On the other hand, even if the town council takes concerns seriously and denies permission to build, the companies doing the building will just sue and build them anyways[1].

[1] https://fortune.com/2026/05/06/ai-data-center-michigan-salin...

It's almost as if constituents are treated like cattle and it doesn't ultimately matter what they want.

I guess this is what they mean when they say they want to "run government like a business:" They mean run government to enrich themselves and be totally unaccountable to the public.