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I WAS ALWAYS INVOLVED IN STUDENT GOVERNMENT
IN HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, SO IT WAS JUST IN MY BLOOD. AND BOB WARREN REALLY ENCOURAGED ME, SO
HE AND ANN WERE MY BIGGEST SUPPORTERS. I CALL THEM MY POLITICAL MOM AND DAD. WE CHOSE FRISCO
BECAUSE IT HAD A SCHOOL GOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE FOUND TWO ACRES OF LAND WE COULD AFFORD.
I REMEMBER THE CITIZENS OF FRISCO WERE SO KIND AND WELCOMING TO MY FAMILY. IT ENDEARED ME TO THE
TOWN AND WHAT I KNEW HAVING GROWN UP IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT THAT GROWTH WAS COMING AT US, SO MY
BIGGEST GOAL WAS TO GET US READY WHEN THAT GROWTH HIT US, THAT WE WOULD DEVELOP ON OUR OWN IDEAS AND
WHAT WE WANTED VERSUS JUST RUNNING US OVER. AND SO DOING THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN,
DECIDING WHERE OUR RETAIL AREAS WERE GOING TO BE. WE HAD TO PUT ON SOME GOOGLY GLASSES AND SAID YOU
KNOW WE'RE ON THE VERGE OF GROWTH WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE FUTURE, LET'S CREATE THE FUTURE PLAN.
AND SO WE JUST BRAINSTORMED AND CAME UP WITH THE RESULTS OF THAT MEETING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT
WE WANTED TO SEE IN FRISCO. 'THE LAST FEW WEEKS I'VE BEEN ASKED MANY TIMES WHAT DOES THIS STONEBRIAR
CENTRE MEAN TO THE CITIZENS OF FRISCO? WELL OF COURSE WE LIKE THE TAX BASE THAT IT ADDS
TO OUR CITY, BUT MORE THAN THAT, OUR CITIZENS CAN NOW BUY EVERY SINGLE THING THAT
THEY NEED RIGHT HERE IN STONEBRIAR CENTER.' IT PUT US ON THE MAP REALLY, PLUS IT
CREATED SOME GREAT SALES TAX FOR US. THE SALES TAX WE COLLECTED ON IT REALLY DID CREATE A
BACKDROP FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME CREATIVE THINGS. PEOPLE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE FRISCO WAS
AT THE TIME, LIKE WHERE IS FRISCO, WELL YOU KNOW IT'S NORTH OF PLANO, ACROSS YOU KNOW, SO I'D HAVE
TO GO THROUGH THAT ALL THE TIME AND I THINK THE FACT WITH THOSE KIND OF DEVELOPMENTS, THE MALL
AND THE BEGINNING OF THE SPORTS COMPLEX, ACTUALLY KIND OF SOLIDIFY US AS GIVING US A PERSONALITY,
AS A COMMUNITY. I AM HONORED THAT THEY WANT TO NAME A PARK AFTER ME AND I GUESS IF THEY HAD TO
NAME ONE AFTER ME IT WOULD BE THAT ONE BECAUSE OF THE TREES AND THE SCULPTURE YOU KNOW THE THINGS
THAT I REALLY BELIEVE IN. IT IS A PEACEFUL PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND REFLECT. IT HAS PUBLIC ART.
IT HAS GREENERY, SO YEAH I'M PLEASED WITH THAT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.