LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Taxpayer-funded megasites in Big Rapids, Marshall, and Eagle Township have plowed ahead at the behest of Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Democrats, and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. However, the discovery of non-disclosures agreements signed by the Governor all the way down to local officials has Michiganders waking up and pushing back, specifically over the companies’ ties to China and the Marshall project’s connection to North Korea as well.

State Senator Jonathan Lindsey (R-Allen) is one opponent of these megasites in the Democratic-led Michigan Senate. He is a U.S. Army special forces veteran and told The Steve Gruber Show on Monday that after voters elected him to the Senate, he asked many questions regarding these projects.

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“When I started asking people questions like, ‘Who has considered the national security implications of these projects?’ I either get blank stares or have people come back and say, ‘Why would we do that?'”

Senator Lindsey went on to blast Michigan Democrats. “These [projects] are bad economics. They are bad government. They do have real risk,” Lindsey said. “The pattern we see from the Governor and these Democrats is they like to roll out these big projects that get headlines so they can claim successes, and then all the details just fall away.”

The tension between communities and the government has increased over the last few months. While some have expressed their celebration of the factories’ construction, others have sounded the alarm over having the Chinese Communist Party in their backyard. While voters in Green Charter Township recalled five members of the board last November over their stand with Gotion, other concerns have fallen on deaf ears.

“Last year during the budget season, I would offer the Democrats my vote on immediate effect in the Senate for what was a terrible budget if they would unwind these two battery  plants and put that money into either public safety or roads. They turn it down every time.”