Andrew Jonas has spent the past three years building data centers in Kansas City’s Northland as a union plumber.
At a recent public hearing he lauded the construction jobs those projects have provided. Even so, he spoke against a 90% tax abatement for a multibillion-dollar project in his hometown of Independence.
“They’re popping up like crazy everywhere,” Jonas said. “Do I love them? No. Not at all. But they’ve got money and they make for damn good jobs.”…