Kansas 'No Tyson In Tongie' Movement Transforms Small Town Politics

Locals organize against a corporation and take on mainstream politicos whilst making local government more accessible. Here's a bit of Heartland grassroots inspiration. Read more:

Poultry Plant Controversy Changing A Kansas Town's Politics

A deal, hatched in secret, to build a massive chicken processing plant on the outskirts of Tonganoxie, Kansas, caused a huge uproar last September. The Tyson project was promptly canceled . Despite that, all the incumbent city council members on the ballot were voted out of office in November.

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  1. They were going to offer free hypnosis to the citizens so they'd associate the chicken shit smell with warm cookies from the oven.

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  2. Some self-respecting town would ever sell out and pursue a Tyson plant. It ruins your schools and town.

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  3. Those people care about their community but when people try that in KCMO and Team Slie shuts them down. Those representatives know the people they represent vote.

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  4. That's what happens when local government does something in secrecy and the people are against it. Good for them.

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  5. Think of all the diversity. Somalians and Mexicans

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  6. Tongie - hang tough and keep fighting for your town. Jobs are great, but there is a huge downside to Tyson.

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