Small town ousts entire town board that supported building plant for China-based EV battery company
Cortney Weil
November 08, 2023
A small town in a rural region of Michigan has just voted to recall five members of its governing board who repeatedly ignored local opposition to building a plant for a Chinese company.
Green Charter Township is a small town of about 3,200 people located in central Michigan, less than an hour north of Grand Rapids. This week, residents of Green Charter voted overwhelmingly for a change in leadership after its township board continually supported building a plant for Gotion Inc.
Gotion makes batteries for electric vehicles. While Gotion is headquartered in Silicon Valley, it also has a parent company in China.
In December 2020, all seven members of the Green Charter Township Board agreed to a $2 billion deal with Gotion, largely because of the prospect of thousands of new jobs. But area residents immediately opposed the plant, expressing concerns about negative effects on the environment and potential communist infiltration.
While the spread of communism may sound far-fetched, corporate documents explicitly require Gotion to "set up a party organization and carry out party activities in accordance with the constitution of the Communist Party of China" and "ensure necessary conditions for carrying out party activities."
"China is our number-one enemy!" one angry resident yelled at a board meeting last spring.
"My family members fought communism, and you’re bringing it right here," said another.
Over the past several months, Green Charter residents amassed enough signatures to force a recall election for board members, who otherwise would face re-election in 2024.
Tensions between board members and residents reached such a peak this year that two board members, James Peek and Gary Todd, already resigned their positions. On Tuesday, more than 1,000 Green Charter residents showed up to cast their ballots to oust the other five: Trustees Dale Jernstadt and Roger Carroll; Clerk Janet Clark; Treasurer Denise MacFarlane; and Supervisor James Chapman.
Jason Kruse defeated Chapman with a whopping 60% of the vote, and Jeff Thorne defeated Jernstadt with 62%. By comparison, Kelly Cushway's 57% victory over Carroll looks relatively close. Corri Riebow beat Clark for the clerk position with 53%, and Robert Henderson also received 53% to beat MacFarlane for the treasurer spot.
Bill Stanek, the supervisor of nearby Big Rapids Township, also lost a recall vote to challenger Carman Bean.
Many voters told reporters that they were bothered both by the prospect of a CCP-based plant and by board members repeatedly ignoring the people's concerns. "I'm voting because our elected representatives decided they weren't going to represent us and they were going to make decisions on their own wishes, and I think they forget who they represent," said Ross Meads.
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Comment by Willem Post on November 10, 2023 at 7:10am
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The U.S. anti-woke backbone is finally asserting itself
Enough BS is enough
EVs are ok in urban settings, but anywhere else they are unsuitable, especially so in colder climates, such as New England
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