Day 6: Breaking The Law

You are probably wondering why we are dropping tidbits each day.  Well, that is because each of these items is leading up to our big reveal timeline of corruption.  We need you to first understand the different incidents, so it all makes sense when we tie it together with a pretty bow.

Speaking of incidents, remember in Jeromy Porters exit interview notes which Wes Pierson took down he had number 3:  Drinking (only while traveling).  Well, he is referring to Lee Glover and his desire for the bottle which is a hidden secret that is not so hidden.   Now, we had already heard of several Glover “incidents’ from whistleblowers before ever seeing Porters exit interview notes.  His notes only added to the confirmation of what we had previously received and been told.

In fact, before we ever knew of Porters exit interview, we had already filed a PIR (Public Information Request) in Oct 2023.  It reads “Lee Glover – Complaint regarding behavior being drunk on 2022 Wisconsin Trip.  Copy of all emails between city management officials and firefighter officials.  Copy of all emails regarding this incident that were sent to or from Henry Hill.  Copy of formal complaint made to HR and the city.  Copy of complaint or HR documents related to the complaint.”   Imagine our surprise when we received a response back on 11/2/23 there were NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS.   Do you believe the city, because we didn’t!

We have been playing PIR GATE with the city for a while now, so we knew the reply they provided was a clear LIE.  The city was NOT COMPLYING WITH STATE LAW TO RELEASE PIR’S SO WE REFILED IT ON 11/6/23.   We started by restating the previous PIR and the response NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS and it said, “The City of Frisco has reviewed its files and has determined there are no documents or emails responsive to Lee Glover regarding the behavior of being drunk on the 2022 Wisconsin Trip.”  

Then we laid it out again in the new request and we wrote “To be clear and upfront we have a copy of a city email along with a video of the incident that the city claims to have no responsive records too. So, we wanted to clarify our request to make sure the city understands what we are asking for just in case. Copy of any email, document, or text message that included Henry Hill in regard to a complaint made by a firefighter regarding Lee Glover’s behavior at an event where he appears to be intoxicated in or out of the state of Texas.  Copy of an email, incident report, complaint, or any other HR issue regarding or involving Lee Glover made by Jake Owen with then Fire Chief Mark Piland or any of his staff in 2022 or 2023.  Copy of any email sent by the Fire Department staff/management that includes Henry Hill, the city manager’s office staff, and/or hr. staff regarding a complaint by Jake Owen that involves or includes Lee Glover in 2022 or 2023.  We also learned of another FF leaving so we wanted to see a copy of any interview notes, documents, or emails in regard to or relating to the exit interview by Jeromy Porter and city manager Wes Pierson in 2023 or HR Department Staff.”

On 11/20/23 sitting here I yell out “What in tarnation” and my wife comes in the room saying what, what.  For those who don’t know What in Tarnation is like your version of WTF or WTH.  I said look and pointed to the screen, and she read out loud,  “The City of Frisco has reviewed its files and has located records responsive to your request.”  WHAT? IT IS A MIRACLE, A MIRACLE I TELL YOU!

First Response: No Responsive  Records!  Then only after we told you we already have the proof in a form of an email and a clip of a video that has a drunk Glover in it do we get this WAIT, WE FOUND THE RECORDS!  Both requests had the same key words: Lee Glover, Wisconsin Trip, Complaint, and Henry Hill.  Wow so we are to believe they  just found these records the SECOND TIME AROUND. 

You may wonder why is this PIR important and that is because is shows Lee Glover who at the time is the Assistant Chief talking about how he is going to be the new Chief when Piland leaves? However no one knew Piland was leaving, including Piland! So how did Glover know in June 2022 that Piland would be leaving in August 2022? How did Glover know he would become Interim Chief? What collusion was he a part of to be able to know that information?

No! No! No!  We caught the city lying and breaking the open records law by not complying with the first request.  The Texas Attorney should launch an investigation because we know they have had withheld other PIRs as well.  In fact, currently we have a PIR in about a street flood and they have sent it to the Attorney General for review.  Why, what is so secretive about a street flood?  

We also filed for a copy of any complaint filed against Glover since 1991 when he started with the department, and they sent us back the same one.  Do they want us to believe only one complaint has been filed against him?  I can tell you we have evidence of others so why didn’t they turn it over when we asked for a copy based on his whole career span?  WHAT IS THE CITY HIDING?

On the other hand, the city council on the same night can vote after an executive session to release a portion of a report to hurt a political candidate running against Mayor Jeff Cheney and they won’t fight that request by sending it to the AG.  Keep in mind 4 of the 5 council members who voted for its release had already publicly endorsed the current Mayor when they held that vote.  You want to tell me that was not a political hit job just like they had done to other previous candidates who ran against the inner circle.

It is clear the city of Frisco is walking a thin line…but it is clear to us the city clearly broke the law by not providing the documents.  If they want to hide it they either charge an obscene amount of money like $100, they stall by sending it to the AG, or they  just flat out lie they don’t have the records.  Either way we proved the city is hiding public records.

Day 4: Mayday Report

The Mayday Report has been a hot topic of conversation for the last year. In fact the Mayor and his council friends used it during the election to smear the reputation of Mark Piland, his opponent. We wondered, what is in the Mayday Report? We requested it several times through PIR’s and the city dragged its feet to respond each time.

We also were curious, how much did the city spend to do this “Investigation?” Remember, this is our tax-payer dollars at work! Well, the answer is $83,196.79! That is the number from the PIR we filed however we are guessing there could be more charges that we have not been told about.

So what did $83,196.79 get us? Well, you can read it for yourself as we are publishing it here. You can find the invoice for the investigation as well as the Full Mayday Report. In fact the first 23 pages are the most important, the rest is just appendix attachments. It’s amazing how many times they say insufficient/no evidence to each of the issues. It is a good thing that it is not a drinking game or we could miss Christmas.

Day 3: Case 64 & HR Malfeasance

What do you think of when you hear the word Human Resources?  Are you one of those who thinks HR is your friend, and they are there to help you manage workplace misconduct and other issues?  Maybe you fall on the other end of the spectrum and think HR is the hidden devil in the workplace and they are there to protect the company…not you.  If you have ever seen the movie Up in The Air then you know Ryan Bingham, played by George Clooney, lives a life of constant travel and is a corporate downsizer.    What is that?  His job is to look at employees face-to-face and fire them delicately.   In one scene he says “Natalie, what is it you think we do here?”  Natalie replies, “We prepare the newly unemployed for the emotional and physical hurdles of job hunting while minimizing legal blow-back.”  Ryan looks at her and says, “That’s what we’re selling.  It’s not what we are doing.  We are here to make limbo tolerable, to ferry wounded souls across the river of dread until the point where hope is dimly visible.  And then stop the boat, shove them in the water, and make them swim.”    Does any of their conversation sound like they are there for the employees, of course not!

After talking with several whistleblowers and reading the exit interview notes we filed a few PIRs, one specifically asked for information on the Job Descriptions and any complaints made regarding them being changed without approval.  Interestingly we got back a document titled Case 64 – Hotline Web and it was titled “Falsification of Contracts Reports or Records.”   We immediately knew Porter was on to something in his comments to Wes Pierson in the exit interview. 

What was Case 64 about to unveil?  Well, in the snapshot it says the call come in on 5/29/2023.   The report goes on to identify the caller as an employee, who chose to remain anonymous.  Under a section called “Case Information” it lists several questions the caller had to answer.

Question One:  Please identify the person(s) engaged in this behavior:  The caller identified HR Director,  Lauren Safranek,  HR Department, Lori Rutland, and Assistant Fire Chief, Lee Glover. 

Question Two: Do you suspect or know that  a supervisor or management is involved?  The caller identified Deputy City Manager, Henry Hill.

Question Three: What is the general nature of this matter?  The caller said HR Director, Lauren Safranek and Assistant Chief, Lee Glover have repeatedly altered documents to protect their personal job performance measurements and personal initiatives.  Example of this include forcing employees to secretly alter job descriptions without notifying employees, deceptively altering policies without staff involvement, requiring employees to falsify signatures, taking actions to deliberately undermine employee grievance / complaint processes, and making slanderous statements of other Supervisors to facilitate personal gain.

Question Four: What do you estimate the monetary value of this matter to be?  The caller said anywhere from $250,000 to $499,999 USD.

Question Five: Where did this incident or violation occur?  The caller said FD Job Descriptions, FD Reports, Workers Compensation Policies, Termination Letters, Investigation involvement with a conflict of interest.

Question Six: Please provide the specific or approximate time this incident occurred?  The caller said 2020 to 2023.

Question Seven: How did you become aware of this violation?  The caller states they accidentally found a document or file.

Question Eight:  Please identify any persons who have attempted to conceal this problem and the steps they took to conceal it.   The caller states City Manager, Wes Pierson, Deputy City Manager, Henry Hill, HR Director Lauren Safranek, Assistant or Fire Chief Lee Glover, and HR Lori Rutland worked together to hide their various actions.  It asked for details to which the caller said multiple staff and previous employees have been impacted by these actions and are aware they took place.

If you are anything like us our jaws dropped wide open, we could not believe what we were reading.  We had to read it a few times and each time we asked why would an employee take a risk to make these accusations with the possibility they could be identified.  This gave a new light to the Porter’s exit interview.

Then we noticed the report section titled “Assignments & Access” and it listed the case assignee(s) as none.  Then it reads restricted access and lists Henry Hill.  Then it has the case access list which names Hector Quiroga and Jacinta Shanks.  It made us wonder what restricted access means.  Was Henry Hill the only person with access or the only person restricted so he had no access to the complaint?  If restricted access means no access, then why are Lauren Safranek, Lori Rutland, and Lee Glover also listed as well as they are named in the complaint?  

There were no case notes, no synopsis, and no outcomes listed.  Do you think they even investigated the claims made by the caller?  Do you think this should have been reviewed by an independent third party since it involved city management?  Remember in our blog about the ethics complaints the city attorney could not investigate as they are paid for by the city, to protect the city.  Most of those in upper management have been there awhile and are probably too friendly with each other to be objective. The reality is these are very serious accusations and if true could leave the city open to potential lawsuits and if it happened the city should be firing several people from the top down. 

We were determined to go through all the items now in our PIRs and start putting together a timeline from 2020 to 2023 to see what we could uncover.  In our next blog we plan to lay out the timeline and our theory supported by evidence of what we believe happened.  Our guess, you will be shocked! 

Day 2: The Exit Interview: Pierson & Porter

Whistleblowers come in many forms.  If we had to describe ours we would say they are like Twelve drummers drumming, eleven pipers piping, ten lords a-leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids a-milking, seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, five golden rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree.  Recently one of our six geese-a-laying tipped us off to another high-ranking Frisco FD fire fighter who gave notice to retire.  

Jeromy Porter is a 27-year fire service veteran.  Most recently he served as Deputy Chief with the Frisco Fire Department.  In 1996, Porter joined the Lake Cities Fire Department where he spent most of his years and climbed the rank to Deputy Chief.  We asked ourselves why would a man with man years left retire now?  Then we saw an announcement in Star Local Media that Jeromy Porter was now the Assistant Fire Chief for The Little Elm Fire Department.   That made us ask, why would a man retire then go another city?  We wanted to know if he did an exit interview so asked some insiders at city hall who told us yes, he did.  We filed a PIR with the city to obtain those records and when we received them, well  we were not disappointed.

We received a copy of the City Manager, Wes Pierson’s handwritten notes from the exit interview.  At the very top it is dated 9/27 and has his name and initials next to it.  Wes writes JP doesn’t want to leave but his relationship with Fire Chief, Lee Glover is unsustainable.  Then we note 3 bullet points down the page.

The first point is titled Job Description Issue (preferred vs required).  Pierson notes Porter said the job descriptions were changed without approval.  On the side Pierson writes When, How and Why and we are guessing those were his internal questions or notes to himself. 

We had heard rumors that some shady stuff was happening in HR but we still were perplexed by Porters comments.  We went back to some of those who had reached out to us earlier from inside the city to ask more specific questions and the responses were eye opening.  It started us on a new quest of digging.

The second point is titled Lee Glover Pierson writes that for over 9 years Lee Glover has constantly insulted him, belittled him, made jokes on his height.  It also goes on to say Glover yelled and cussed at staff and that he would flex.  We asked an insider what “Flex” might mean she told us that Glover would Flex like he was going to shove or hit someone to intimidate them.   Pierson notes that Porter was concerned about leaving because Glover may retaliate and go after his son who is a 3 Year Firefighter with the City of Frisco.

Are we surprised by Porters claims?  No!  In a previous blog we told you about the City of Frisco, Fire Department Employee Climate Survey done in the fall of 2011.  It noted in the survey that this was the FOURTH one done over the PAST 10 YEARS.  Why would a city need to do so many climate surveys?  The firefighters felt that unless Chief Mack Borchardt and his entire Senior Staff, which included (drum roll) Lee Glover were replaced with someone from the outside, there was no way to correct the issues.  The report said from the top down they ruled with things like a temper, iron fist, and threats.  In 2023, a recent survey was done by the Fire Fighters Association and over 200 fire fighters gave Glove a vote of no confidence, so not much has changed since 2011.

The third point only confirmed what we already reported that our new Fire Chief, Lee Glover, has an alcohol problem.  Pierson writes 3. Drinking (only while traveling).  He writes JP claims that Vetterick, Owen and others felt peer pressure to stay and “close the bar.”  Based on the notes we are only assuming that Porter may have told then Fire Chief, Mark Piland about the incident because in Pierson’s notes it reads Piland (response).  Then there is a star symbol and a note it last happened at inspection of tiller and names the 3 fire fighters.  It is hard to read Pierson’s writing, but it looks like Gilliam, Odum and Dixon.

Here is what we find interesting about Porters exit interview with Pierson and his personal notes.  When it comes to point 3, we know of a July 2022 complaint about Lee Glover on a “travel trip” to inspect fire trucks and the names of those involved are different that those written in the exit interview notes.  So, it appears when we wrote about Groggy Lee Glovers behavior in a previous blog, we weren’t wrong!  It is called a pattern of behavior. 

In closing, we believe Jeromy Porter and that he is telling the truth in his comments. He is leaving and has no reason to lie and he left on a professional level. We sent an email to Porter however we have had no reply to our inquiry. What we are curious about is what did the City Manager, Wes Pierson do after this interview. Did he file the notes and act as if these issues don’t possibly exist? Did he start asking questions?

Stay Tuned to learn about Sassy Lauren Safraneks acts of possible Malfeasance!

‘The 12 Days of MALFEASANCE’ at The City of Frisco

When you say the 12 days of Christmas people immediately think of the song, but did you know there really is a period called the 12 Days of Christmas?  According to vox.com The 12 days of Christmas is the period in Christian theology that marks the span between the birth of Christ and the coming of the Magi, the three wise men.  It begins on December 25 and runs through January 6, also known as Three Kings Day.  With the holidays around the corner, we thought we would share that little bit of info for fun. 

Now we need to get back to ‘The 12 Days of MALFEASANCE!’  The Oxford Dictionary defines malfeasance as wrongdoing, especially by a public official.  We dug a little further to see if there was more legal definition and we found the website for Cornell University, Legal Information Institute.  Malfeasance is intentional conduct that is wrongful or unlawful, especially by officials or public employees.  Regardless of how you define it, the word should not be thrown around loosely as it can easily destroy one’s reputation.  We decided to write a song…

On the first day of Christmas

Our “Whistleblower” gave to thee

Notes from a recent FD employee exit interview.

On the second day of Christmas

The exit interview notes gave to thee

A lead that someone in HR forged documents and did not obtain updated new signatures.

On the third day of Christmas

The exit interview notes gave to thee

More tea on Mr. Lee…. Fire Chief, Lee Glover that is.

On the fourth day of Christmas

A PIR gave to thee

Copy of an HR hotline complaint regarding falsification of contracts, reports, or records.

On the fifth day of Christmas

A PIR gave to thee

A copy of the full Mayday Report.

On the sixth day of Christmas

A PIR gave to thee

A reply of no responsive records to our inquiry into a complaint against Fire Chief, Lee Glover

but wait, hold tight …let’s see.

On the seventh day of Christmas

A second filed PIR into the complaint gave to thee

The records we requested after we gave them one more chance to come clean.

On the eighth day of Christmas

The trail of details gave to thee

Malfeasance committed by public employees and officials throughout the city!

Well, you get the idea….. stay tuned!

Battle of The Benjamin$

Every Wednesday, my wife and I sit down to eat dinner in front of the TV so she can see her Chicago Fire and Chicago PD.  In one episode they have the Battle of the Badges Boxing Match, and my wife went crazy for the young studs with no shirts on.  The Battle of the Badges is a tradition across the country and is considered a friendly rivalry between these two public safety departments.  Frisco PD & Fire held one back on July 21& 22 of this year  The two departments duked it out to raise blood donations for Carter Blood Care and the trophy was awarded to the Fire Department at an August 2023 city council meeting.

Just like the Battle of the Badges these two public safety departments also duke it out for the Battle of the Benjamins (aka money) every year during the annual city budget meetings.  Just recently at the October 17, 2023 council meeting under the Regular Agenda, item #35 to put Civil Service Law and item #36 to adopt the Fire & Police Employee Relations Act on the May 2024 election ballot.  What we found interesting was Mayor Cheney’s response which can be seen in the council meeting recording at the 37:59 mark where we feel he berates the Frisco Fire Association for having the audacity to seek Civil Service and Collective Bargaining. 

Cheney said, “Since 2004, the City of Frisco has had Public Health and Safety listed as a strategic focus area and we invest in this focused area heavily. For example, in Frisco’s FY2023 a total of $108,000,000 of the total $229,000,000 general fund budget was committed to public safety for personnel and equipment, surpassing spending on other essential services combined. Additionally, the city has previously approved substantial funding for public safety facilities and equipment through bond programs. As your elected officials, we take great pride in making public safety our number one priority, and we stand committed to educating the public over the coming months, regarding this ballot measure.”

For once we agree with the city on one key thing which is Public Safety should be any city’s number one priority.   Mayor Cheney’s reference to the budget made us curious, what is the budget for public safety?  What is the breakdown of the $$Benjamin’s$$ (aka money) between PD and FD.  Anyone following Frisco Chronicles knows we don’t approve of how the city is managing the two “number one priority” departments so now we wanted to look at the budgets to see if Mayor Cheney and the city really are committed.  What we found is the breakdown is far from equal.

For FY23 the Police Dept. is $56.3 million compared to the Fire Department Budget at $52.4 million.   Besides equipment the PD budget includes a Grants Administrator, Police Quartermaster, Training Officer, 10 Patrol Officers, 4 School Resource Officers, 1 School Resource Sergeant, and a Detective for a total of 19 new hires, 16 of which appear to be operations and 3 in the office.  However, the total number of new hires for the Fire Department is just 4!  That’s right 19 for PD and only 4 for FD and none of the staff positions are for actual firefighters.  Instead, the FD budget includes an Open Records Coordinator, a Public Safety Equipment Tech, an Emergency Management Analyst, and an Explorer Trainee.  Surely we are MISSING SOMETHING HERE, only 4?  No field positions, no actual firefighters?   

We decided to look ahead to the FY2024 approved budget.  The Police Department has a budget of 69.4 million, an increase of 14% and it includes 32 NEW PD POSITIONS.   Compare that to the Fire Department with a budget of 55.7 million, an increase of 4%, and includes 3 NEW FIRE POSITIONS which are for a K-9 Handler/Investigator and 2 Fire Inspectors.  The city budget even notes under Fire, “when compared to the FY23 revised budget, remains relatively flat.”   That means our new Fire Chief, Lee Glover has asked for no increase in firefighters in a city with a growing monthly population due to the urban density our council likes to approve. I am not a genius but even I know growth equals a need for more public safety services in both departments and clearly the city is NOT SUPPORTING STAFFING IMPROVEMENTS in the Fire Department.

Completely perplexed, we decided to go back to the FY2022 budget and take a look at it for shits & giggles. The police budget in 2022 was 51.3 million compared to the fire department at 44.9 million.  The PD was requesting 17 NEW personnel while then Fire Chief Mark Piland asked for 10 NEW Personnel and 9 of those positions were for FIREFIGHTERS. 

In the City of Frisco’s FY22 Proposed Budget video at the 2:50 mark, King George Purefoy said “We estimate that in about two to three years that Fire Station 10 will be built and go into operation. There are usually somewhere between 24 to new firefighters that are needed for a new station. As you can imagine that takes a tremendous amount of funds to do that all at once, so one thought was to start hiring some of these firefighters now, they’re needed to help the current operations, and try to do that the next two budget years to hopefully provide the staff we need to, for the new fire station ten.” 

That may have been what King George thought, but it was not the original thought or request by Chief Mark Piland.  Records show he had originally asked for each of the 3 truck companies that responded to high-rise and high-risk structure fires adding to the number of firefighters that would be available for these types of incidents.  That request didn’t happen either!

At a city council meeting on January 17, 2023, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Angelia Pelham asked Anita Cothran, Chief Financial Officer for the city (at the 17:43 mark), about Fire Department staffing which seemed out of the ordinary and a little random.  Pelham mentioned at a previous city council meeting they talked about FD staffing and how she is aware the city was not approved for a specific grant that would have enable them to hire more staff, she was curious if something was planned in future discussions.  Cothran replied yes that is something they would discuss with the city manager’s office and then with budget and audit committee.  Pelham then asked if there was a specific time for that to happen and that is when City Manager, Wes Pierson spoke up. 

Pierson said “The answer is yes, but there’s no specific time, that conversation can be ongoing.  But currently, the budget, as approved, has enough staffing for the level of service that we’re providing currently.  He then noted he believed the conversations of new staffing were in relation to opening a new fire station and were not there yet as Fire Station 10 was delayed a bit, but we’re preparing for that.”  Delayed?  A little bit?  The city asked for Fire Station 10 in the 2015 Bond and Station 11 in the 2019 Bond, yet we don’t have either of them.  Seems a little longer than “a little bit” Mr. Pierson.

The question we have, was Pelham’s question random?  The answer is no!  How do we know this?  Well, at every council meeting if you are a citizen and want to speak you can do at citizen’s input.  You must fill out a blue card stating why you want to speak and hand it to the City Secretary, Kristy Morrow.  She then hands those cards to Angelia Pelham who is responsible for calling the citizens one by one down to the podium during citizens’ input.  At the January 17th meeting, Angelia Pelham saw a card from Matthew Sapp, President of the Frisco Firefighters Association that stated he was there to talk about “STAFFING!”  Her goal was to preempt Sapps statements and after hearing his statement below you will see her question was very target based on what Sapp was going to speak about.  Talk about sneaky and underhanded!

It makes sense why FFA President Matthew Sapp took to the podium during citizen’s input at the January meeting.  Sapp read a statement, “This is the third time I have asked this question since the public hearing for the FY23 budget in August 2022…I’ve asked this question to you, the City Manager, and the Interim Fire Chief Lee Glover. We’ve yet to get a clear answer from anyone. I know the Interim Fire Chief has stated he has no plans on asking for staffing. They feel we’re appropriately staffed…we applied for a safer grant for 15 firefighters this year, which we failed to get. No one can honestly say we don’t need more firefighters… The FY22 budget states we would be hiring 9 firefighters a year for the next three years…this was said to be in preparation for the future Station 10. The majority of this council approved of that budget. This has now been pushed back due to infrastructure reasons, and therefore, the staffing plan is on hold. This year’s budget for FY23, which was unanimously approved, contains 19 police officer positions and added zero firefighters… Now, there’s no plan for this fiscal year.”

After digging into the budgets and seeing the glaring lack of personnel additions to the fire department in several years you have a lightbulb moment.  Now one can understand why the Fire Firefighters Association is upset and has petitioned for Civil Service and Collective Bargaining.   They truly believe they “need a seat at the table” to fight for their safety and the citizen’s safety.  It is clear in 2022 Interim Fire Chief  Lee Glover didn’t believe we needed additional staff and therefore did not ask for it in the FY2023 budget talks.  In 2023 as the New Fire Chief, Glover also didn’t ask for more staff in the FY2024 budget talks. 

Fast forward to August 7, 2023, in a video posted on the City of Frisco’s Facebook page, Fire Chief Lee Glover states, “We have a five-year staffing plan and a five-year plan ahead of us. We’re looking at building Station 10 starting in the fall of this year. We have been given permission by the council to start the drawings with an architect for Station 11.”   Based on what Sapp said at citizen’s input about it taking 18 months to train a firefighter, you should have started hiring a few years ago if you had a five-year plan.  Why has the city not published this five-year plan since they know the issue of the FD personnel is a hot-button issue?   I am not sure if anyone else has noticed besides me – FRISCO HAS BEEN AND IS CURRENTLY GROWING NOW!  We need to plan for NOW!  You have The Preserve @ Fields where homes will range up to 15 million by the PGA are we disclosing to all those home buyers they have no Frisco Fire Station to support their community and may not for another 5 years?  

Final Thoughts, well I know some of the city champions will say then Fire Chief Mark Piland didn’t do anything for hiring, but he did.  In private meetings with then and now city managers he spoke up for his department repeatedly.  He also went as far as to apply for the city manager’s position and then ran for mayor and we believe Piland saw how the city was operating and recognized things had to change for the safety of the city employees and citizens.  It appears to us that all this “progress in motion” was in place long before Glover engineered his way into the Fire Chief position. Station 10 & 11 were both approved in previous bonds as we stated earlier and then Fire Chief, Mark Piland.  Chief Glover wants to take credit for a successful department while he deconstructs life-saving programs implemented Piland and his Leadership staff.  The most important thing to ask yourself is how many more firefighters will get hurt under Lee Glover’s leadership before people take notice we are heading in the wrong direction.   Lastly, ask how many have already been hurt under Glover’s leadership? 

Now we are left curious about the bond programs and what we citizens have been asked to vote for.  Stay tuned!