Frisco, what’s really happening in your hometown?
Define shad·y /ˈSHādē/
According to the Urban Dictionary for one to be shady means they are very sneaky, suspect, sketchy, or suspicious.
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?
Da Plane, Da Plane
Well fans, after a month-long holiday across the pond to see friends and family we are back, and we are ready to share some SHADE! Stay Tuned for what's been brewing!
Survey Says….
As a young adult, I loved watching game shows. The mid-1950s were a period of rapid growth in popularity for quiz shows. I remember watching Jack Barry, on-air host from 1947-1958 and 1960 - 1980 who produced and appeared on “High Low Quiz,” "Juvenile Jury,” and “Tic...
Dragnet (Part Duex)
Imagine you live in a city where the newly elected female mayor calls a press conference to make an extraordinary announcement regarding a new recruiting policy for the police department. Shortly into her speech she says the police department must accept ALL willing...
In Debt We Trust
Growing up in the countryside on a working vineyard was fun, but my parents had one rule which was always to be home before dark and never go into the fields at night. As a kid I remember my mom coming into my room each night to tuck me into bed and she would open...
Dragnet
Sgt. Joe Friday is a no-nonsense, by the book kind of cop. He can be calm at times and other times he is viewed as a little rigid, cold, and a fast talker. Imagine Sgt. Friday’s dismay when he is partnered with a lively, unscrupulous, irresponsible and...
BACKDRAFT
It was a nice sunny day, and my dad called my name and asked if I wanted to ride with him to town and I jumped in the truck before he could even turn around and get an answer. I loved being with my dad because he was interesting yet peculiar, and he always had...
Cold Case Council Meetings
Every channel you turn to these days has some “investigative” show worth watching. A&E is probably one of the best networks for bringing “true crime” drama into our living rooms. Every Friday night my wife and I get cozy on the couch with a bowl of extra butter...
‘Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah’
Imagine it is the early 80’s and your family is about to embark on their summer vacation. The day before you leave your dad is packing up the sports wagon, aka Wagon Queen Family Truckster, trying to figure out how each suitcase needed to be positioned on the...
Frisco Continues To Delay PIR Requests
"We The People" is one of the best-known phrases in the American political lexicon. They are the first three words of the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States and propose that the "people" should be the driving force behind government and what is does and...
Political Networking
Everyone knows the saying, “Behind every successful man is a woman.” I searched for who originated this quote but that wasn’t too easy to find. I guess I should have asked my wife to hunt for it. What I could find is, it seems the expression originated in the early...