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St. Charles residents are furious over a proposed data center project kept secret by an NDA, fearing it will ruin their water and electricity. A chaotic town hall left residents unheard as a city council vote looms. Will their voices be ignored? #DataCenter #StCharles #Missouri #WaterQuality #TownHall
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I'm in St. Charles, Missouri, where a
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massive data center project is being
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proposed on a 440 acre piece of
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farmland. Residents here are outraged
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about what this could mean for their
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water, their electricity rates, and the
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biggest thing is it's been kept a secret
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because of a non-disclosure agreement.
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These are residents who live within just
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a few feet. Some of them who live right
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on the edge here got this letter from
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the city letting them know that a data
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center could be built right across the
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street. We're over 500 ft away from the
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nearest residence. Everybody always
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wants larger bumpers, but it's a
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significant buffer of this size.
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Do you think a data center here could
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make the water quality issues?
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You think you should be able to vote on
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this?
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Oh, yes.
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But can you vote on it?
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No.
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Except to our councilman.
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And what are what are you hearing from
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them?
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Well, nothing.
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There's an NDA in place.
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Okay. So, it's hush hush. Which one of
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you lives the closest to the proposed
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site?
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We do.
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Ours is one with the blue truck is at.
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Wow. So, you are the closest. Did you
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have any idea that this was coming?
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No, not until two weeks ago.
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So, I found the memo on my front porch.
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So, I've never been involved in a large
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project that anyone doesn't feel is
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rushed in some form or fashion. Right.
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Change is hard. There is a town hall
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where residents are getting to go up and
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ask questions of the developers behind
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this data center project.
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You can see all the people trying to get
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information from these tables, but
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there's no way they can hear because
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there's too many people. There's no
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microphones.
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I'm really disappointed tonight. This is
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really an inappropriate place to get any
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answers. Just walk around in different
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booths. One person's asking a question.
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You can't hear the question. You can't
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hear the answer. Then that person moves
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aside. Another person takes their place.
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Half the time the answer is, I don't
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know that at this table. You need to go
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to talk to people at a different table.
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This is this is just a dog and pony
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show.
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I I I can't even ask anybody. You know,
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there's just so many people here. It's
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so frustrating.
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The count city council is who the vote's
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going to be on the 19th. that 10 people
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are going to make the decision on
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something this huge, something this
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absurd going in to our community, which
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potentially could ruin the water source
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for St. Charles. This isn't something
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for 10 people to decide. We need to get
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them to vote on just shutting this down.
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President Trump can move into this area
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tonight, today. You're ready to sell
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to him if he's willing to live here full
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time. Make this his his full-time home
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instead of Mara Lago. Okay. Hey, hell, I
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can go to Mara Lago and I don't have to
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worry about anything.
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There's probably not going to be a data
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center right there.
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Yeah, for sure.
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The city council members will vote up or
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down on this project on Tuesday, August
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19th. So, continue to follow our
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coverage on More Perfect Union to see
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what happens next.
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