KSHB 41 reporter Tod Palmer covers sports business and eastern Jackson County, including Independence. Share your story idea with Tod. — Organizers collected enough signatures to force a public vote in an effort to recall Independence City Councilman John Perkins. Residents angry over the approval of a hyperscale AI data factory in east Independence targeted Perkins — who was elected mayor pro tem by his colleagues and represents the city’s first district — because of his support for the project.