Growing up we always had our hands in dirt or soil when helping dad with the Vineyards.  I always complained and my Nona (grandma) would always say “oh, a little dirt never hurt anyone.”  My dad would say “to most people dirt is just dirt, but to a farmer well that dirt is called potential.” I am sure these quotes belong to someone smarter than my dad and Nona but it did make me think, have you ever asked yourself, how much is the dirt below my feet worth?   To an investor or developer dirt is like gold and depending on where it is located it can be worth a lot of money.  Bill Gates began buying up land and farm operations years ago and while he leaves the farming to the professionals he understands land = asset appreciation.  The dirt below the 2500 acres that PGA, Fields, and The Link is worth millions if not billions.  

Developers and investors are betting heavily on Frisco which is great!  With Mayor Cheney being so involved and so in love with the project I just assumed he would move out there to the greatest development of all time.  Then at the debate he said he owns two pieces of property his personal home and his rental home (previous home).  He said he does not own or have interest in any other land in Frisco. We were talking to a friend of ours who procured a lot in The Preserve, and we saw a picture he had taken of the builder’s map with written notes, and we thought, hmmm this looks interesting.  Some realtor friends had said there was a rumor Jeff Cheney was given a lot or gifted a lot in The Preserve by the developer, but it was just a rumor.

Well by the looks of the picture Cheney and Keating have a lot under “Developer Hold” and it over looks …you guessed it…the 8^th hole!  It appears there is a “Friend & Family” row after all. I would love to hear from the Mayor what he plans to do with that lot next to his best friend Keating. Interestingly Cheney lives next door to Keating now in another community so I guess they are moving on up to the north side together like George & Weezy Jefferson. Cheney has to take his Florence with him which is Keating of course because you can’t leave Florence behind. Country singers Jordan Davis or Luke Bryan already said in their song “you can’t buy happiness, but you can buy dirt.”  But did they buy it?  I feel like breaking out in song since I don’t have any drums, and sing like Garth Brooks, ”Thunder rolls, And the lightnin’ strikes.”