City of Grand Prairie (Visit Grand Prairie)
city in Dallas, Tarrant, and Ellis counties in Texas, United Stateswww.visitgrandprairietx.com
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Oct 30, 2026
Tom VenniroHOST
Shane? Well,
Shane MizeHOST
I think for a long time, for me, it was always Grand Prairie.
Shane MizeHOST
I think Grand Prairie, especially under Rick Harreld and his time, and he has passed since.
Shane MizeHOST
What an incredible... park and rec professional who was a leader in a couple different cities in the DFW area, but I've always had a great affinity for Grand Prairie and what they did.
Shane MizeHOST
They have some incredible facilities.
Shane MizeHOST
They've turned out some really good staff, and they have a real supportive mayor and council, and they have a really great fundraising structure through 4B sales tax funds and their general fund dollars.
Shane MizeHOST
And It sounds hollow because that job was available about a year ago and I did not apply.
Shane MizeHOST
And part of it is because of how much I'm enjoying my time in Pflugerville and the things I'm still working on.
Kevin TurnerPANELIST
Yeah.
Kevin TurnerPANELIST
Tonight at the Texas Trust CU Theater in Grand Prairie.
Kevin TurnerPANELIST
I
Ben RogersHOST
think I have a
Jeff Skin WadeHOST
party oh and it was only like 80 people there so it was a small gathering so you can just go right up and talk to him and it was right before he blew like he was starting to blow up but it was before like he started releasing his own material
Ben RogersHOST
we should play i thought you were on my side with him
Kevin TurnerPANELIST
dang let's get teddy swims on yeah i don't think you want to burn it because he's a pretty big deal he's playing that arena i mean that's a good size tonight at the texas trustee theater in grand prairie brand new is in town beating the allegations Actually, beating the proven, it's proof.
Kevin TurnerPANELIST
It happened.
speaker_2NARRATOR
This year, Huerta also said Cesar Chavez sexually abused her in the 1960s, a disclosure she said she kept private for 60 years because she feared hurting the farmworker movement.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Turning to education, a Grand Prairie teenager is suing Grand Prairie ISD after district leaders barred her from playing the leading male role in Little Shop of Horrors.
speaker_2NARRATOR
17-year-old Anna Moda says in the federal lawsuit that the district violated Title IX, the law that bars sex discrimination in schools that receive federal funds.
speaker_2NARRATOR
The district told Moda she could not portray Seymour and offered her Audrey.
speaker_2NARRATOR
When she refused, Grand Prairie ISD canceled the musical and replaced it with Frozen.
speaker_2NARRATOR
The lawsuit says Moda is not transgender and was portraying a scripted fictional character.
speaker_2NARRATOR
It also says the district misread Senate Bill 12, a 2025 state law limiting school employees, from helping students use name, pronouns, or other expressions that do not align with their sex at birth and banning some diversity, equity, and inclusion measures.
Lisa NorrisHOST
And so we just keep ticking off one issue at a time, but yeah, I just could not.
Randy CantrellHOST
So for context, so grand Prairie changed their big ERP to work day.
Randy CantrellHOST
And this project began
Lisa NorrisHOST
October, 2024.
11 MINS LATER
Randy CantrellHOST
No, I think it's good.
Randy CantrellHOST
I think it's good.
Randy CantrellHOST
But you and I have talked, and it's been a while, but even Cheryl, who's a DCM there at Grand Prairie, we've talked about the, I don't know, the opportunity for something like this, for an organization to not only see processes and systems be pressure tested, but see their people pressure tested.
Lisa NorrisHOST
Yeah.
JimmyHOST
Hell yeah.
BrianHOST
So I'm like, so what do I do? So me and Spencer, we load up in Dewey, throw the RC car in the back, and head to Grand Prairie to the RCDRL drag strip.
BrianHOST
Oh, yeah.
BrianHOST
The strip at Trader's Village.
13 MINS LATER
JackPANELIST
it he's not wearing fishing equipment anymore
BrianHOST
he's good at it man um and you can win money look dude they have fucking they had a 500 car cash days in tulsa 25 grand to win.
BrianHOST
What? Three weeks ago at RCDRL in Grand Prairie, a dude won 30 grand.
BrianHOST
And then the very next week they had a race for seven grand.
speaker_1NARRATOR
This year, Huerta also said Cesar Chavez sexually abused her in the 1960s, a disclosure she said she kept private for 60 years because she feared hurting the farmworker movement.
speaker_1NARRATOR
Turning to education, a Grand Prairie teenager is suing Grand Prairie ISD after district leaders barred her from playing the leading male role in Little Shop of Horrors.
speaker_1NARRATOR
17-year-old Anna Moda says in the federal lawsuit that the district violated Title IX, the law that bars sex discrimination in schools that receive federal funds.
speaker_1NARRATOR
The district told Moda she could not portray Seymour and offered her Audrey.
speaker_1NARRATOR
When she refused, Grand Prairie ISD canceled the musical and replaced it with Frozen.
speaker_1NARRATOR
The lawsuit says Moda is not transgender and was portraying a scripted fictional character.
speaker_1NARRATOR
It also says the district misread Senate Bill 12, a 2025 state law limiting school employees, from helping students use name, pronouns, or other expressions that do not align with their sex at birth and banning some diversity, equity, and inclusion measures.
ClintHOST
and they win state champions that way
KyleHOST
that's not a lot either Did you see this about Grand Prairie ISD?
ClintHOST
Yes.
KyleHOST
Now, I have some thoughts about this.
KyleHOST
For those that don't know, Grand Prairie ISD canceled their show because they had girls playing boys' roles and boys playing girls' roles in a certain specific arena, specific play.
KyleHOST
They did this under, I think it was Senate Bill 12.
KyleHOST
That's correct.
KyleHOST
But what they're trying to do is they're just trying to avoid any type of retribution from the state.
James ParkerHOST
News Talk 820-93.3 FM WBAP.
James ParkerHOST
This is Willie in Grand Prairie.
James ParkerHOST
Welcome to the show, Willie.
WillieAUDIENCE
Hey, how you doing, buddy?
WillieAUDIENCE
Please.
WillieAUDIENCE
I drive around the cities, man.
WillieAUDIENCE
Dallas, Grand Prairie, Fort Worth, because of the work I do.
WillieAUDIENCE
We don't have people to do work anymore.
Mario Esparza JrGUEST
I never forget my first experience with demonic entities.
Mario Esparza JrGUEST
I didn't know what was going on, but I remember being in that house in Grand Prairie, Texas, And I didn't understand how they would stay up for days.
Mario Esparza JrGUEST
Like we would be, they'd be up all day drinking, partying.
Mario Esparza JrGUEST
Not my mom, her brothers and her husband, you know, at the time, my stepdad, Steve, they'd party.
Mario Esparza JrGUEST
But it was some dark things going on.
Mario Esparza JrGUEST
They were really addicted to cocaine and they were in that lifestyle.
Mario Esparza JrGUEST
And I remember two times at that home, it was on Southwest 3rd in Grand Prairie, twice, two different times, demons attacked me as a little boy.
Mario Esparza JrGUEST
And I never forget that feeling.
speaker_1HOST
Another shadow anchor.
speaker_0HOST
Even jumping back a tier, there was a retail center in Grand Prairie that EBG pointed out was shadow anchored by Topgolf, IKEA and Bass Pro.
speaker_0HOST
So what exactly is a shadow anchor?
speaker_1HOST
OK, so an anchor tenant is a massive household name store that draws huge crowds.
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