2021 Election – City Edition

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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)

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James

James Nunn keeps himself busy running his business, volunteering when possible, hosting exchange students, sticking his nose into social issues but is generally considered a good guy. He loves to keep track of things using technology. He has a waning social media presence and is an occasional blogger capturing life's little (and big) moments. He was born in Australia, but now lives in New Orleans, Louisiana (USA) with his husband and two dogs.