Sumner Cnty KS Battery Energy Storage System VOTED DOWN!!! 12.30.25 - B rating on Accowntabilimeter!

🚨 BREAKING: SUMNER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REMEMBERED THEY WORK FOR THE PUBLIC 🚨
12.30.25 — Battery Energy Storage System: VOTED DOWN
Accowntabilimeter Rating: B (Passing… but we’re watching 👀)

Let’s give a measured golf clap to the Sumner County Board of Commissioners for finally slamming the brakes on the Battery Energy Storage System after letting it idle halfway down the road to “Oops, how did that get approved?”

Was it messy? Yes.
Did it go farther than it ever should have without clear answers, safeguards, or public trust? Absolutely.
Did they eventually do the right thing? Also yes — and in accountability math, a late right decision still beats an on-time disaster.

This wasn’t courage on day one — this was courage after the public showed up, asked uncomfortable questions, and refused to be dazzled by buzzwords, glossy slides, and the classic developer spell:
✨ “It’s safe, it’s fine, and if you don’t approve it now you’ll miss out forever.” ✨

So yes — credit where credit is due. The commissioners corrected course before Sumner County became a case study on what not to approve without iron-clad protections and transparency.

Final score:
✔ No vote
✔ Public pressure acknowledged
✔ Disaster avoided
❌ Still went way too far to begin with

That’s a B rating on the Accowntabilimeter.
You passed the test — but you still need to study.

🎥 Watch the video.
📋 Read the fine print next time.
🐄 Accowntessy and Cownty Dispatch remain on patrol.

— End transmission.

Now… about what happened after the no vote 👀

Nothing says “we respect transparency” quite like attempting to block a man from recording a public conversation with a company lawyer — immediately after a public meeting, involving public officials, in a public space.

Let’s be clear:
📌 The vote was public
📌 The location was public
📌 The conversation followed a public action
📌 And the recording? Also public

Trying to shut that down wasn’t about privacy — it was about control. And when a project gets voted down, the very next instinct shouldn’t be “stop the cameras,” it should be “reflect on why the public didn’t buy what we were selling.”

If your first reaction after a no vote is to police who’s allowed to document reality… you’re proving the vote was the right call.