Saturday, March 25, 2023

Why Did Fuller et al. start a corporation to promote the airport bond?

A couple of weeks ago, McKinney's Mayor, George Fuller, announced a website that would be online in short order. It is located here

The small print on the website says, "Political Ad Paid for by McKinney Above the Rest, Inc." The corporation paperwork, with Fuller as one of the directors, was filed on March 7th, 2023. 

The Fuller et al. corporation might have been started in response to an organic, common-man effort by local resident and activist Tom Michero to collect enough money on GoFundMe to make signs AGAINST the airport. He started the fundraiser in February and has a Facebook group called "Keep McKinney Unique." He was also featured in a DMN article here


McKinney Above the Rest, Inc. includes Fuller, David Brooks, Daniel Craig, and two more as directors. We know of Brooks from Independent Bank and other economic incentives given to him over the years. We know of Craig from Craig Ranch, a few airport land sales to the city, and other economic incentives given to him over the years. 


They also endorse the $200M airport bond, obviously. There are now pro-airport signs around the city.

I took a screenshot of various parts of the site on March 17th. I'm glad I did. Not only had it not been checked for errors, but comments were also written that the MCDC and MEDC had made monetary commitments. I searched and could not locate any public hearings or discussions on the agendas for the MEDC, MCDC, or city council meetings. 


Now, the language on the site reads a bit differently. The money has "been requested" from the MCDC and the MCDC. 




 

6 comments:

  1. McKinney Citizen to Citizen is doing what newspapers once did, investigate. Great work MCtoC!

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    1. Great work indeed!

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    2. WOW, big deal.. you won. You got them to change "commit" to "request". And why did the Mayor set up a corporation to promote the airport bond? you ask. Because he's promoting the airport bond! I fail to see anything nefarious about that. Thank you for including the link to the Airport Bond page because it very openly states exactly what's going on with actual facts for everything known. You seem to suggest lots of things, using them as tiny word bombs, although your arguments are weak. Perhaps it would behoove you to read the entire thing.

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  2. Hey Anonymous who posted on 4/1/23 @12:13pm:
    Stop being an asshole. Everyone around you would truly appreciate it.

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  3. I wouldn’t be surprised if Anonymous that replied on April 1 was humpback George himself. Looks an awful lot like his typical demeaning writing style.. The most glaring thing about this whole ordeal is that all those new commercial buildings are popping up around the airport like it’s a foregone conclusion. I say we all vote no and let them squirm and wait it out. This city voted for a builder/contractor be the mayor and now everyone is surprised his hand is in and pockets are being lined with all the new developments..

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    1. Development of the airport and an increase in airport traffic IS a foregone conclusion. According to my pilot husband, FAA rules state that if an FBO is federally-funded, as the McKinney FBO originally was, air traffic into and out of the airport cannot be regulated.

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