We have wondered for years how these political endorsements and donations work in the City of Frisco.  We have pointed out that council members donate to each other, that they take rather large donations from developers, and that it all gives off the wrong appearance to the public.  We have been met with such resistance to the suggestion that this city is bought and paid for, and the victims are the residents, just living their lives paying taxes.  All we have wanted is for the residents to have a voice and a right to vote for what they want in this city, something that terrifies our council and city management.  So how are things bought and paid for, well grab some popcorn because we are about to tell you.

Let’s start with Safety First Frisco, a PAC, set up to oppose Proposition A & B for Civil Service and Collective Bargaining put forth by the men and women who serve our city in the Fire Department every day. The PAC was set up by members of our city council (Bobblehead Bill Woodard), Former City Manager George Purefoy and Mike Simpson, Dick Peasley, and many more of the Cheney klan. Then add to that our current council members (minus Brian Livingston) who are out block walking, holding community events, and taking to social media to oppose the propositions and take jabs at our firefighters while trying to tell us how to vote.  Yes, I know they will say we are crazy!

Well, this morning we pulled down the Safety First Frisco campaign finance report which was filed 3 DAYS LATE.  What we saw was chilling, appalling, disturbing, and intimidating.   We talked about how the PAC was set up in our earlier blog, The Secret PAC. Today’s campaign finance report shows that from 1/1/2024 to 3/25/2024 the PAC took in $105,201.32 which breaks down to $22,950 in monetary political contributions, $12,251.32 in non-monetary contributions (in-kind), and $70,000 in monetary contributions from CORPORATIONS OR LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.  Stop and read that again and let it percolate that in 2 months a PAC took in $105,201.32.

Where, oh where, did the monetary political contributions come from:

Bill Woodard For Frisco: $1000.00

Craig and Kathryn Hall (Hall Group – Developers): $10,000

Jeff Brawner and R.J. Grogan (Law Partners): $500 each

Kyle Wilks – President Wilks Development of Firefly Park Project: $10,000

Where, oh where, did the non-monetary (in-kind) contributions come from:

George Purefoy, former City Manager: $4000 for Polling Expense

Bill For Frisco Campaign: $8000 for Polling Expenses, and $54.92 for Printing Expenses, $39.50 for Website Expenses, $206.22 for Printing Expenses, and $59.53 for Website Expenses.

Where, oh where, did the monetary contributions from a CORPORATION OR LABOR ORGANIZATION come from:

Mario Sinacola & Sons Exc, Inc: $10,000 (they have active contracts with developers & the City of Frisco)

K-N Ventures (aka Fehmi Karahan of Fields Development): $10,000

Columbus Realty Partners (aka, Staubach, Richard Reupke, Robert Shaw & Fields Development): $10,000

Rudco Land, LLC (aka Trey Sibley III or Hillwood Properties – Fields Development): $10,000

Hunt Funding Group (aka Hunt – Fields Development): $10,000

CrossTie Capital (aka Philip Rose – Fields): $10,000        *click the name to read our last blog.

Chief Partners III, LP (aka William Vanderstraaten – Fields): $10,000

It is important to note that any of the names above that are underlined, DON’T LIVE IN FRISCO.  Yes, they have a development here, but they are not Frisco Residents.   

What does all this money mean?  It means Frisco was bought and paid for by DEVELOPERS!!!!  These same people who run the same corporations have donated to almost every one of our council members, some more than others (meaning Cheney).  Just look at Keating and Pelham’s current campaign finance reports, the same names appear across the board. 

Ask yourself, why are current council members so OPPOSED to the Frisco Fire Fighters Association, which has been around since 1997, but they all took ENDORSEMENTS & MONEY OR IN-KIND DONATIONS from them when running for office?  The firefighters spent about $10,000 on Bill Woodard and about $8,000 on Laura Rummell.  They have paid for signs and billboards for the candidates they have endorsed.  Now, they want you to believe the Frisco Fire Fighters and the ASSOCIATION are trying to RUIN AND DESTROY FRISCO? 

We have been to a few events now and the message from the Fire Fighters has been consistent at each one.  If you don’t like Prop B, then don’t vote for it, but please understand why they are pushing for Prop A and consider voting Yes for Prop A.  They also have said that come May 5^th when the election is over, they will still show up at your door and be here to service the citizens of Frisco the same way they have all these years.  That begs the question, how is our City Council serving the citizens?  Wait, they don’t care about what citizens want.  Yet when you follow the Safety-First Frisco website or Facebook page all they have done is attack with absolute hate and anger our firefighters, our former Fire Chief, and yet they claim they love them.  It feels very personal, to be honest.

They are serving themselves!  Bobblehead Bill wants his bikes, trikes, and trails.  Tammy wants her performing arts center.  Keating stands up for Veterans which we respect but outside of that he is just there for the photo opp and to be a cool kid.  Laura Rummell claims to be the pet advocate, yet she has done nothing.  Brian maintains his concerns about density and resident welfare.  Lastly, for years, rumors have followed Mayor Jeff Cheney or should we say Real Estate Broker Jeff Cheney that he has used his position as Mayor to further his own business and personal wealth.  For years, Jeff Cheney has denied over and over any wrongdoing, favoritism, or personal benefits from his relationships.  All his loyal subjects fall in line and defend him and say it is just a COINCIDENCE.

In closing, we saw a post from Brian Livingston earlier about how he is not very confident that his discussion regarding lobbying restrictions will pick up any traction, well duh!  He is not sure why the transparency of money movement between lobbyists, clients, and politicians is a concern for some people.  We assume that “some people” he is referring to is the Frisco City Council and City Management. The same council member who when he endorsed Mark Piland for Mayor in 2022, was later removed from all committees as well as his campaign manager.  Revenge or just COINCIDENCE.

Ask yourself one question, who is the real bad guy here?