Memphis City Council discusses data center ordinances, postpones moratorium vote

From a Memphis City Council session carried live by ABC24, with the station's banner reading "City Council Discusses Data Center Ordinances": a council member in a cream suit turns on the city administration. "I don't give a damn about the administration right now. They pissed me the hell off. They need to get their act together." Then comes the line the internet ran with. The poster heard it as "Quit hiring Kappas." He follows it with "Quit hiring your friends and buddies and everything else," and says those hires make "a hundred and some thousand dollars" while his own constituents go without. What's verified: the footage is ABC24's livestream of a Memphis City Council meeting. The council is in the middle of a data center fight: it heard the second reading of two data center ordinances on Sept. 15 and pushed the moratorium's final vote to Oct. 6. What's not: the clip doesn't name the speaker, and no outlet has reported this exchange yet. Two council members' nameplates are in the shot, so we're not guessing which one he is. We also can't confirm the exact meeting date. "Kappas" is the poster's hearing of a word that's hard to make out. He never says who he means, and the pay figure is his claim. No response from the administration has been reported. Sources: WATN ABC24 (via Yahoo News): https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/memphis-city-council-significant-steps-195937158.html Action News 5: https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/09/25/city-leaders-break-down-revised-data-center-moratorium-ahead-final-vote/ The Commercial Appeal (via Yahoo News): https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/memphis-city-council-continues-debate-003511620.html Clip: via X / @SonMemphis #memphis #citycouncil #memphisnews #localpolitics #shorts