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From the Zoning Room to the Recall

Your Name Outlives the Project

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On 1 September 2026 voters in Independence, Missouri removed a councilman in the year's first completed recall tied to a data center project, one of a series Ballotpedia has tracked. This brief asks what that count can support, and at what point a public role in a contested project becomes a protective problem. It reads the recall record alongside local siting fights at different stages. For developers, investors, officials and their advisors.

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