Many People Are Saying (4/5/24)

Weekly Texas rumors, gossip, and projects we're working on.

Welcome to “Many People Are Saying,” our once a week paid-subscriber article where we feature rumors we’re hearing, inside gossip in the political world, and projects and pieces we’re working on that we haven’t published yet.

This week:

• Audio recordings reveal Plano City Council asking a commissioner to resign because he asked the wrong questions?

• Drama in the Dallas County Recount for HD108.

• A Dallas County Commissioner refers to pregnant black women as “birthing persons.”

Plano City Council Asks Planning and Zoning Commissioner to Resign

Asking the wrong questions often leads to unfortunate consequences. This might be the case with a recent incident in Plano.

Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commissioner Bill Lisle was recently asked by Plano City Council Member Rick Horne to resign.

In a recorded conversation between Lisle and Horne, Horne states that Plano City Council, including the Mayor, wants Lisle to resign due to his inquiry into a specific P&Z job.

The audio recording can be heard here: