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 Aresenio who often pondered certain thoughts on live TV would say “Things that make you go hmmm…”  The song had a catchy tune and the video that aired on MTV was done in all black and white. 

Well, my wife and daughter loved that song so much, it often played on repeat in our house.  Fast forward to today, when my wife and I do research, and we come across a golden nugget of information, we will look at the other across the table and say, “Things that make you go hmm!”  Whoever is on the receiving end of that statement usually gets excited to see what the other has uncovered. 

After we wrote our last blog asking the question regarding Keating and Pelham taking dirty money, we received a few emails from fellow whistleblowers.  One of the emails said we should look further into the connection between Keating and Dos Amigos, so we did! 

Now remember we filed a PIR with the city for any communication between Veton Krasniqi and Keating and Krasniqi and Pelham.  We were told there were no responsive records which we found odd. After receiving that email telling us to dig deeper, we decided to go back and look at the timeline of events:

3/10/21 – Crook Krasniqi donated $10,000 to John Keating’s campaign.

5/15/21 – Crook Krasniqi donated $5000 to Angelia Pelham’s campaign.

The timeline looked fine at first then we noticed something, the election was on May 1, 2021.  The first question we had was why did Krasniqi donate $5000 to Angelia Pelham, AFTER THE ELECTION?  Then we searched social media to see if we could find any connection between Keating and Dos Amigos, and then we searched Pelham and Dos Amigos.  Things that make you go hmmm…

John Keating documented election day in several social media posts.  The first post states he is voting in the Frisco Municipal Election with 3 other people.  He reminds residents that it is election day, and the polls are open till 7 pm.  He asked residents to cast their ballots, make their voices heard, and send him back for another term on the Frisco City Council.  He ended the post with “I would be honored to have you as my guest at our Election Night Party at DOS AMIGOS, 2552 Stonebrook Parkway, Frisco, TX 75034 starting at 7:30 pm as they watch the results come in.”

Then later that day he posts again, “Thank You Frisco for sending me back to YOUR city council for another three years!  I won’t let you down, and you ain’t seen nuthin yet!  Victory Party at “DOS AMIGOS!”  Things that make you go hmmm…

In past blogs, we have said that John Keating is the gift that keeps on giving, and we appreciate that here at Whistleblower.  After learning that Keating had his victory party at Dos Amigos, we decided to search his political campaign finance report for the party expense.  Then we also searched to see if Dos Amigos did an In-Kind donation.  No Chalupa!   Did Keating pay for this expense out of one of his private funds?  If yes, then why not use Campaign Money?   If he used campaign money, why is the expense not documented on any of his campaign finance reports?  Things that make you go hmmm….

As we searched for his Victory Party Expense, we found another interesting donation.  In February of 2022, John Keating donated $1000 to Frederick Frazier.  Then in June 2022, Frederick Frazier, a 28-year Dallas Police officer and freshman lawmaker was charged by a grand jury for two charges of impersonating a public servant.  The charges stem from allegations by his opponent Paul Chabot regarding political sign tampering.  Frazier who was re-elected in 2022 was able to delay the court case over a year due to his “legislative work” in Austin.  In December 2023 State Rep Frederick Frazier pleaded no contest to two Class A misdemeanor charges of attempting to impersonate a public servant.  He also pleaded guilty to a Class C misdemeanor charge of criminal mischief.  His plea deal included one year of deferred adjudication probation and several thousands of dollars in fines.  His plea came one day after he filed to retire from the Dallas Police Department.  The DPD released a statement that because Fraizer is retiring while under investigation, he will be released with a dishonorable discharge.   To this day Frazier denies he impersonated a code compliance officer.   Frazier is currently on the ballot in Collin County for re-election.   Things that make you go hmmm…

It is a Merry Go Round that just keeps on spinning!