Deep in the Heart of Frisco Texas Ed Mahoney and Bryan Brickman

Our FINAL recording for Coffee with the Candidates is with the Mayor himself Jeff Cheney.   Since neither of his opponents chose to come on the show, we opened up the conversation more about his experience as Mayor, and we discussed some of the topics we are dealing with in Frisco.   We learned about his favorite projects over the years and what he really wants to accomplish before he leaves his role.  We dived into the Universal Studio controversy and what to expect on the Downtown Frisco development.  Members of the Leadership Frisco Class XXIV, Dan Peril and Kevin Rackers join the show to tell us about their upcoming fundraiser and class project.  We can't "espresso" our excitement for this episode!

We continue our Coffee with the Candidates 2023 segment with the Place 5 challenger Anwer Azam.    Anwer was such a nice guest on the show and he was uber focused on talking about his vision on how he can help our community.  He has a strong accounting background that he feels will help direct Frisco for the future.  Latte it up, and relax on this in depth interview!

Welcome to 3rd annual segment of Coffee with the Candidates!  This episode we have Seat 5 incumbent Laura Rummel visiting our show to discuss what it's been like being a council person, and her future visions of her role if she is elected.   We have some really fun questions to mix it up and we get to the heart of Laura's opinion of the Universal Studios Theme park.  Grab a coffee, sit back and enjoy!   

If you haven't visited the new $61M Frisco Library, you are missing out!  We had to get the inside scoop on the history, vision and the future of our amazing library.   Learn what was in the original Beal Building, and how it came about to be our new place to learn.   It's not just books anymore!   This was a super fun episode where we learned there's a missing dinosaur walking through the halls, little robots to program, and tools to make your own books!      

Did you know that the VIsual Arts Guild of Frisco https://www.vagf.org   has been around for ove 20 years?  Learn how this non-profit contributes to our artistic nature and puts local artists out in the community.  They have an upcoming event on April 13-15 called En Plein Air where artists create art in one of three locations in Frisco.   Will Ed show up and show his artistic nature?  Only time will tell!   Suade lubricates your co-hosts with some amazing bourbon called ROXOR  (a botancial bourbon)and it doesn't disappoint!

We welcome 2023 with exciting news...er... depending on who you're talking to... but personally, we are excited about the news of Universal Studios Theme parks coming to Frisco with a NEW CONCEPT never seen before on this scale!  We talk about what the park IS and Isn't and what the potential impact it will be for our community.   We invited community superstar Tracy Shipman who is currently serving on the Community Bond Committee to talk about what they do, and what potential projects are being presented.. including a Animal Shelter.    The Animal Shelter has become a hot topic on whether or not we need one as a community.  Your podcast duo was quite surprised at some of the statistics!   After you listen to the show, tell us what you think about an animal shelter in Frisco!