My Take on What it Means for Frisco
Congrats to Scott Johnson for his successful City Council re-election bid. Scott is a fantastic Council member. Congrats also to Tim Nelson for his successful big to un-seat 1 term Council member, Bart Crowder.
Congrats also to the Frisco taxpayers for revoking the Arts of Collin County bonds with their FOR vote on Proposition 1. This project just doesn’t make sense at this time for many reasons not the least of is the fact that it is not in Frisco, should be largely funded with private dollars, has a huge ultimate and ongoing price tag, and there is a world-class facility not far from that location called the Eisemann Center. Hopefully this is now past us and if you are interested in reading what I said about this project 3 years ago, read it here.
Congrats to Tom Smith for his campaign (albeit unsuccessful) to become Mayor. Tom Smith came out of nowhere, filed to run towards the end of the deadline, and gave the current Mayor a run for his money. The current Mayor and his people ran another extremely nasty and offensive campaign and when Tom Smith and his supporters fought back, all they could do was cry foul. Terrible, win-at-all-costs tactics that I hope they are ashamed of, but I doubt it.
The current Mayor has created a divisive council and city as evidenced by the majority of the council campaigning for Tom Smith. A very telling sign as to what they believe to be a lack of leadership and more on the part of the current Mayor. Although the current Mayor did win re-election, he has been rendered even more irrelevant with the makeup of the council so even though he won re-election, it doesn’t amount to much.
Overall, good job Frisco citizens!
