Why We're Fighting and Why It Matters

Let's be honest about something. Most of us don't follow planning commission meetings. Most of us don't track state incentive agreements or read NRC license applications. Most of us trust that the people we elect to represent us are doing exactly that — representing us.

That trust is not unreasonable. It's the basis of how democratic government is supposed to work.

But trust requires accountability. And accountability requires transparency. And transparency requires that the people making decisions on our behalf actually tell us what those decisions are.

That is not what happened here.

While most of us were going about our lives, a series of decisions were made about McCracken County's land, water, and financial future. Public wildlife land was transferred to a foreign corporation. A financial commitment — potentially tens of millions of dollars of public money — was made to that same foreign corporation. A nondisclosure agreement was signed, ensuring that the community whose money was committed would never know the terms of the deal made in their name.

Nobody held a town hall. Nobody asked for a public vote. Nobody said: here is what we are considering doing with your land and your money — what do you think?

They just did it. And they were counting on us not noticing.

This is not about being anti-development.

We want good jobs in McCracken County. We want investment in our community. We want a future here that our children and grandchildren can be proud of.

But we also want to know what deals are being made on our behalf. We want to know what our county is committing to financially, environmentally, and legally before those commitments are locked in. We want the people we elected to represent us to actually represent us, not negotiate secret agreements with foreign corporations and then hide behind nondisclosure agreements when the public asks questions.

That is not a radical position. It is the minimum standard we should expect from anyone who holds public office.

This is about accountability.

Judge Clymer signed a nondisclosure agreement with a foreign nuclear corporation about a public financial commitment. When asked directly by a reporter what the county was contributing and in what form, he said he couldn't tell us.

He can't tell us. About our money. About our county. About a deal made in our name.

That is not acceptable regardless of where you stand on uranium enrichment, data centers, or nuclear energy. The question of transparency and accountability belongs to all of us, across every political line.

We are not here to tell our officials what decisions to make. We are here to insist that they make those decisions in the open, with the community's full knowledge and meaningful input — not behind closed doors, and not under nondisclosure agreements with the corporations that stand to profit.

That is why this page exists. That is why we'll show up at every Commission Meeting, Planning Meeting, or any meeting around these projects. And that is why we are not going away.

Because McCracken County deserves better than secret deals. Because this land belongs to all of us. And because the people elected to represent this community owe us the truth about what they are doing with it.

Follow along. Get informed. Get involved. The real cost of this project deserves a real accounting — and we intend to provide one.