Oklahoma
How a Small Town Murder in Oklahoma Sparked a Supreme Court Battle Over Tribal Sovereignty
The Indian Nation turnpike is a four-lane highway cutting north to south through the bottom right corner of Oklahoma. On a cold day in November, I’m on the highway headed south. Just after Henryetta, the exit dumps me onto a shiny two-lane blacktop. After a mile, between the trees and the fence posts, I see a narrow opening on the left. Having pieced together the location from press coverage, court records, and word of mouth, I think I know where I’m going. The legal name for the road is N 3980, but everyone calls it Vernon Road, after the small town it leads to. The stereotype of Oklahoma, from musicals or Westerns or just plain ignorance, is of a land that is flat and dry. But that’s true only for the western part of the state. The fingertips of the Ozarks stretch into eastern Oklahoma, and in the spring and summer months the landscape—dotted with hills, rivers, and creeks—turns verdant. People call it Green Country.
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It’s fall, and the sides of Vernon Road are deep and muddy, so I drive down the middle. I’m going parallel to the interstate now—the hum of the highway still audible—but on this road there is no traffic. After two big curves and a hill, the road stretches out flat and straight in front of me. The gravel is the color of faded rust, a burnt orange teetering on beige. I pass a Muscogee cemetery on the left, then a little yellow house, before reaching a spot on the road between the cow pastures and the trees that looks like any other spot except for one thing: a large, metal, white cross. The cross stands with a lean in the ditch. Garden stones have been placed in a circle around the base. The white paint is chipping and rust curls around the edges, but in faded letters I can still read the name George Jacobs.
George Jacobs memorial
It was a few days after the murder, in the summer of 1999, when the Jacobs family came to his house. Over twenty years later when we speak, Anderson Fields Jr. can’t remember exactly who it was, maybe a sister and a nephew. Probably through small-town talk, Anderson figures, the Jacobs family heard he was the one who found George. They wanted to put up a cross where their loved one had died, and they wanted Anderson to show them the place. And so he took them. At the time, it was an otherwise nondescript section of dirt road, except for one undeniable mark: blood. There had been so much of it, it stayed for months. “Even after it rained, you could still see that spot,” he told me. “After a while, it started to look like an oil stain.”
Many of the most important legal decisions about tribal land and sovereignty come from surprising places.
The cross commemorates George Jacobs’s life. But it also marks the exact location of his murder—a fact that would become crucial evidence in the appeal of his killer. That appeal would eventually go all the way to the Supreme Court. Under US law, tribes occupy a precarious legal status which often makes it difficult for them to bring cases on their own behalf. As a result, many of the most important legal decisions about tribal land and sovereignty come from surprising places. Like this one, which started in 1999 as a small-town murder.
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August 28, 1999, was Patrick Murphy’s last day as a free man.
It was a Saturday—his day off. He didn’t have big plans, just helping his cousin move some furniture. Patrick woke up, took a shower, and pulled a beer out of the chilled six-pack waiting in his cooler. He drank it—all six—while he waited for his cousin to show up. Except for a small sliver of road, the view from Patrick’s front porch was trees.
That summer, Patrick was working in Henryetta as a line lead at a factory that built filters for the military. He was thirty years old and had three children from a previous marriage who were supposed to be staying with him for the weekend, but were at his mom’s place a few hundred yards down the hill. His girlfriend was staying there too; they had been fighting.
Patrick’s trailer, as well as his mom’s house, sat on the family’s land, a spot relatives still call the “home place.” “It was all cousins [that] stayed down there,” one aunt told me. Even the generations that came and went before Patrick were buried in the yard. Tucked into a curve of the North Canadian River, people call the small community the Bottoms; some call it the Hole. The name you might find on a map—if it’s marked at all—is Ryal.
Ryal is a Muscogee (or “Creek” in English) community. The last treaty Muscogee Nation signed with the US government, in 1866, reserved over three million acres for the tribe—spanning eleven counties in Oklahoma. Some parts are urban, containing the city of Tulsa and its surrounding suburbs. But the southern half of Muscogee Nation’s treaty territory, including Ryal, is rural. In these isolated communities lies the heartbeat of Muscogee culture. It’s where elders still speak the language, where Creek Methodist and Baptist churches stand, and where, on Saturday nights, people still dance at Muscogee ceremonial grounds.
Ryal was small enough that the Murphy kids could walk everywhere: between relatives’ houses, to the Ryal school, and to the local Creek Baptist church, Hickory Ground #1. When the grown folks were visiting, children were not allowed to listen or interrupt, so they played outside. The cousins spent those days cutting through the woods to the ball field, the basketball court, or another relative’s house. They built makeshift go-karts and raced them down the big hill that led to the river bottom. Only when called did they return home.
Patrick was raised by his mother, a full-blood Muscogee woman. His father, a Black man, hadn’t been around much. At Ryal School, Patrick was a star athlete. By the time he went to high school in Dustin, a little ways south, he’d honed in on basketball. A lot of cousins would move north to Henryetta, or even farther to places like Okmulgee or Tulsa, but after playing basketball for two years in junior college, Patrick moved back to Ryal.
By the time Patrick was sitting on his front porch that hot August morning, he had lived back home for almost a decade. Through an opening in the trees, he watched a car pull into the driveway. It was Mark Taylor, the cousin he’d been waiting on. Patrick threw a cooler of beer in the back of his green Chevy pickup truck, and both men piled in. After the cousins moved furniture and ate some barbecue, it was about six or seven o’clock. On a long, hot summer day the sun still sat high in the sky. They decided to go driving around. Not unlike the days they had spent roaming the hills of Ryal as kids on foot, except now they were roaming the back roads of McIntosh County by truck.
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George Jacobs was older than Patrick, but from the same community. Since it was all family down there, George Jacobs’s grandma and Patrick Murphy’s great-grandma were sisters, which made them cousins in a way. In his half century of life, George had seen a lot, including a tour in Vietnam. After growing up in Ryal, he moved to Tulsa, where he worked as a mechanic rebuilding motors. There, he lived in a second-story apartment above his older sister. She remembered George coming downstairs every Saturday morning and saying “It’s time to eat” after cooking breakfast. “George was a younger brother, an easygoing guy who was always willing to help anyone if he could,” she would later say. (The Jacobs family did not want to speak about the case—one relative told me it was still too painful. Their comments about George are taken from court transcripts and victim impact statements.)
George Jacobs also spent that Saturday driving around with his cousin, also named Mark. George and Mark Sumka met up that morning on the Okfuskee-Okmulgee county line and decided to drive around in George’s black Dodge sedan. It was a normal thing to do on the weekend—backroading, visiting friends, and dropping in on relatives. Until nightfall, the Dodge sedan would meander back and forth along the four-lane Indian Nation Turnpike and the braided curves of the North Canadian River.
One of their last stops was George’s mother’s house, where George grew up. Down in the North Canadian River bottom, the house sat at the dead end of the same county road that went past the Murphy place. The matriarch of the Jacobs family was a lifelong member of Hickory Ground #1 Baptist Church and a homemaker who liked to garden, can fruit, and hand-stitch quilts. But she was in her seventies now, and the house was getting run-down. That day, George told his cousin he was thinking about moving back home. He wanted to help his mom fix the place up.
When night fell, George and Sumka took back roads down to a little country bar. At about 8:30 or 9 p.m., they sat down and ordered sandwiches. Mr. G’s bar sat in an old, rock building that had once been the post office for Vernon, Oklahoma. The handful of streets in Vernon, which is about nine miles south of Ryal, are named after the Southern states from which its early residents fled: Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama. As Oklahoma was becoming a state, Black people saw it as a potential oasis from the violence and segregation of the South, and they founded over fifty all-Black towns there. Vernon is one of thirteen that still exists. In its heyday, the town hosted a grocery store, hardware store, cotton gin, cafés, a syrup mill, and a hotel. Today, the only public establishments left in Vernon are churches.
By the time they finished their sandwiches, George was pretty drunk. After Sumka helped him into the passenger seat of the Dodge sedan, George passed out. Sumka took the keys and drove back north on the only road out of town: Vernon Road.
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By the summer of the murder, Patrick and his girlfriend, Amy, had been together for five and a half years (her name has been changed here). According to Amy, Patrick would get jealous over little things, like if Amy talked to other people at work. If she read a book, Patrick would ask her “what was more important, my book or him,” she remembered. But the biggest thing that made Patrick jealous was George Jacobs. Amy had dated George for three years and they had a child together. That summer their daughter, Megan, was nine years old. As an adult, Megan remembered going outside when Patrick would beat her mother.
The Thursday before the murder Amy had gone into town to apply for a job. When she got home, Patrick accused her of going to see George. According to Amy, she and George no longer spoke. But Patrick didn’t believe her. He told Amy she should go back and live with George if she wanted. As the fight escalated, Patrick threatened to kill George Jacobs and his entire family. He said he was “going to get them one by one.”
Driving around that Saturday, the first relative Patrick and Mark Taylor dropped in on was a young man named Billy Jack Long. Billy Jack was the baby of all the cousins and that summer had just turned eighteen. He wanted to go out riding with the older men. “There’s no room for kids in this truck,” Taylor replied, knowing he and Patrick had been drinking. But Patrick and Billy Jack insisted. “He looked up to Pat a whole lot,” Taylor later told me. “And I sure wish he [Patrick] hadn’t drug him down that road.” Later, as the three cousins watched a neighbor rope calves, Taylor remembered he had told his wife he would watch their kids that night. He went home, leaving Patrick and Billy Jack to meander through the dark night without him.
The southern half of Muscogee Nation’s treaty territory, including Ryal, is rural. In these isolated communities lies the heartbeat of Muscogee culture.
Katherine King spent that Saturday painting duck decoys at a factory in Okmulgee County, and after she got off, her eyes, along with everything else, needed rest. She was asleep when Patrick’s loud truck motor in the driveway woke her up. Lifting the blinds with one hand, she looked to see who was there and recognized the green Chevrolet (she and Patrick used to work together). Next to Katherine in bed was her boyfriend of three years, who, in the complicated relationships of their close-knit community, was George Jacobs’s son. Through a crack in the kitchen door, she asked Patrick what he wanted. “Is he here?” Patrick replied. It wasn’t a friendly question. Katherine told Patrick that if he didn’t leave she would call the police. But her fourteen-year-old son, Kevin, wanted to go out drinking and riding around with the older men. People who knew Kevin called him “Bear.” At first Patrick wasn’t sure he wanted the kid to come, but Kevin offered to bring his own thirty-pack. Patrick would later say he let Kevin tag along so he could save money on beer.
Map of Vernon Area
With Patrick behind the wheel, Kevin King and Billy Jack Long piled onto the long bench seat. Patrick knew a country bar he thought would let the teenagers drink. It was a little south of where he lived, somewhere in the small town of Vernon. By the time Patrick turned left on Vernon Road, it was pitch dark. He couldn’t see the road curve left, then right, or the view from the top of the hill before it stretches out straight and flat. He could only see the rhythm of trees and fence posts through the moving patch of headlight beams.
On the unlit dirt road Patrick saw another car coming toward him. When the car got close, Patrick recognized it; it was George’s black sedan. Mark Sumka, who was still behind the wheel, had known Patrick since the first grade, and slowed down to say hi. The two cars stopped in the middle of the road, their windows parallel. Patrick asked Sumka who else was in the car. When Sumka said it was George Jacobs, Patrick told Sumka to kill the engine. Scared, Sumka took off. On the narrow road, Patrick swung his car around and sped up. He passed the sedan, then made a sharp right, cutting Sumka off with his truck. Sumka slammed on the brakes. In a cloud of dust, three figures jumped out of Patrick Murphy’s truck.
Before Sumka could put the car in park, Kevin and Billy Jack pulled George Jacobs out of the passenger seat and started punching him. Bewildered, Sumka ran around the corner of the car, but Billy Jack punched him in the face, hard. Blood gushed from Sumka’s nose and he fell to the ground. The sounds of the fight and the red glow of taillights dimmed as he went unconscious from the blow. When Sumka came to, he was alone. Afraid, he started running—away from the men and the fight, and into the dark. He hid—about a hundred yards away, breathless and bloody. But as he stood there his fear turned to worry. What about George? By the time he walked back toward the headlight beams, it was too late. He saw George lying in the ditch.
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From the book By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land by Rebecca Nagle. Copyright © 2024 by Rebecca Nagle. Excerpted courtesy of Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Oklahoma
RECAP: Democrat State Superintendent Candidates Address Oklahoma Education Issues in Primary Debate
In just two weeks, Oklahomans will take to the polls to place their vote for several races in the state’s primary elections.
Two Democratic candidates for Oklahoma state superintendent met Wednesday night to provide their vision for Oklahoma schools. News 9, News On 6, and NonDoc hosted “Education Equation” at the Embassy Suites in Norman, giving the candidates a chance to address key educational issues.
The debate participants were:
Wednesday night’s debate also helped kick off the annual conference for the Oklahoma Public School Resource Center, which is dedicated to driving transformation and increased academic achievement in state schools. OPSRC is the presenting sponsor of tonight’s debate, and we are grateful for their support.
Republican Debate Recap
News 9, News On 6, and NonDoc will hosted the Republican primary debate on Tuesday June 2nd.
Debate Recap and Highlights (Watch Full Debate Above)
Opening Statements
Craig McVay opened by readiing about a young boy who was able to translate for his family when they needed help from EMSA after a storm and said it showed the power of education for that young boy. He said he has visited all 77 Oklahoma counties and spoken with superintendents and school leaders in each one. McVay said what he continues to hear is that Oklahoma needs to change the conversation in order to change the direction of public education. He said the state needs an experienced leader who is qualified and certified.
Dr. Jennettie Marshall said she is the mother of three children, grandmother of 12 and great-grandmother of three. She said she has worked for both the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, experiences she believes helped prepare her administratively for the role. Marshall is a graduate of Tulsa Community College, Langston University, Southern Nazarene University and Integrity Seminary. She described herself as a lifelong learner and noted that she has served on the Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education.
“What is the No. 1 Priority for Oklahoma’s next State Superintendent?”
Mr. McVay said his top priority is ensuring teachers have the resources they need and manageable class sizes to help them succeed.
Dr. Jennettie Marshall said the top priority is cleaning up the Oklahoma State Department of Education and ensuring it functions cohesively so it can properly support teachers and schools.
“What qualities make a good educator and what qualities make a good administrator? “
Mr. McVay pointed to teachers in attendance whom he has worked with over the years and credited them as models for others. As for administrators, he said the most important quality is presence, arguing they must be active and engaged in every aspect of their schools.
Dr. Marshall said a good educator must have a “heart to teach” and a genuine commitment to working with students. She said good administrators must understand teaching and be able to put systems in place that empower both students and educators.
“Do you support Senate Bill 1788’s reading reforms, which include the re-implementation of strict grade-level retention for those who are behind?”
McVay said he does not support the retention requirement because third grade is too late to identify and address reading deficiencies. He said schools need to identify struggling readers earlier and provide support as soon as possible.
Dr. Marshall said she opposes the retention provision for similar reasons. She said reading challenges must be addressed before third grade and that retention should not be punitive. Marshall also called for greater investment in early childhood education and daycare centers so they can serve as educational foundations rather than simply child care providers.
“We asked each candidate to bring a book with them that you would recommend for students’ summer reading lists.”
Craig McVay brought “The Cat in the Hat” by Dr. Seuss. He also recommended “The Cost of Politics in Public Education” by Leon Phillip for Oklahoma voters.
Dr. Jennettie Marshall brought “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” by Dr. Seuss. She said the book sends a message to Oklahoma students that they have a bright future ahead of them.
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“Yes or No, would you want to restore a public comment period at OSBE meetings? 6″
Both Participants answered yes.
“If you become state superintendent, would you support efforts to add more licensed mental health counselors in schools, and would you include School Counselor Corps funding in your first budget request to the Oklahoma Legislature? Why or why not?”
Mr. McVay said he would advocate for restoring School Counselor Corps funding. He said that on his first day in office, he would submit a budget request to increase counselor funding and argued that no counselor should be responsible for more than 200 students.
Dr. Marshall said she supports directing additional funding to schools for licensed counselors. She said she has seen firsthand the impact counselors can have by helping students process trauma and address mental health challenges before situations escalate. She also discussed creating Parenting Academies to help parents remain engaged in their children’s education.
What policies or strategies would you push for to combat absenteeism? And how do you measure success?
McVay said chronic absenteeism is a difficult issue to address, but expanding access to counselors and school resource officers could help. He said some students face complex challenges, including health issues and difficult home situations, while others may not be properly accounted for. He said all of those issues need attention.
Dr. Marshall said schools must address the needs of families. She pointed to parents working multiple jobs, mental health challenges and unemployment as factors that can affect student attendance.
“As state superintendent, where you draw the line between state oversight and local control?”
Craig McVay said balancing local control ultimately comes down to state law. He cited the debate over instructional hours versus school days as an example. He noted that severe weather events have historically disrupted school schedules, while the state Department of Education remained focused on testing requirements. He said lawmakers addressed that issue by requiring schools to complete 1,080 instructional hours, giving districts flexibility in determining how to meet that requirement.
Dr. Marshall said she approved curriculum during her time as a school board member and believes those decisions should remain with local school districts.
“Do you agree with the decision to have longer school calendars with more days? Why or why not?”
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McVay said he supports students spending more time in school but believes teachers and support staff should be compensated for the additional work. He expressed concern about the financial burden additional school days could place on smaller districts with limited budgets.
Dr. Marshall said she opposes adding more days to the school calendar, calling it a temporary fix that could create additional challenges. She said schools already struggle to hire support staff such as bus drivers and custodians and questioned how districts would pay those employees for extra days. She added that she might support the change if additional funding is provided.
“Four years ago, Oklahoma voters elected Ryan Walters to be state superintendent. His tenure was tumultuous, to say the least, and he resigned early to take a think tank job trying to dismantle teachers’ unions.
What did Mr. Walters do well as state superintendent that you would emulate, and what did he do poorly that you would not?”
McVay responded, “hell no,” when asked whether he would emulate Ryan Walters. He said Walters did nothing positive and instead focused on promoting himself and securing another job.
Dr. Marshall said there is nothing Walters did that she would seek to emulate. She said he was effective at disrupting public education but argued that no future superintendent should follow that example.
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“What was your reaction to Mr. Mazzei’s saying Oklahoma schools or school unions are led by “radical socialists,” and have you decided whom you are supporting for governor?”
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McVay said his reaction was similar to that of many Oklahoma school superintendents, whom he described as generally conservative or center-right. He said educators want what is best for their students and districts and argued that Mazzei’s comments resemble rhetoric frequently directed at educators during Ryan Walters’ tenure. McVay said he supports Cyndi Munson for governor.
Dr. Marshall said she opposes labeling people and argued that Oklahoma’s school leaders are committed to improving student outcomes and caring for children. She said such comments distract from the work of helping educators and students. Marshall said she supports Sen. Connie Johnson for governor.
Closing Statement Watch Below
During Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley era, the Sooners dominated Texas. Riley went 6–1 against the Longhorns, including a victory in the Big 12 Championship Game on Dec. 1, 2018. However, things have been different over the last half-decade.
Brent Venables took over as the Sooners’ head coach in 2022, one year after Steve Sarkisian became the Longhorns’ lead man. Texas is 3–1 since Venables was appointed, with an average margin of victory over the Longhorns’ three wins of 32.3 points.
Texas is looking to extend its winning streak to three games for the first time since 1997–99. Oklahoma has one clear advantage, and while it has not mattered in previous matchups, it could define the 2026 edition.
Oklahoma’s Defense Could Cause Texas-Sized Problems
When Oklahoma’s defense lines up against the Texas offense, the two best units in the game will be on the field at the same time.
When it comes to the Red River Rivalry, it often feels as though preconceived notions about the team are irrelevant. The intensity and familiarity set both teams back to the basics. However, the matchup of the Longhorns’ offense and the Sooners’ defense will likely define this season’s rivalry game.
Last season, Oklahoma was carried by its defense to the College Football Playoff, with its offense doing just enough to get the job done. The Sooners were 79th in points per game (26.2) while allowing the seventh-fewest points per game (15.5).
There is optimism that Oklahoma’s offense will improve. Quarterback John Mateer could take the next step with Parker Livingstone and Trell Harris coming in to catch passes. However, the Sooners’ defense has been among the best in the country during Venables’ tenure and has come to characterize the program — a far cry from the Riley era.
Under Venables, Oklahoma has ranked inside the top 20 in each of the last three seasons in adjusted EPA per play allowed. Last season, it ranked second behind only Texas Tech, according to GameOnPaper. This includes top-three finishes in yards allowed per rush attempt (2.4, second) and sacks (45, third).
The Longhorns were productive on defense last season, ranking in the top 30 in points allowed per game. The defense was particularly impactful against the Sooners, dominating in all four quarters. In nearly every metric, though, Oklahoma outperformed its rival defensively last season.
|
Stat |
Texas Longhorns’ Defense (Rank) |
Oklahoma Sooners’ Defense (Rank) |
|---|---|---|
|
Rushing Yards Allowed per Attempt |
3.1 (12th) |
2.4 (2nd) |
|
EPA per Rush |
-0.05 (27th) |
-0.21 (2nd) |
|
Passing Yards Allowed per Attempt |
6.6 (38th) |
6.2 (22nd) |
|
EPA per Dropback |
-0.06 (33rd) |
-0.17 (9th) |
Over the last four matchups, however, this defensive production has been mostly meaningless. Texas is averaging 34 points per game and outpacing the Sooners’ season averages.
|
Season |
Oklahoma PPG Allowed |
Points Allowed vs. Texas |
Oklahoma YPG Allowed |
Yards Allowed vs. Texas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2022 |
30.0 |
49 |
461.0 |
585 |
|
2023 |
23.5 |
30 |
389.4 |
527 |
|
2024 |
21.5 |
34 |
318.2 |
406 |
|
2025 |
15.5 |
23 |
272.5 |
302 |
While this has been the case every season since Venables took over for OU, the Sooners have also steadily improved defensively. This has decreased the margin for error on the Longhorns’ side. Texas needs to take advantage of every opportunity it gets.
Last season, Texas missed multiple field goals. The Longhorns avoided disaster, though, by winning the turnover battle 3–0 and getting relentless pressure on Mateer. This season, they may not be as fortunate, as the Sooners will test the new-look Longhorns offense
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A contentious debate over water and growth is intensifying in Yukon as residents and city leaders grapple with the long-term costs of supplying major industrial projects, including a data center that uses up to 3 million gallons a day.
The discussion spilled into another packed Yukon City Council meeting, where residents learned how strained and expensive the city’s water outlook could be over the next 25 years.
Emotions ran high, with one resident comparing city leadership to a Nazi regime.
Yukon’s water supply plan examines eight options, including five aquifers, non-potable reuse water, direct potable reuse water, and purchasing 2 million gallons a day from Oklahoma City.
Projected costs exceed $200 million, with millions more expected over the next 25 years for operations and maintenance.
The data center was part of the conversation from the start of the water study, which began in late 2024.
The facility uses up to 3 million gallons a day to cool its servers. One option discussed for meeting that demand is a non-potable supply providing 3 million gallons a day, with $55.9 million in capital costs and a required 18-inch pipe stretching 3.5 miles.
The option is recommended to meet great industrial demands, including a data center.
Council member Rick Cacini said his focus is on residents’ needs rather than industrial users. Cacini said, “We had water problems 8 years ago when I started, and we have water problems today.”
Another council member raised the idea of taking cost out of the equation when considering whether to supply water to the data center.
Residents spoke out one after another against the data center after hearing details of the water plan and costs.
One resident referenced Piedmont, where two data center proposals were tabled on Monday. Another resident said, “It’s not a good deal for us, and the other cities know it already.”
Some residents escalated their criticism of city leadership. One resident said, “I voted for Pillmore, and I regret that vote more than anything probably I’ve ever done in my life because this feels like some nazi regime.”
Others called for city leaders to be recalled. “We will collect those signatures within 30 days, and we’re gonna remove you.”
Concerns also grew over the data center agreement, centered on the purchaser having an “out” while the seller does not.
The city manager was said to have gotten something wrong in August.
The meeting ended with Cacini threatening to sue Mayor Brian Pillmore over comments made in an early May meeting.
Pillmore was not at the meeting, saying he was on vacation with his family.
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