Frisco, what’s really happening in your hometown?
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The Frisco Chronicles aka The Shady Shit is here to spill the tea on what is happening in our hometown. Frisco, Texas has become known as Sports City USA—home to the Dallas Cowboys, PGA Golf, Frisco Rough Riders, and Dallas Stars. As Mayor Cheney says, we are a destination city, but at what price?
Election Fix: Frisco Chamber’s Biggest Failure
Election time comes and night after night there is a new forum to attend. They are great because you can learn a lot about the candidates and issues. We like to go to the Frisco Chamber of Commerce Forum because we assumed it would be the most neutral so to speak...
Frisco: Bought & Paid For
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...
The Election Fix: Politicians’ Pocket Change
When you open a campaign finance report the first thing you see is a list of donors supporting a campaign. But beyond the pages, if you dig and go back far enough you find a treasure chest that shows you the politicians’ political expenditures. It is the section...
Election Fix: Developer Dreams & Dollars
This land is Frisco’s land, this land is Developer’s Land From the PGA to Stonebriar Centre From the Toyota Stadium to the Cowboy Star This land was never made for you or me! For some time now we have questioned the campaign finance reports of local leaders. ...
The Election Fix is in Full Swing
We’re Back! Did you miss us? Well, we missed you and we don’t want to waste any time so lets jump right into “The Election Fix!” Campaign finance reports, especially those at the municipal level, are renowned for their thrilling and riveting...
Keating: Promises Made, Promises Broken
It is election time in Frisco! Different groups and organizations over the next two months will hold candidate forums which are an excellent way to help voters learn more about the candidates on the ballot. It gives Frisco residents a chance to learn more...
Please welcome, Resident Bobblehead Bill Woodard
In an open letter to Frisco citizens on August 3, 2023, the Frisco City Council announced they “firmly oppose” the measures by the Frisco Firefighters Association to seek civil service and collective bargaining. The letter stated the department holds International...
Things That Make You Go Hmmm….
In 1991, an American Dance Group called C&C Music Factory released their third single, “Things That Make You Go Hmmm…” from their debut album, Gonna Make You Sweat. Many don’t know this, but the song was inspired by a running gag on The Arsenio Hall Show, where...
KEATING & PELHAM ACCEPT DIRTY FUNDS?
We have spent quite a bit of time combing through the City of Frisco elected officials’ campaign finance reports and as we come across items of interest that seem questionable, we bring them to the public’s attention. In our recent dive, we came across the name Veton...
Ping Pong with Campaign Money
In our blog Non-Partisan Politics. we asked if local municipal elections are as “non-partisan” as some want you to believe, and the answer is no. Then in our blog Go Fund Me – Campaign Edition, we asked if you would be upset to learn that a candidate whom you donated...