Frisco PD Presents Business Safety at the Chamber

I attended a presentation put on by Frisco PD at the Chamber of Commerce. Robert Monts and Glynda Covington, Frisco Community Service Officers, discussed valuable tools on how to stay safe as well as prevent crime in the workplace. The discussion was timely in light of last night's attempted car jacking in Frisco. Their advice, "it's better to lose your possessions than your life." The most common crime discussed were crimes of opportunity.

They also advised that taking preventative measures is the best defense. One interesting point was that criminals will tend to target more run down establishments that well manicured. The thought process is that a well taken care of business generally has the latest preventative means. If a business looks run down, than a criminal assumes they are not investing in preventative measures.

The joke of the afternoon came from Detective Clay Anderson. He answered what we all wanted to know.....that real life detective work is nothing like the TV Show CSI!

Learn more about the Frisco PD at www.JoinFriscoPD.com

121 Tollway Public Hearing

I attended the public hearing in Plano regarding the sale of the 121 tollway to Cintra for $2.1 billion. As most know, this public hearing was more show than substance as the deal was announced the following day. A Tx Dot spokesman essentially read a prepared document regarding the plan. Following an intermission, 4-5 concerned citizens voiced their opinion followed by applause.

Outside of the employees required to be there, only probably 2 dozen citizens showed up along with Mayor Simpson and City Manager George Purefoy.

If you are interested in this topic you find more public info in the debates on www.Frisco-Online.com:

http://www.frisco-online.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=117640&enterthread=y

here's another:
http://www.frisco-online.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=4&threadid=116967&enterthread=y

Dallas News article:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/022807dnmethighwaycontract.1187bfa.html

The Mayor Gets Roasted!

We attended the Mayor's Roasting benefitting the Frisco Miracle League on Saturday night. Although the roasting of the Mayor was comical, the highlight of the night came from the National Anthem....one of the most moving I have ever heard. The young gentleman who sang had the room in tears.

Perhaps the best roasting came from Maher Maso whose photoshop photos of the Mayor were very funny. Although the video of the Mayor's Elvis impersonation gave him a run for his money.

Joy West and Sandy Simpson finished the night off by announcing that the field was to be named the E. Mike Simpson Field.

To learn more about the Frisco Miracle League www.friscomiracleleague.org/

Frisco Education Foundation starts application review

I am so honored to serve on the Board of the Frisco Education Foundation. The Foundation's Mission is:

The Frisco Education Foundation, in partnership with the Greater Frisco Community, provides financial resources to maximize the potential of students of the Frisco Independent School District through the awarding of educational scholarships and innovative grants.

Today we reviewed all of the application's of the students. I am amazed at all of the extraordinary students each and every year. We finalized as a Board the students that would be interviewed which begin the first week of March. Each student is so unique and talented in many different ways that we want to give a scholarship to everyone.

If you are interested in helping promote the Frisco Education Foundation's Mission please visit www.FriscoEducationFoundation.com

With more High School coming on and the growth of the school district, we will need to continue to expand our efforts to provide scholarships to deserving students and families of need