Big Tech has come to Small Town, USA and is not exactly receiving the type of hospitality you’d expect. Across the country, city council meetings that are typically dominated by hyper-local issues have become battlegrounds for broader political and ethical debates, spurred by the encroaching tentacles of tech giants. City council members are increasingly under the microscope as they debate these issues, and some are straight up not having a good time. Take Saline Township, Michigan, a rural midwestern town that was pegged to serve as the home of Oracle and OpenAI’s Stargate initiative. The $16 billion project received significant...