I like your enthusiasm, but you’re going about this all wrong.
City council refuses the permits.
Musk does it anyways.
Nothing happens.
But hey, we blocked those permits, right?
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Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 17 hours ago
I hope that the people of Memphis can force the city council to refuse any extensions to the permit. We need to make sure that their actions are made public, and hopefully, people can break the companies.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 14 hours ago
Well, it should be that the City Council refuses the permits, and if Musk does it anyway, the City either bulldozes the building, or sues him until the building is removed. So either the building comes down or the municipality makes a pile of cash off the bastard.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
He bought twitter for 43 billion dollars on a goof. To him a “pile of cash” is like 3 pennies to you.
And I’m not saying this to defend him. I’m just saying that charging him money isn’t the “gotcha!” that you think it is.
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 14 hours ago
It's not a gotcha. It's a decent cash flow to the city if he wants to se the real estate - and that's before they tax him, and sue him again if he evades,
tehn00bi@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Have you been to Memphis? Place looks like a war zone. Burned down building, roads with pot holes the size of moon craters. The place is worth driving around. I guarantee there is no will on the city council to revoke the xAI contract.