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Mar 13, 2026 2:46 am
copied from the local facebook group:
( I think some people are missing the point. This project is going to affect a lot more people than just Osawatomie. Good and bad. This land is in the rural community, the properties that surround this land are within the county not city limits. Those people were told they don't have a voice unless they ask to be annexed into the city limits. Its in their back yards not the back yards of the people within the city who it will mainly benefit. Power lines will have to be upgraded as the nearest substation can't handle the amount of power needed. The closest substation was built along time ago. In the city minutes its says the city must provide the power. While no plans of the power have been made public after talking with people who know more than a lay person about substations its the reality of this project.
All citizens should have a voice who will be affected by this whether its good or bad. Even if it wasn't a data center that still doesn't change the fact that these people have no voice. Most of these people farms/crops/land owners were their first.
If every town along this river starts maxing out water allowance, what will that do the river and people down stream? It does affect more farms and families than people want to admit. They maybe allowed to pull out a max number, but what if every down river does. Their is already one in the works over in Ottawa. We have to look beyond tomorrow or 2 years or even 5. Clean Water is essential to life.
Power and water bills have shot up around most of these data centers, not just the people within the city who had them built. It affects everyone around and everyone around should have a voice.)
SB 146 which is the land bill that will give Osawatomie the land for another 20 years to try and develop is being voted on for final action tomorrow!!! This is the land that said data center will potentially be placed. This picture is showing you that they will need to get power from this point to the land by Osawatomie. We know how the power companies run power via transmission lines and they usually end up in eminent domain. This will affect more than just Osawatomie residents. Please if you are opposed to all of this please email respectfully all state representatives by tomorrow morning with your concerns! Here is the link to all house rep Emails. This land is in the rule community and is not even is Osawatomie, the farms and houses that surrounds this land, don't get a say in what happens due to home rule of a city. The city of Osawatomie has turned down lots of local development opertunities for this property.
