Recall petitions filed against 9 Kalamazoo-area township officials

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI — Elected officials can’t be removed from office by their peers or township employees. They can, however, be removed from office by constituents in a recall vote.

Comstock and Oshtemo township residents have set that process in motion. Nine trustees between the two townships are named in recall petitions filed this month.

Both townships are contending with plans for battery energy storage facilities, also known as BESS facilities, which many residents vehemently oppose…

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