Always fun to get a different version of history presented to you on a hump day. Woke up this morning with a question about my alleged support for one of the candidates in the Frisco runoff election (yes, Virginia THERE IS a runoff election in Frisco).
To be clear, I am not supporting either of the two candidates publicly, but I definitely am doing all that I can privately to help one of them succeed over the other. Side note, from a diversity perspective alone Frisco Council changes regardless of the winner.
It seems that my having a coffee and chat with a city council member is news in Frisco (mind-numbing, I know). Yesterday, I met with Brian Livingston (at his request) at Summer Moon Coffee – Frisco TX (very tasty coffee) for approx. 1 hour.
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During that meeting, we discussed the following issues:
– health and how we are sometimes our own worst enemies when having to make changes to improve our health (though it is worth noting Brian has done a tremendous job with his goals),
– Frisco Fire Fighters requests of council and candidates and Brian’s support for these,
– The current state of play of the Republican Party locally and at higher levels,
– The lack of civility in local politics, and why that is the case in Frisco (and where it started, and how do we reduce it),
– a brief overview of the current workings of the current city council and its members, future plans and building on the plans that have been in place for decades,
– The city management team and the future of that post George,
– We each learned a little more about each other personally,
– We touched upon the current local city council race and the possible outcomes of that race (though not a focal point of the conversation), and the earlier race (May 1), and the quality of those candidates (and outcome of that race),
– We also touched – even more briefly – on the 2020 Council race.
What we did not discuss, and nor did Brian ask, is who I was supporting (see above).
During our meeting is when Jeff Cheney made his post, and this caused Brian’s phone to “light up” and our meeting ended shortly after that.
I thought the meeting was very cordial. And the coffee was really good.
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If anyone takes this to mean that I offered my support to either of the candidates during this meeting, this would be incorrect.
(originally posted on Facebook on May 26, 2021)