We moved from Big Rapids, Michigan, where Gotion (transliteration of Chinese meaning roughly National Endeavor), a Chinese-owned company, convinced the town supervisor and others it was a German firm. They tried to buy up land in this very rural area, to build a huge battery factory. Michigan state officials approved everything without any environmental studies, let alone traffic analysis, required of everyone else. Popular resistance grew. Big Rapids Township recalled the entire Board, and went to court. Eventually, Michigan Governor Whitmer and her cronies (Nessel and the other one, Secretary of State and Attorney General) engineered a redistricting of electoral districts and got control of both houses of legislature, and Michigan passed a law that prohibits local governments from objecting to projects the Michigan government wants to do. We moved out of Michifornia, but I think they are still fighting. This should be in the national news as an example of government overreach, with many hurt, and total disregard for national defense and environmental concerns.
I learned a few things in this, even short, discussion Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
We moved from Big Rapids, Michigan, where Gotion (transliteration of Chinese meaning roughly National Endeavor), a Chinese-owned company, convinced the town supervisor and others it was a German firm. They tried to buy up land in this very rural area, to build a huge battery factory. Michigan state officials approved everything without any environmental studies, let alone traffic analysis, required of everyone else. Popular resistance grew. Big Rapids Township recalled the entire Board, and went to court. Eventually, Michigan Governor Whitmer and her cronies (Nessel and the other one, Secretary of State and Attorney General) engineered a redistricting of electoral districts and got control of both houses of legislature, and Michigan passed a law that prohibits local governments from objecting to projects the Michigan government wants to do. We moved out of Michifornia, but I think they are still fighting. This should be in the national news as an example of government overreach, with many hurt, and total disregard for national defense and environmental concerns.
So sad. Michigan used to be a freedom loving state with abundant resources they utilized.
Quite a sad story. We need local control.
True!