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?
The Universal Mystery Machine (updated)
Imagine yourself in a period of time that was in filled with generational conflict, the Vietnam War, and Nixon was president. Four teenagers, Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy are driving around in a van with a Great Dane dog looking to solve mysteries....
House of Cards
Growing up my dad and his buddies would always have poker night in the basement that included cards, cigars, and liquor concoctions. I used to sneak down the stairs to spy on them and was always intrigued by the deck of playing cards. One night my dad told his...
Anatomy of a Friendship
Aristotle was an Ancient Greek philosopher who made pioneering contributions to all fields of philosophy and science. In his ethical masterpiece The Nicomachean Ethics he said there are three kinds of friendship: friendships of pleasure, utility, and of...
The Cost of Doing Business
Since childhood, I have loved a movie night with the family. My dad would take me to the corner store where he always got my mom a Bit-O-Honey and then he would look at me and say in his deep voice, kid you can pick a sweet treat too. I am sure I smiled...
DARK MONEY
Dark Money is a powerful documentary by Kimberley Reed about a dangerously corrupt campaign finance system that has shifted the power in politics from the people to pay-to-play corporations at the state and federal politicians. In Texas, Title 15 of the election...
The Silicon Valley of Golf
Rain, rain go away, come again some other day! Many were hoping and wishing for that back on August 22, 2022. The metroplex had a few days of intense rain and the overcast sky gave off a humble gray tone. By mid-morning to everyone’s delight a...
Field of Dreams
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.” One of the driving forces behind human discovery is curiosity. What if Galileo never bothered to look through his telescope? He would have never observed celestial bodies proving that there...
Fields West Dynasty
I remember as a teenager sitting around the living room with my family once a week to tune in to our favorite family show Murder She Wrote. Jessica Fletcher played by Dame Angela Lansbury was not cocky, but she did know her own skills. She knew to ask questions...
Dynasty of A Development
It started like any other January day residents across Frisco woke up and started getting ready to take on a new day. I stepped out of the shower and could hear the morning newscaster on the television giving the traffic report followed by the weather. The deep voice...
The Ethics Conclusion & The Bogus Ethics Policy
After the council ruled on the complaints at the July 2021 council meeting, a resident came forward at the August 3, 2021, council meeting to speak during citizens’ input requesting an independent ethics committee. Mayor Cheney responded to the citizen...