Contra Kuff, I doubt it.
Kuff is talking about this Trib piece; here's another from a month ago.
First, let's note that MOST states, including many more blue ones, don't grant county governments a lot of statutory powers. So, this isn't, nationally, totally a blue vs red deal.
And, there is NO way the Lege is reporting out a constitutional amendment to change that.
Second, here in Tex-ass, one Hood County unincorporated "community" voted down a municipal incorporation effort last year. Per Kuff's piece, it was to give the would-be city more control over a data center Many people in places like that will be fine at bitching about wind farms causing cancer, about "gummint" stealing rights, and about Democraps, rather than incorporate themselves and actually have to pay local property taxes.
Right now, the white collar retirees in these places probably won't even blame Trump for their higher gas prices. (Many farmers actually WILL, on diesel and fertilizer.)
Update: Strangeabbott's order on firm electric supply (though the issue of needing water was left semi-AWOL) insures this isn't a Democratic talking point. And, yes, Strangeabbott did talk about them needing a closed-loop water supply, but the water in that closed loop can still be stolen from existing water, exacerbated by the fact that Tex-ass still thinks groundwater and riverine water are largely separate things.
It should also be noted that Strangeabbott's executive order says not a thing about cryptomining. The Observer notes a cryptomine in water-starved Corpus Christi used 11 million gallons last year, and this year, its water usage is being hidden. Oh? State law allows Corpus to hide individual users' water consumption.
There's other ways in which it's bullshit, and I have a whole new post.
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