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Recall Over AI Data Center Vote | Topeka News
In Independence, Missouri, Councilman John Perkins faces a historic recall election on September 1st over his March vote approving tax incentives for an AI data center — the first U.S. recall specifically tied to such a vote. Though the deal passed 5-2 and Perkins insists it’ll fund parks, police, and neighborhoods, critics argue it ignores crumbling infrastructure and launched a petition backed by hundreds of signatures. Two other council members who supported the project are already out of office. Perkins, with nearly two decades of service, counters that even the recall’s initiator once…
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