Michigan campaigners who kicked out township’s entire local government over China-linked EV battery
- Michigan’s Green Charter Township’s entire board was kicked out last week in a seismic vote after residents rebelled against its backing of the Chinese-linked project
- Gotion, the firm behind the factory, and the ousted town boss have both suggested the fight back is futile as the land has already been purchased
- But the new town chiefs rubbished these claims and said their grassroots campaign was evidence local residents could say no to corporate power
Town leaders in Michigan who kicked out their predecessors in a seismic vote over plans to bring a Chinese-linked factory to their rural idyll have blasted claims that the project is a ‘done deal’ as ‘hogwash’.
Last week, Green Charter Township’s five incumbent board members were voted out in a recall election after they backed proposals by Chinese-owned firm Gotion for a $2.4billion EV battery plant.
The town’s new leaders wasted no time in stamping their authority, changing the locks on the local government building hours after their victory.
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