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06/04/2025

“Moreover, I believe his remarks may constitute a violation of the Johnson Amendment … If accurate, this is another inappropriate use of a religious 501(c)(3) asset for political use.”

—Mayor George Fuller, Facebook post · 2 June 2025(Image 1)

Is that warning actually a confession?

The Mayor cites federal rules against mixing charity work with politics—yet every time a dollar lands in his own Love Life Foundation (LLF), taxpayer money seems to follow.

(Image 2 – Street-sign photo “Lucky’s Sweepstakes – Benefitting LLF”)
(Image 3 – “Who Benefits from LLF?” infographic)

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🚨 What jumps out

Notes Live Amphitheater – wins a $26 million city deal → soon headlines LLF events.

Adriatica Village – Mayor’s project gets a $98 k city grant → hosts LLF shop & fund-raisers.

Council hopefuls Ernest Lynch & Bill Cox – send $3 k & $1.4 k from campaign funds to LLF.

Lucky’s Sweepstakes – only casino left after 2015 raids → rebrands “Lucky’s Love Life” → claims $4.75 million raised for LLF.

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📈 The numbers don’t add up

(Image 4 – “Numbers Don’t Add Up” bar chart)
A 40-machine parlor would need $95 k in player losses every month to hit $4.75 M. Normal is about $12 k. Something’s off.

(Image 5 – LLF IRS Donation Spike chart)
LLF’s IRS filings jump from $615 k → $1.8 M in the same years Lucky’s ran—plus two anonymous six-figure gifts each year.

(Image 6 – Lucky’s Timeline infographic)

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Double standard?
The Mayor warns churches not to mix faith and politics, but IRS rules also bar a 501(c)(3) from funneling hidden money or rewarding its donors. If a casino—and unnamed backers—pump millions into the Mayor’s charity while those donors win city favors, that raises the same private-benefit and money-laundering red flags.

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What McKinney can do

1. Public audit of every incentive, bond, or grant tied to an LLF donor.

2. Sunshine ordinance: any firm seeking city perks must disclose gifts to nonprofits run by officials.

3. Mandatory recusal when a vote involves donors to an official’s family charity.

Something doesn’t add up. Let’s follow the money before the next deal is signed.

05/20/2025

The Cost of Bill Cox: $20 Million and Counting

Bill Cox wants to be mayor.

But he’s not saying much, and that might be the point.

Just like Joe Biden in 2020, who stayed largely offstage while Barack Obama did the talking, Cox has remained mostly silent while Mayor George Fuller makes videos, attacks opponents, and even puts his own photo on Cox’s campaign mailers.

While Cox stays quiet, Fuller runs the playbook. He makes the videos, signs the mailers, and drives the narrative.
That’s not support. That’s control.

1. The $50,000 Deal That Backfired on Taxpayers

In 2008, while serving as Mayor Pro Tem, Cox was accused by a hotel developer of demanding a $50,000 check just before a critical vote. The check was written. The project collapsed.
Taxpayers later paid over $20 million to finish the job.

No public apology. No accountability. Just a quiet return to power for the same players.

Source:
https://www.globest.com/sites/globest/2009/05/27/westin-developer-claims-extortion/

2. The Airport Project Voters Rejected — Twice

In both 2021 and 2023, McKinney voters rejected funding for a commercial airport terminal.

But as chair of Planning and Zoning, Cox approved the terminal site plan anyway. The city moved forward using MEDC and MCDC sales tax bonds — skirting the vote.

Same project. Different pot of money. No voter consent.

Sources:
https://www.texasscorecard.com/local/mckinney-moves-forward-with-controversial-airport-plan/
https://www.keranews.org/news/2025-03-19/controversy-over-mckinney-airport-expansion-surfaces-in-mayoral-debate

3. Rezoning for Donations

On April 8, 2025, Cox chaired a unanimous vote by the McKinney Planning and Zoning Commission to approve zoning for Huntington Park — a 785-acre development from the Billingsley Company.

Five days earlier, on April 3, two Billingsley Company partners donated a combined $2,000 to Cox’s campaign.
The donations were reported in his April 25 finance report.

Sources:
https://communityimpact.com/dallas-fort-worth/mckinney/development/2025/04/10/mckinney-commission-recommends-zoning-approval-for-785-acre-billingsley-development/
https://efile.cot.tnrsapps.com/campaigns/finance-reports/tx/mckinney/bill-cox-april-2025-report.pdf

4. The Same Machine, Still Running

This isn’t just about Cox.

It’s about a network that has reshaped McKinney for decades. When voters push back, it shifts tactics — not direction.

Brian Loughmiller, who sat on Council during the 2009 Gateway scandal, is now treasurer for Councilmember Geré Feltus

Geré Feltus was re-elected in May with support from Mayor Fuller

That same machine is now pushing Cox

This isn’t public service. It’s managed succession.

5. The Pattern Is the Problem

Your property taxes go up

Voter-rejected projects still move forward

And the same people rotate between positions, deals, and campaigns

These aren’t isolated events.
This is how the machine works.

We’re McAudit. We don’t endorse candidates. We verify facts.

We don’t care who shakes hands in glossy mailers.
We care who benefits. And who pays.

If you’ve felt like your vote doesn’t matter

If you’ve wondered why City Hall keeps ignoring you

If you’re tired of seeing the same names with different titles

Then you already know what this runoff is about.

Vote how you want. But know exactly what you’re voting for.

McAudit will keep the receipts. You keep the power.

Spread the word.

05/02/2025

Top Credit Rating? Great. Now Stop Using It Like a Blank Check.

Mayor George Fuller wants you to celebrate McKinney’s AAA bond rating.

We agree—strong credit is good. But it’s not a pass for reckless borrowing.

That rating comes from rising home valuations and a strong tax base - not financial genius. It’s like getting approved for a $30,000 credit card. It doesn’t mean you max it out - especially when the bill lands on someone else’s doorstep.

The mayor’s post skips what matters:

How much of our debt was issued without voter approval

How many incentive deals benefit developers while taxpayers foot the risk

How this rating is being used as political cover—not financial transparency

We keep hearing how “well-managed” McKinney is. But when residents ask where the money is actually going, we get slogans and spin instead of answers.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

If the city truly has nothing to hide, then why hasn’t it committed to a full forensic audit of incentive deals, land transfers, and public bond usage?

The truth is: we could know exactly what’s happening.
We just have to demand it.

And this Saturday, we can.

Every candidate endorsed by George Fuller is part of the same machine—backed by the same money, reading from the same script, and silent when it matters most.

If you want accountability, you have to vote every single one of them out.

Reject the slate. Break the machine. Vote for transparency.

04/30/2025

We followed the money.

And what we uncovered confirms what McKinney residents already suspected.

This isn’t a campaign. It’s a controlled operation.

Ernest Lynch funneled $3,000 of campaign funds into Mayor George Fuller’s private nonprofit—the Love Life Foundation Bill Cox sent $1,400 to the same place.

That’s not charity. That’s payoff politics.
Fuller gets the cash. They get the endorsement.
You get played.

Geré Feltus - McKinney City Council District 3? Her campaign paid Ashlie Babcock $500—a political consultant running cover for Fuller’s slate and attacking residents who speak up.
Neutral? Not even close.

But it goes deeper.

All three reports—Lynch, Cox, and Feltus—follow the same blueprint:

• Shared political consultants
• Vague expenses like “consulting” and “services” with zero transparency
• Strategic timing tied to endorsements
• Almost no grassroots support
• A clear pattern of money moving through the same insider network

This isn’t leadership. It’s a loyalty exchange.

And it’s funded by people who thought they were supporting real candidates.

You thought you were donating to a campaign.
Instead, your money went into Fuller’s network and came out as favors, silence, and political payoffs.

If this is how they handle campaign money,
imagine how they treat your tax dollars.

We’re not here to play politics. We’re here to expose the game.

Follow the money. Break the machine. Vote for accountability.

04/11/2025

The District 3 debate confirmed what many of us already knew: Geré Feltus - McKinney City Council District 3 isn’t answering questions—she’s reciting scripts.

Her answers were rehearsed, vague, and packed with talking points from city staff or political handlers. Not once did she provide original analysis, a clear position she arrived at herself, or a real-time response to uncomfortable facts.

Why? Because she’s not there to lead. She’s there to shield Mayor George Fuller —just like she has since the day she was installed.

At [53:00], she says:
“Let’s not get it twisted. I’m not an idiot with no brain.”

Then spends the next 10 minutes proving she can’t think for herself.

At [30:40], she pushes the recycled airport pitch—despite District 3 voting it down 60/40. No fresh argument. No acknowledgement of voters. Just script.

At [17:00], Tammy Warren shows what leadership actually looks like: honest talk about commercial tax shortfalls, outflow to Legacy West, and how McKinney’s financial house is off-balance.

When asked if she’s just a proxy for Fuller, Geré didn’t deny it. She pivoted. She talked about being smart. But couldn’t cite a single disagreement.

McKinney is done with ceremonial puppets. We’re done with “say nothing, smile politely, and vote as told.”

If you can’t say something real with the cameras rolling, you’re not leading—you’re being led.

You don't have to take our word for it. Watch the full debate for yourself here:
https://youtu.be/IYoFcO9CfKg?si=avQLk6tc2_fDu8hM

Follow the words. Follow the dodges. Follow the silence. Then follow the money. McAudit.

04/09/2025

Mayor George Fuller says over 60% of McKinney supports airport expansion.

Here’s what he’s not telling us:

– The poll excluded 75069—the zip code closest to the airport
– Less than 0.5% of the city even responded
– Voters already rejected this plan at the ballot box

Now he’s calling it “statistically valid” and using it to push the same agenda again.

That’s not public support.
That’s a manufactured result.

We’ve been lied to.
What we need now isn’t another poll—we need a forensic audit of the airport, the incentives, and the money behind this entire deal.

04/03/2025

“You can’t fix your vision by shoving a kidney into your eye socket.”
But apparently, you can run for mayor with that logic.

Recently on Nextdoor, someone asked a mayoral candidate a basic question:

“Where do you stand on financial accountability—beyond just opposing the airport expansion?”

Instead of answering, he dropped a Facebook video link. No summary. No details.

So, being naturally curious, we watched it.
What we found was… illuminating.

In the video, he proposes this:

“Take some of the 1% sales tax that goes to the CDC and EDC and move it back into the general fund.”

It’s presented with confidence. Like it's just rearranging parts on a board.

But here’s what he left out:

That 1% is capped by state law.

It was divided between the CDC (Community Development Corporation) and EDC (Economic Development Corporation) by voter-approved ballot initiatives.

You can’t “move it” without another vote—and even then, the total still can’t increase.

So the real question is:

Does he not understand how city funding works?
Or does he, and he’s hoping voters don’t?

Because from where we sit, it looks more like performance than policy.

McKinney taxpayers deserve clarity—not clown logic.

This is exactly why McAudit is calling for a full, independent forensic audit.
Because when the answers don’t add up, someone’s usually hiding the math.

Want to watch the video for yourself?
Here it is:
https://www.facebook.com/MattRostami/videos/663274213063796/

Let us know if you hear something we missed.

Follow the money. Demand answers.

04/02/2025

Geré Feltus Posted a Video About the Airport. Here’s What She Didn’t Say.

Councilmember Geré Feltus recently posted a video about the McKinney National Airport. She smiled, spoke softly, and said almost nothing.

Here’s what she left out:

The airport terminal expansion is a $72 million project

It includes a $32 million federal loan and $15 million in Certificates of Obligation (COs)—debt that taxpayers are ultimately responsible for

It sits inside a 4,000-acre TIRZ, which means none of the property tax growth goes to the general fund

And under FAA rules, airport profits can’t be used for roads, schools, or tax relief—only for more airport improvements

So if it succeeds, the city doesn’t benefit.
If it fails, residents eat the debt.

Feltus didn’t mention that.
She also didn’t explain how this benefits taxpayers—or how this debt burden will be managed if passenger traffic projections fall short.

She said she wants to “engage with residents” and “get into more detail in future videos.”

But that’s not transparency. That’s stalling.

The public deserves real numbers, clear answers, and a vote—not a series of curated videos after the deal is already underway.

McAudit has been tracking this from the beginning. And we’re not going to stop just because a few councilmembers hope the public loses interest.

We’ll keep posting the data.
We’ll keep following the money.
And we’ll keep asking the questions city leadership won’t.

04/01/2025

Hey neighbors.

Over the past week, we’ve heard city officials brag about how “transparent” McKinney is.

But what we’re actually hearing—from you—paints a different picture.

Most people had no idea this stuff was happening. And even if you did have a clue, you told us you wouldn’t know where to start looking or what to ask.

So we’re kicking off a short series to break down how McKinney hands out tax deals and incentives—using plain language, real maps, and real money.

Let’s start with one you’ve probably never heard of:

What is a TIRZ?

It stands for Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone. It’s a fancy way of saying:
The city draws a zone on a map, and then locks all new tax money inside that zone.

That money can’t be used for police.
Can’t be used for roads.
Can’t be used for fire stations.
Only for more projects inside the zone.

Think of it like a private club.
If you’re not in it—you don’t benefit.

McKinney has two of these zones:

TIRZ 1 is downtown and along SH 5. That’s where TUPPS Brewery is.
They’ve gotten city incentives, and even if they start paying taxes, that money never hits the city’s general fund.

TIRZ 2 is east of Hwy 5 —and takes up more than 4,000 acres around the airport.
It includes Encore Wire, Simpson Strong-Tie, and McKinney National Airport.
All the new tax revenue from those properties?
It stays locked inside the zone.

So what’s the big deal?

It means we all pay more while the benefits stay in these special areas.
The city keeps approving incentives inside these zones, and the rest of McKinney has to pick up the slack.

And here’s the kicker:

Notes Live—the new amphitheater—is inside TIRZ 1.

We’ll get into that deal in another video.

But even if it’s wildly successful and brings in millions, it won’t help the rest of the city—not for roads, not for public safety, not for you.

And that’s before we talk about the sales tax money they’re being allowed to keep.

This is just Part One.

We’re going to keep peeling back the layers until everyone in McKinney knows where their money is going—and who’s really benefiting.

Stay tuned.

03/26/2025

Why Is the Mayor Campaigning for Bill Cox?

Mayor Fuller took to the internet again—four and a half minutes of attacking Scott Sanford over state legislation. But here’s what he didn’t talk about:

Bill Cox.

Cox’s vision.

Cox’s voice.

Or anything Cox has actually said.

And that’s the story.

Because if Bill Cox is really the one running for mayor…
why is George Fuller still doing all the talking?

When Fuller ran for office, he didn’t let anyone else speak for him.
Now that he’s leaving, he won’t let anyone else speak at all.

Let’s break down the facts behind the mayor’s claims:

SB 1152 – Telecom Franchise Fees

Allowed providers to avoid paying duplicative right-of-way fees to cities.

Fuller says it shifted costs to taxpayers.

Truth: it passed with bipartisan support. Sanford voted yes—but so did many others.

A court ruled part of the law unconstitutional. It’s under appeal.

If it was so damaging, why didn’t McKinney do more to adapt?

HB 2439 – Building Materials Bill

Prohibited cities from banning approved materials (like siding) that meet national codes.

Fuller says it let developers cheap out.

Truth: it passed the Texas House 133–9.

Sanford supported it—but so did many Democrats.

McKinney also greenlit several value-engineered projects under Fuller’s leadership.

SB 6 – ETJ Development Control

Limited cities from regulating outside their limits unless they annexed.

Fuller blames Sanford.

But McKinney had a choice: annex or wait.

They waited. The city failed to plan and lost control of future development zones.

So here’s the real question:
If Sanford is so dangerous… why hasn’t Cox said anything himself?
Why is the mayor still campaigning harder than the candidate?

This isn’t about transparency. It’s about control.

Sanford has a record—debate it all you want.
But at least he’s showing up.

Cox? He’s just standing in the shadow of someone who won’t sit down.

Screenshot of the mayor’s video post is attached.
You can watch the full thing here:

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BY4umUSmd/

Then ask yourself:

Who’s actually running to be mayor—Cox, or Fuller’s legacy?

Follow McAudit. Share this post. Let the voters decide.

03/26/2025

$124 Million in Bonds—$53 Million Without Your Vote

McKinney City Council just approved over $124 million in bond sales.

$53 million of that was issued using a tool called Certificates of Obligation (COs)—which means you didn’t get to vote on it.

Instead, the council quietly bundled vague items like:

“Land acquisition”

“IT infrastructure for city hall”

“General improvements”

No line-item transparency. No taxpayer input.
Just a blank check backed by your property tax bill.

Want to verify it yourself?
Here’s the official agenda:
https://mckinney.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1148835&GUID=77D3D62B-E7F3-4A7C-A1B5-33DD40F1CE5E

Check Page 5, Items 25-2567 through 25-2570.
The debt is listed—but the public vote? Nowhere to be found.

Wait—what are Certificates of Obligation (COs)?

COs are a debt mechanism cities use to borrow money without voter approval.
They’re legal. But they’re also a favorite tool for sidestepping public input.

In McKinney, COs are increasingly used to fund major expenses—without full explanation, without a ballot, and without a clear path to public benefit.

So why does this matter?

Because when millions in taxpayer-backed debt are authorized with vague labels and zero public oversight, it’s not transparency—it’s manipulation.

If the projects were so urgent and valuable, the public would’ve been trusted to vote.

This isn’t a one-off. It’s a pattern:

Money moves fast

Details come slow

And taxpayers are expected to stay quiet while the invoices pile up

McAudit exists to follow the money, expose the pattern, and demand accountability.

Follow McAudit.
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Ask your city rep: What exactly did we just buy?

03/25/2025

“Transparency means educating yourself.”
— Mayor George Fuller

That’s what he said—on camera—just after celebrating McKinney’s latest “Transparency Trailblazer” award from the state.

In other words:
If you can’t find the information… or understand it… or take time off work to go to city hall… that’s on you.

That’s not transparency.
That’s a test.

It’s like handing someone a dictionary and saying:
“Congratulations—you now speak Spanish.”

This is part of a pattern—one we’ve all seen before.

When the mayor is criticized, it’s rarely him who answers.
Instead, it’s a council member he endorsed, or his wife weighing in, echoing the same talking points in a softer tone:
“If you don’t understand it, it’s because you haven’t educated yourself.”

Let’s be honest—that’s not leadership.
That’s deflection, dressed up as virtue.

Real transparency isn’t about who shows up with the calmest voice.
It’s about whether the people footing the bill can actually see where their money is going—and who’s benefiting from it.

Uploading spreadsheets is not transparency.
Issuing awards is not accountability.
And hiding behind staff, spouses, or proxies is not how public trust is earned.

McAudit exists because we’ve seen enough spin.
We don’t need to be lectured.
We need the books opened.

Watch the 44-second clip.
Hear it in his own words.
Then decide for yourself:
Is this the full story—or just the polished version?

Follow McAudit. Share the truth. Demand the audit.

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