In the heart of Frisco, a tempest brews after the release of Tammy Meinershagen’s true intentions caught on tape. It is not a brew of natural elements, but of words, actions, and deep-seated tensions. When it comes to the public safety departments, our city leaders love to tout how “great we are, and everything is just perfect!” However, when you talk to employees of the PS departments, you will hear a much different version, and it has been boiling for several years in private and last year became very public when the Frisco Firefighters Association worked to get Civil Service and Collective Bargaining on the ballot.
Last year, the city said, “the Police are happy, this is just about a POWER GRAB by a few firefighters.” You keep hearing about Station 10 being built, but the better question is, how will they staff it? Two months ago, they had a hiring announcement for fire, and this week posted again. They better hurry and hire with the numerous people just leaving this year. Four members of the leadership team – retired so they can move on to another job, same field, with a better city/county. More in the last month have made the exodus!
We can’t wait to see the ribbon cutting for Station 10 and all the new equipment, oh wait! Will that station have an engine? Will it have an Aeriel Truck, a Rescue Truck, or a Tanker Truck? Will it have an ambulance? We know from our discussions with city insiders that the station was built so they could finally say, “We built Station 10, we are good!” But just because they built it does not mean it will be fully staffed or have the needed apparatuses like the other stations. It is called “bait-n-switch” folks! Dig into it!
On May 10th the Frisco Firefighters Association and Frisco Police Officers Association united in a “Joint Public Safety Endorsement” for candidate Burt Thakur, who is running for CC Place 2. Then, on May 13, the two groups released another “Joint Public Safety Endorsement” for candidate Jared Elad, who is running for CC Place 4. The decision for both organizations to come together speaks volumes to the boiling point temperature happening within the walls of the city between public safety, city management, and the Council. Then yesterday the Frisco Police Officers Assocation released the following statement:
As you can imagine, the supporters of Tammy Meinershagen and Gopal Ponangi were not too happy with the endorsements. Meinershagen’s supporters have lost their ballistic missile over it. The proof shows in the things being posted across social media. It is enough to ignite a discourse that transcends typical political disagreements, touching the very core of the community’s trust and respect. It is a campaign of swarms and smears that is hotter than a jalapeno in July.
What should be a civil discussion about leadership and public safety has turned into a rhetorical wildfire, complete with insults, conspiracy theories, and even an unfortunate comparison to… ants? Yes. Ants.
In a social media post that makes your eyebrows arch, and your coffee go cold, Tammy supporter Tracie Reveal Shipman writes, “Have you ever noticed how fire ants respond to a threat? (If you’ve lived in TX long enuf… YOU KNOW what I’m talking about!) They swarm. They send signals throughout the mound to crawl all over the perceived threat and then, on cue, they attack! I thought of that this morning when I read the Frisco Police Association’s “attack” on Tammy Meinershagen.
Shipmen then goes on to describe the Frisco Police Officers Association’s criticism of Meinershagen as akin to fire ants swarming on cue. “They attack,” she wrote, painting our police and fire associations—comprised of actual human beings who protect and serve this city—as mindless insects who swarm when threatened. Shipman ends her post with “Don’t be fooled by the swarm! Don’t get bit by distractions and deceptive heresay.”
Let’s be clear: this wasn’t just some metaphorical faux pas. This was a deliberate attempt to dehumanize public safety employees for daring to speak up against a politician. For many, it crossed a serious line, and our inbox and messenger started filling up with comments and perspectives. These are the same men and women who run toward danger when others run away, and now they’re being painted as the villains for expressing concern about ethics and accountability.
What we find even more disgusting is that Shipman is some sort of motivational coach and her website claims she works with “leaders around the globe” and she is “Dedicated to Building Purpose, Passion, and Performance.” Ms. Shipman, if you are a globetrotting problem solver, then why not help fix the problem? Can’t you arrange with all your insider city friends to bring together the council, management and both public safety departments and perform your earth-shaking motivational speech that will heal everything instead of attacking our public safety departments calling them ants?
One would think, after one of Shipman’s Revelational Speeches we would find our city manager, city council and both public safety groups sitting together in a sweat lodge singing kumbaya my lord releasing all the toxins from their body and building purpose and passion together. To be fair, we don’t know anything about Shipman but just based on her social media posts and her attack style on every post, we find her to be an annoying little woodpecker.
Then we looked at the comments of Shipman’s post and the first one was from Laura Segars Woodard. For those who don’t know that is Councilman Bicycle Bill Woodards wife. She applauds, Tracie and then goes on to say, “Part of the reason why my husband, Bill, is no longer on FB is because of the abuse he took from the Union and pro-Union people.”
Abuse? Is she serious or on something like the kids in Prosper? A pity party for one, please. Let’s not rewrite history here.
Woodard was not attacked. He led the charge against the Firefighters Association by releasing internal city documents (that were not obtained from a PIR – which means he used city resources in his PAC, which I think maybe illegal), and launching verbal assaults on the department’s integrity. He didn’t just oppose collective bargaining—he called these people lazy and tried to discredit their service altogether. Now, his wife is trying to play the victim card at a bad poker table.
Then Tracie Shipman must jump back into the fight to reply to someone, and she says, “It’s unfortunate that the comments from the altered recordings have, once again, been conveniently taken out of context to fit a tired narrative. To be clear, the reference to 300 lb bullies was directed to the union reps at the polls last year during the VOTE NO campaign. But we wouldn’t know that, because the recordings were manipulated to remove the prompting questions and context. For all we know, the questioner used the word “bullies” first and Tammy was responding to the use of that word. But hey… why let a little thing like that get in the way of some good old-fashioned righteous indignation!?
She continues, “I’m a huge fan of metaphors and I stand by mine. From my perspective, the behavior of the association members looks swarm-like with what appears to be coordinated attacks. AND, as I said in my post, I understand WHY they are behaving like they are. They feel threatened. The voters already rejected the union demands of one local association and Tammy represents the tip of the spear in that ongoing tax-payer fight!” She closes with, “Oh, And I do hope CBS News picks up the story and investigates the potential crime of the recordings! Thank you for tagging them!
WHISTLEBLOWERS RESPONSE: Your candidate, Tammy Meinershagen, has taken a huge hit because of her own choices. She chose to violate her friendships and the private conversations she had with those friends when she went to someone else’s place and revealed what she had been told. I am sure her friends thought they were having a safe space conversation when they talked about their families, marriages and kids. Guess it is okay for her to violate that sanctity but not someone else? Sounds like on top of being a bad friend, she is also a hypocrite. We listened to the entire conversation and Meinershagen was not prompted in anyway down any single path if she was we would not have released it.
2: The “Unions” you speak of have nothing do with this. Remember last year, when Angelia said what will happen after the election, where do we go on May 5, 2024? Well, Ms. Shipman, after the election last year, our Frisco Firefighters went back to work. They have been working and on their own personal time chose to go lobby in Austin for a bill they truly believe benefits their lives, their children’s lives and the other first responders in Texas. They have done nothing! Now because you have nothing else to fight with you want to use scary, intimidating words, like unions in order to put a fear in someone. This has nothing do with Unions and everything to do with Tammy Meinershagens choices!
3: CBS NEWS: CBS is welcome to reach out to us by email or through our attorney, who is listed on our website. Our attorney will represent us, and we will comply with all laws while PROTECTING OUR SOURCES. We have nothing to hide, did nothing illegal, and did not misrepresent anything.
Meanwhile, Amanda Baze Hall, also posted today calling for truth over tactics. First, she dismissed the Frisco Police Officers Association by saying they don’t represent all Frisco Police. Hall then goes on to claim she knows what is really happening when clearly, she doesn’t! After that she attacks “a candidate” who moved here from California who is pretending to be a conservative. Well, if that were true then why are the Frisco Democrats not happy about that? Why are they all backing Tammy Meinershagen who claims to be a Republican, when she isn’t?
Of course, we like to go to the comments, and we see a name know all too well…Lisa Kirby. Lisa attacks the FPOA Treasurer Colby Hill, for being arrested. Is she trying to assert that all officers are bad or discredited because one has been arrested? From everything we can tell, the FPOA was transparent and fully cooperated with the investigation. She makes it sound like the FPOA did something wrong when they didn’t. If she wants to hold the FPOA responsible for Colby Hill, then maybe we should hold Chief Shilson accountable or responsible for the other officers arrested under his command, right? You will always have bad actors in life, but in this case, good officers did the right thing, and now you want to make them look bad for doing their job and holding the bad ones accountable?
Then Kirby continues to slam the Elads, long-standing residents of our community, by implying that they cannot serve simultaneously on two separate boards. If we look at all the boards and commissions in Frisco, are we going to find any husband-and-wife duo’s serving on separate boards? If we do, should we question that dynamic?
So, let’s talk about Kirby and her true colors now! Kirby supports Meinershagen and the apple may not fall from the tree as she has several posts that in our opinion are subtle digs and making fun of Sai and Burt Thakur. They say you are usually friends with like-minded individuals.
Finally we have Laura Segars Woodard popping up again in the comments. At 9:43 am today wrote, “ I was shocked to see what the FPOA posted when there is an ongoing criminal investigation for these illegally obtained recordings. What is the etiquette about discussing an open case and also sharing misinformation? The recordings were definitely edited, and there was no mention of Police in them. It is clear the pro-Union people and organizations will try to get their way by any means.”
Funny thing, Laura Woodard…if there is a criminal investigation into illegally obtained recordings – HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT? If the council was informed about an investigation that would be private city business, and they should not even be discussing that with their SPOUSE. Laura, you asked about the “etiquette of discussing an open case and also sharing misinformation?” Is Facebook the right place to be asking that question? Don’t you think if it is inappropriate for FPOA, to post comments, it would be inappropriate for you to be posting about an open investigation as a councilman’s wife? Especially when you should know nothing about it. Lastly, she tries to intimidate people using the word “union” which is MISINFORMATION, isn’t it?
Want to hear the best part? Later today at 3:43 PM, Laura Segars Woodard – edited her statement on Facebook and removed everything about a “CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION” and “ILLEGALY OBTAINED RECORDINGS.”
WHISTLEBOWERS RESPONSE
Ms. Woodard, the fact that you know anything about a criminal investigation that has nothing to do with you is ALARMING, CONCERNING, AND INAPPRORPRIATE! The fact that your husband may have been informed of such an investigation and shared that with you IS EVEN MORE CONCERNING! You should know and have the basic knowledge that Texas is a one-consent state and therefore, nothing was ILLEGAL. That means your comments, along with others in your Cabal, are either ignorant because you don’t understand the law, or you are flat out lying to citizens of Frisco. It is a nice way to try and PIVOT away from Tammy’s actions and words, and a useful way to try and gaslight voters and the other candidates.
TO CLEAR UP ANY CONFUSION ABOUT THE RECORDINGS
A source reached out to us and told us they had the tape. That source WAS NOT any of the candidates in either race for Place 2 or 4. Based on the original tape that we listened to, we can assure you the tape was not illegally recorded, we did not obtain it illegally and the only edit we made was to remove a second person at the request of the person who sent it to us. We can also assure you we did not manipulate words, move things around to make it worse and that everything Tammy said was 1000% Tammy Meinershagen’s own words and she was not prompted in any way in the conversation! If the Frisco Police would like to talk to us about this so-called criminal investigation, they can reach out to our Attorney!
Where Do We Go from Here
This isn’t just another Facebook spat—it’s a full-on culture clash and first responder bash! And it’s exposing deep fractures between City Hall, frontline workers who keep Frisco running and the residents of the community.
Let’s end with this: Politics will always have disagreements. But when leaders—or their surrogates—start describing our civil servants as swarming insects, when they dismiss public safety associations as mere obstacles to personal ambition, and when they twist the narrative to play victim while having a history of attack, we’ve gone too far. Frisco deserves better. We deserve real dialogue, mutual respect, and accountability—on both sides of the aisle. And for goodness’ sake, leave the ants out of it.
In April of 2021 you would have thought an El Paso dust storm full of tumbleweeds came through Frisco and upset the equilibrium of our city. As we discussed in our earlier blogs Where There Is Smoke PT 1 and There is Fire PT 2, there has been a long standing point of contention between the Frisco Firefighters Association and the city in regards to workers compensation.
In 2021 the city opposed House Bill 2242 brought forward by Jared Patterson, Texas State House Rep for Frisco. In 2023 the FFA and Patterson brought HB 471, and they have been working extremely hard to get it or similar legislation passed in Austin that would protect first responders across Texas. The fight for more protection by the FFA and Jared Paterson has continued into our 2025 Texas Legislative Session.
Even though we knew about the El Paso dust storm, my wife and I were still shocked on May 16, 2023, after tuning into the city council meeting online, like we have done every other Tuesday for years. Mayor Cheney presented a proclamation to Denton County MGMR, for all the work they do each day relating to mental health. Mental Health Awareness Month aims to increase awareness about the vital role mental health plays in our overall health and well-being and provide resources and information to support individuals and communities in need of mental health support.
At that same meeting, during Citizen Input (23:00 minute mark), Frisco Firefighters Association President, Matt Sapp, along with Retired Frisco Fire Chief Mark Piland, and Assistant Fire Chief Cameron Kraemer to address the termination of Kraemer, a 27-year Veteran of the Frisco Fire Department.
What? After 27-years serving our city and its residents without hesitation, Kraemer was terminated BY EMAIL while on medical leave and under medical supervision for PTSD which we go into more detail about in our blog Backdraft which we really encourage you to read.
By the end of the meeting, I wanted to scream like Alanis Morrissette…
Isn’t it ironic? Don’t you think? A little too ironic
Where are we two years later? It is Mental Health Awareness Month again, and the second anniversary of Kraemer’s termination BY EMAIL while on medical leave. The fight is not over, not even close! It’s time to peel back the curtain on a firehouse-sized problem simmering here in Frisco? Buckle up, this one’s got smoke, politics, and no small dose of Texas-sized irony.
Smoke, Stigma & Silenced: Mark Piland
Since then, Retired Fire Chief Mark Piland has had his name wrongfully smeared and his 40-year stellar career in public service wrongfully attacked by City of Frisco leaders for speaking out on behalf of Kraemer and the Frisco Firefighters Association when he attempted to run for Frisco City Council.
The Legislative Lifeline
When your city will not support you, what do you do? The Frisco Firefighters Association has continued the fight and has been in Austin off and on the last several weeks with local State Rep Jared Patterson to fight for more protection for public safety employees in the State of Texas. Just today, HB331 officially headed to the Governor’s desk to be signed into law! The bill marks the final piece of legislation language from last session’s HB471 that our Frisco Firefighters have been advocating for the past three legislative sessions.
A Firefighters Fight: Cameron Kraemer
And Cameron Kraemer, where is he? Kraemer, while still under medical supervision, started the fight of his life against our very own City of Frisco. After a hearing on September 21, 2023, before the Texas Department of Insurance, the DMN reports that the administrative law judge hearing the case ORDERED THE CITY OF FRISCO, which is self-insured, to pay Kraemer benefits and any accrued but unpaid income benefits in a lump sum with interest as provided by law. According to John Riddle, president of the Texas State Association of Fire Fighters, Kraemer’s case is being watched throughout Texas, and it is important to the state’s 18,000 firefighters in 195 communities. Riddle said in the DMN, “For now, Frisco is among the most aggressive cities in fighting its injured employees at City Hall and the Legislature — and because of that, employees like Cameron Kraemer pay a high price.”
The battle continued as Kraemer took his case before the DOJ for them to determine if he was able to sue the city for wrongful termination which we wrote about in our blog Big Time Casino Payout. The DOJ ruled Kraemer could move forward with a lawsuit so in August 2024 Cameron Kraemer filed a lawsuit for wrongful termination against the City of Frisco in Collin County. Based on the research we have done, Kraemer is going to win, and we think he will win big! You can learn more in our December 2024 blog Kraemer vs City of Frisco that we wrote which lays out the details.
Final Thoughts from the Hillside Winery Whistleblower
Ask yourself why. Why is the city spending hundreds of thousands on a private law firm to fight so hard and drag this out for so long, when clearly, they are in the wrong? Why is the city spending tax dollars fighting our public safety employees instead of protecting them and just doing the right thing? What will this cost us, the taxpayers, when he wins? Our guess…. MILLIONS! But that is not all. We are hearing rumors of other lawsuits that have been or will be filed by former employees of the FD against the City of Frisco. We are digging into that now!
They had all the time in the world to prance around asking us to vote to change the use of EDC funds for a Frisco Center For The Arts but they cannot simply make things right with the firefighters. Instead, we have Councilwoman Meinershagen calling them 300lb bullies and complaining that they are fighting for protections that directly affect their life. We have Bicycle Bill Woodard, who wants you to believe the firefighters are lazy (his words during the May 2024 election), and they want to bankrupt the city. You can’t get a paycheck from a bankrupt city, so why would they want to do that? Cheney and Keating want you to believe that our RETIRED Fire Chief was fired after a stellar career with the city and 10 years of perfect performance reviews. Not to mention, in our PIR requests and federal FOIA’s, we found his entire 40-year career was stellar with not one deficient performance review. Lastly, no one is paying attention to the fact that in the last 6 to 8 months, several (rumor is 6 to 8) of our firefighters are saying Hasta La Vista Baby either via retirement or quitting their job. They are going to work for other organizations and cities where they are valued.
Just hope and pray your house does not catch fire because we were already short staffed and now it is getting worse! The city loyalists just turn a blind eye as always, and function as if nothing if wrong. They want you to believe we have nothing to be worried about, but as a taxpayer you can bet, I am worried! Big Time Payouts, the loss of experienced firefighters from our roster puts citizens and businesses in jeopardy.
Back in the day, Frisco was known as a dormant suburb, north of Dallas, but today Frisco is a community undergoing vast changes and becoming its very own urban Metroplex. Gone are the rural days when everyone knew their neighbors, and a trip to Stonebriar Mall was the excitement for the week. Today, we are at a crossroads of transformation, and the experience of change has been both loved and hated along the way.
The reason my wife and I moved here was because we loved the sense of community, the schools, and the feeling of being safe. The truth is all of that has changed with the massive development that has taken place in the last 10+ years. Yes, we knew Frisco would develop and we looked forward to that at one time. However, that is when you had a city council who engaged and listened to the residents and decisions were made based on what was best for the community.
Frisco has changed, and to be very honest, it is now filled with dirty politics on all sides. Secret deals are happening, and our city council is misleading us to approve projects that are in their best interest, and they are leading with iron fists. Our priorities have shifted, and our sense of community is disappearing every day. Today is election day, and each of us has a chance to vote for change.
We debated on releasing the tape of Tammy Meinershagen when we received it. In the end, we felt voters have the right to know who they are electing. Meinershagen’s statements against the South Asian community are offensive. Calling both South Asian candidates idiots and other names is disgusting and shows a lack of leadership and integrity. She then goes on to talk about how she is not afraid of bullies, even if they are 300lb firefighters or a black woman. Since when are those who protect and serve bullies? Her reference to a black woman being a bully because they disagree on how to do things would be the same as calling her an angry black woman, which I am pretty sure the black community would find an offensive stereotype. Then she references that the Frisco population is only 1% Asian, so she has no base here, and with a laugh, says that means she is white. Frisco’s lack of an Asian population does not make you white, Ms. Meinershagen, but it is clear that you want to be.
Then she goes on about her opponent saying she is “offended and insulted that he would run for city council.” So, she is offended that a citizen who had every right to run, is running? She pointed out at the Chamber Forum and on this tape how her opponent ran for Congress and lost – well Ms. Meinershagen, John Keating ran for higher office as well. In fact, he left his seat early to run and when he lost he came back and took over another seat during a special election so does that make him incompetent to run?
Ms. Meinershagen continues to talk about other local leaders, Scott Johnson, Jared Patterson, and Shona Sowell. Then she talks about residents who are or have taken a chance to run for office, like Mark Piland, Burt Thakur, Jared Elad, and Gopal Ponangi. While many may be upset, we released these tapes. The bigger question is, WHY ARE YOU NOT UPSET ABOUT WHAT TAMMY MEINERSHAGEN SAID?
Today Jamie Heit posted on her FRWC page that we have some shady behavior by certain candidates this cycle including that of a current candidate running for office. Heit ignores all the shady behavior her best friends have done in the past and finds excuses for that but now she sits upon a hill of moral authority accusing this candidate of secretly recording a conversation, questioning her morals and integrity.
Here is the problem with Heit’s statement: how does she know it was secretly recorded? Who told her that? Who told her that the conversation was with this candidate? There are only 3 ways you would have known the who, when, where and if it was secretly recorded:
1) Ms. Heit you were there, and you participated in the conversation and if that is the case why were you not disgusted then with the comments by Meinershagen? We know you were not there so we know this option is not possible.
2) Tammy Meinershagen would have had to tell you who this conversation was with and that she was unaware of it being recorded. If that happened, it means TAMMY IS ADMITTING TO THE CONVERSATION AND WHAT SHE SAID IN IT?
3) The candidate whom you have accused of doing this would have had to tell you they did it. We are pretty sure that did not happen. It would make no sense to be a whistleblower and then yell from a rooftop “It’s me!”
Our guess: Ms. Heit, you know about the conversation because Tammy told you, which means she is admitting to her statements. Secretly recorded or not, nothing illegal was done as Texas is a 1-party state. That means Tammy is admitting to her offensive and objectionable conversation. Someone like that should not be a leader in our city, as her statements clearly show she Tammy has no integrity or ethical morality laying out everyone’s personal business to someone.
Then you have Jake Petrus, otherwise known as the “Town Bully” for the cabal. He posted that this was a private conversation, secretly recorded at xxxx home. The only way Jake would know who the other person was or where it was recorded is if TAMMY TOLD HIM! If he is right, that means he talked to Tammy or someone who had talked to Tammy, to know how and when. THAT PROVES THE CONVERSATION IS LEGIT AND THAT TAMMY IS CONFIRMING HER ROLE AND STATEMENTS.
Either way it doesn’t matter if Tammy knew or didn’t know – what matters is Ms. Heit and Jake Petras would not know “the how, when and with who” without Tammy confirming it. That means she knowingly said nasty, hurtful, demeaning, racist things and spread the personal business of those who had trusted her to others in the community like a game of show and tell. Personally, if I were Johnson, Keating or Pelham, I would be glad to know about this. Clearly it shows they cannot trust Tammy, who they thought was a confidant/or a friend.
I don’t think those who considered her a friend would have ever guessed she is spilling the secrets of their lives and private conversations too others. While we are not the greatest fans of Angelia Pelham and John Keating the fact is they have the right to know their fellow city councilwoman was talking trash about them to others in our community. Simply put, this was probably not the first time Tammy allowed her loose lips to talk trash – it was just the first time she got caught.
If Heit or anyone, for that matter, wants to claim that someone who recorded this is not fit to be a leader, then we want to know why Tammy’s statements and behavior which clearly show a lack of integrity, knowledge or ethical morality is not being called out to be a leader in Frisco? She should resign!
In closing, Tammy kept referring to Frisco as “my city, my city, my voters, my budget, …” – this is not her city, it is our city! She seems to have forgotten that on her quest for Broadway or to be on Broadway. We also want to be clear that we will always protect our sources at Frisco Chronicles. We do want to make it very clear; WE DID NOT RECEIVE Pelham’s text or the Meinershagen conversation directly from the candidate Heit and Petras are currently calling out. We received the text from Source A and the recording from Source B, and neither of them was the candidate Heit and Petras are attacking online.
As for Broadway Frisco – Prop A & B we would ask you to consider this before voting:
Today, we hear “Tourism, Tourism, Tourism,” and most recently, how we need to be more like Nashville. The thing is, Nashville has a deep history back in the 1920s. They had a thriving publishing industry, then came the advent of the Grand Ole Opry in 1925. When WSM began broadcasting live performances from the Grand Ole Opry, it positioned them to become “Music City USA.” By 1945, it was one of the most popular radio programs in America and established Nashville as a hub for country music. They made urban renewal a priority and renovated several landmarks, including the Music Hall of Fame and The Sommet Center. Broadway (similar to 5th Street in Austin) became known for bars and a honky tonk music scene. It was the cornerstone for emerging young artists and a short distance trolley ride from the iconic Music Row. Major record labels headquartered themselves in Nashville, and it became a gathering place for the arts, entertainment and music. They did not simply build a 340-million-dollar Broadway, and become Nashville overnight!
What is the problem with Frisco being more like Nashville? We never implemented our identity as we began to grow and develop into a Nashville. Purefoy took us down the road to being Sports City USA! It worked! Now the city council says we must be more like Nashville to compete, or else! With every development, we have heard Mayor Cheney say this would have a HALO Effect on our city, making us the greatest city in America. Now, all of a sudden, if we don’t spend $160 million or $340 million to get FRISCO BROADWAY, we will lose the economic boom to Nashville? The AMC Awards are happening here, not in Nashville, why? It is being held at a great venue. We didn’t have Frisco Broadway to win over the AMC Awards. We are not Nashville! We will never be Nashville! We are Frisco, Texas!
Please vote no to the propositions in order to protect our community and the residents who live here.
Tammy says, “I don’t like bullies! I don’t care if they are 300lb firefighters or black woman!”
Tammy on Scott Johnson: “He is the weakest leader I have ever seen.”
Tammy continues, and it sounds like she is gloating when she talks about his divorce and his wife potentially spilling the tea if he runs for Mayor.
Tammy on Angelia Pelham: “She also voted Republican for the first time. Why would she do that? She is a staunch democrat.”
Tammy continues to talk about Angelia’s poor leadership, how she doesn’t care if she ever talks to Angelia at an event, how she doesn’t have a lot of respect for Marcia (John Keating’s girl), and how Angelia has not done anything for our city.”
Tammy on Shona Sowell: “She was a nice person at the beginning, I heard, but at the end of the six years, she was a monster.”
Tammy, the reason you gave in this conversation is not the same reason you have previously stated as to why you ran against Shona Sowell. Which one is the truth?
Tammy on John Keating: “He should not get married until after he loses the Mayoral race to see if Marcia sticks around.”
Tammy continues to talk about John, his ex-wife Leslie, his kids, and we are curious why you would ever have a conversation with someone and discuss someone else’s personal life. You are okay spilling others’ secrets and talking about their lives, so let’s see how you like now that it is happening to you.
Gossip is human nature. At some point, we all talk about others or are talked about. Not all gossip is evil. Some of them are mindless chit-chat. But it can hurt someone else and also backfire. Those who are busy discussing your life are probably not happy about theirs. Tammy needs to take a good look in the mirror and re-evaluate her choices. She doesn’t want folks talking about her husband’s Ketchup Caddy, yet she thinks it’s okay to expose anyone and everyone’s secrets.
Well Frisco, you might want to set down that Yeti tumbler and grab a porcelain teacup, because in this episode we’re not sipping sweet tea — we’re serving it scalding.
On today’s episode of “Who’s Mic Is It Anyway?” Tammy Meinershagen — our poised, polished, picture-perfect council darling — trades in her charm-school pearls for brass knuckles and pours out the kind of hot gossip that makes Bravo executives weep with envy.
You know Tammy: the one with the Barbie-blonde poise, high-heeled grace, and the kind of curated Instagram aesthetic that screams “I’m just like you but with better lighting.” For years, she’s been Frisco’s go-to for classy civic engagement and picture-perfect smiles. But as that hot mic keeps rolling, so does a side of Tammy that’s less Pageant Queen and more Petty Queen.
This time her tea kettle is pointed directly at fellow councilman John Keating — and boy, she doesn’t just spill the tea, she upends the entire teapot: ☕ John’s engagement disaster? Tammy’s got the play-by-play. ☕ His leadership skills? According to Tammy, “dumb and weak” might be putting it politely. ☕ Veterans backing him for mayor? Not according to Tammy’s version of events ☕ His girlfriend/fiancée/wife-to-be (we lost track)? Tammy claims she’s got the inside scoop on how that relationship’s less of a fairy tale and more of a soap opera. ☕ Talks to his ex-wife all the time? Tammy says yes. John’s privacy? Not so much.
At this point, the only thing hotter than Tammy’s tea is a July afternoon on the Star’s turf field.
So here’s the question we have to ask, Frisco: Is Tammy the well-spoken, community-loving stateswoman we all thought? Or is she Two-Faced Tammy — the master puppeteer sipping tea while setting matches? Better yet… which Tammy is running the show today?
Lastly, if John Keating is telling people he is running for Mayor, then doesn’t that mean he has to step down if he has started campaigning? 🫖🔥
One thing’s clear: In Frisco, trust might be harder to come by than a Legacy West parking spot on Saturday night.
👂 Stay tuned, because the tape keeps rolling… Who needs Ketchup Caddy when you have Two-Faced Tammy. Bring on the drama.
I went to her to ask for help with an issue my child that was getting nowhere with the school,…
So whatever became of the $17 million dollars that the city council gave the Mayor to beautify a drainage ditch?
At last count, there are 3 different "spa/massage" businesses in the small office park at the northeast corner of John…
I literally just saw this. Yeah, she used to forward everybody’s emails behind their backs.
You're dropping truth bombs! These mom and pop shops are what should be the least of Karen's worries. If they…