:12 The vote for the SGL 234 Land Swap-  

*NO:* President Knick, Secretary DiMarco, Commissioner Schwalm

 

*YES:* VP Sankey, Commission Koppenhafer, Commissioner Fredericks, Commissioner Foradora, Commissioner Mitrick, Commissioner Pride

 

SGL 234 Land Swap approved.

 

“You (Pennsylvania Game Commission) need to vote no on this otherwise you have destroyed the public’s trust in this commission.” - State Senator Katie Muth (Time Stamp Not Available).

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Editor's Note:

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Additionally, the Phoenixville Republican Committee would like to add the following opinions:

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The Commissioners claimed that they procured more acreage than they lost. Truth is, they got swampland for developable land. The swampland is not suitable for recreation or hunting. Basically, the public lost land for public use. The PA Game Land Commissioners will use this land swap on their resumes to claim they have added acreage to the PA State Game Lands when in actuality, they have given away prime nature reserve and hunting lands in exchange for unusable (and undevelopable) worthless swampland worth nothing more than a handful of magic beans.

 

We are not against data centers; we just want sensible locations.

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The PA Game Land Committee (PAGLC) was criticized for not being transparent. The PASGLC defended its “transparency” yet oddly, this meeting was only announced 8 days before it was scheduled… not really all that transparent.

 

One public commenter mentioned that the Pennhurst Trust gave the Pennhurst land for hunting. And that by using that land for big tech, no land holders in the future will want to entrust the state with a land grant. This means that private individuals will be less apt to donate land for public use.​

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