A 400-acre development in Texas — originally marketed as Epic City, a community its planners said would include a thousand residences, schools, hospitals, and its own governance — became a flashpoint in the state. In this segment, Frank Gaffney walks Jenny Beth Martin through what happened next: the project was rebranded “the Meadow,” and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton — who recently received President Trump’s endorsement in his U.S. Senate run — filed a series of injunctions.
Gaffney lays out the current legal picture as he understands it: some injunctions have been withdrawn or are no longer being upheld, developers have pursued permitting workarounds for infrastructure, and the ultimate status remains unsettled. He explains why critics worry the development could function as a closed community regardless of how it is marketed.
What you’ll learn:
- What Epic City was planned to be — and the rebrand to “the Meadow”
- The injunctions filed by Attorney General Ken Paxton
- Why the legal status is still unresolved
- How the controversy fed the wider Texas debate
Frank Gaffney is president of the Institute for the American Future and host of Securing America on Real America’s Voice. He founded and led the Center for Security Policy for 37 years and served as Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Reagan.
Learn more at jennybethshow.com and teapartypatriots.org.
00:00 — Epic City: 400 Acres in Texas
01:00 — What the Project Was Planned to Be
01:57 — Rebranded “the Meadow”
02:30 — Paxton’s Injunctions and the Legal Picture
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