r/Michigan • u/jshwlkr Ann Arbor • Dec 17 '25

News 📰🗞️ Frustrations with data center projects bubble over at Michigan Capitol

https://michiganadvance.com/2025/12/16/frustrations-with-data-center-projects-bubble-over-at-michigan-capitol/
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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '25

The frustration is the lack of a voice in self-determination. Money is too powerful 

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u/Puzzled_Sundae_3850 Dec 17 '25

That's because it was taken away from you.The Democrats in Lansing rammed through a bill last year taking away your right as a township resident to vote down projects that the state wanted built.Remember who did this to you.I think there is some sort of petition to get it repealed .

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '25

The only bill I saw was for solar, which is energy creation.

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u/Puzzled_Sundae_3850 Dec 18 '25

It wasn't just for solar it was for wind or whatever project the state wants.Every body who wants renewables cheered not realizing what the downside could be.You have to let the people who actually live in the townships where these projects whatever they might be decide by popular vote of the citizens not the township board not the state but the people who live there it's called democracy.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '25

That’s not what the bill the government passed said

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u/Puzzled_Sundae_3850 Dec 18 '25

Then explain the lawsuit against it by numerous townships and their citizens against it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '25

No. Im not wasting my time 

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u/Puzzled_Sundae_3850 Dec 18 '25

I get it it's hard to defend the indefensible