Township Leader Resigns in Tears Over OpenAI Data Center Death Threats
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News<br>Township Leader Resigns in Tears Over OpenAI Data Center Death Threats
Matthew Gault
May 20, 2026<br>at 9:56 AM
"I can’t take it anymore. The threats," the treasurer said. The planned data center is part of OpenAI and Oracle's Stargate initiative.
The treasurer of Saline Township, Michigan, publicly resigned last week citing death threats she’d received related to the construction of an Oracle and OpenAI datacenter.<br>“I’m submitting my resignation effective May 29th. I can’t take it anymore. The threats. The ‘I’m gonna tar and feather you.’ I hope you get bit by ah […] it’s so disgusting,” treasurer Jennifer Zink said between sobs at the end of a two hour township meeting on May 13.
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