Missouri Voters Appear to Recall City Councilman over Data Center Support

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https://archive.today/J7B1J https://www.livevoterturnout.com/ENR/jacksonmoenr/37/en/Inde... > In March, Mr. Perkins joined four other members of the City Council to grant more than $6 billion in tax breaks to the $150 billion Nebius project. At the time of the vote, he said that the city had spent years trying to develop the land and that it had negotiated protections for residents against utility price spikes. > But organizers of the recall said Mr. Perkins had failed to engage the public while the city negotiated with Nebius. They viewed it as part of a longer history of failed economic development projects in the city.

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> In Independence, a city of 121,000 next to Kansas City, residents didn’t wait and instead forced Tuesday’s recall vote. > In March, Mr. Perkins joined four other members of the City Council to grant more than $6 billion in tax breaks to the $150 billion Nebius project. In banking, or business in general, a basic risk control concept is that employees with financial authority are not given "no limit" authority. IANAL, but is there any real reason why city charters, state constitutions, and other "foundational" legal documents could not incorporate similar restrictions? Google's AI says the latest annual General Fund budget of Independence is less than $100M. Any decisions involving >60X that amount should require multiple citizen votes, and supermajorities would be a reasonable requirement.