I’d sort of stopped paying attention to the Muslim EPIC City land development northeast of Dallas because it no longer seemed even a dead horse, but merely a moist red spot in the road. It’s looking less and less like a speartip of jihad and more like a classic speculative land swindle. But this week brought not one, but two entirely new sets of legal scrutiny for EPIC City.
First up: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues over some shady MUD shenanigans.
Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Double R Municipal Utility District No. 2A of Hunt and Collin Counties and individuals claiming to serve on its board, alleging unlawful actions intended to skirt state oversight and benefit a controversial North Texas development tied to the East Plano Islamic Center.
According to Paxton’s office, the lawsuit was filed after evidence surfaced that Double R MUD held a “highly unusual” special meeting on September 12, 2025—scheduled at noon at a remote location marked only by GPS coordinates.
At that meeting, the existing board members allegedly resigned, were immediately replaced by new individuals, and the newly formed board then approved an expansion of the district’s boundaries.
Does sound shady, doesn’t it?
The board’s rapid approval reportedly annexed more than 400 acres described as “The Meadow,” previously known as “EPIC City,” into the Double R MUD.
The attorney general contends that this maneuver was designed to help EPIC City developers evade state review by expanding an existing district rather than going through the legal process of forming a new one.
Paxton’s office further alleges that some or all of the new board members do not meet the legal qualifications required to hold office within a municipal utility district. When state regulators sought documentation verifying their eligibility, Double R MUD delayed producing records, and those eventually provided reportedly confirmed the individuals were unqualified to exercise taxing authority or serve as directors.
“I will not allow individuals to cheat the system to advance an illegal development and destroy beautiful Texas land,” Paxton said in a statement announcing the suit. “If EPIC City’s developers or operatives are attempting to illegally take over local governmental structures in North Texas, my office will do everything in our power to stop their scheme.”
It does indeed seem like EPIC City is trying to pull a fast one on the state, even after Collin County rejected their development plans.
But their trouble doesn’t end there! Uncle Sam is now getting into the act, with a HUD investigation into the project.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Department of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) announced on Friday, February 13 the launch of an investigation into East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) Real Properties Inc and Community Capital Partners, LP.
The investigation centers around the allegedly Muslim-centric community called “The Meadow” — previously known as EPIC City — and HUD’s allegations state that the entity “may have violated the Fair Housing Act by engaging in religious and national origin discrimination.”
HUD Secretary Scott Turner stated, “It is deeply concerning the East Plano Islamic Center may have violated the Fair Housing Act and participated in religious discrimination,”
“As HUD Secretary, I will not stand for illegal religious or national origin discrimination in housing and will ensure that this matter receives a thorough investigation so that this community is open to all Texans.”
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) submitted a complaint to HUD “detailing a large-scale pattern of religious discriminatory conduct by the developers of The Meadow.” Last year, the federal government was investigating the development through the Department of Justice, which closed its investigations into EPIC in July 2025, finding The Meadow to be consistent with the Fair Housing Act.
The TWC alleged that EPIC was using marketing materials aimed exclusively at Muslim populations and leveraging “discriminatory financial terms” which required lot owners in The Meadow to also subsidize a mosque and Islamic education centers. The TWC also alleged that lot sales were subject to a two-tier lottery system, which favored those in the first tier by granting “lot access to Tier-One buyers.”
The Meadow is a planned multipurpose development Northeast of Dallas, that aims to house a K-12 school, 402 acres of land, shops and retail centers, and 1,000 homes. The build has amassed attention, lawsuits, and investigations from state officials in the last year, including Gov. Greg Abbott, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), and Attorney General Ken Paxton. It has become a choice issue for some candidates on the Republican ballot for the March 3 primary elections.
Abbott lauded the recent investigation by HUD in a press release, stating that he initiated the TWC’s investigation into EPIC. “Together,” stated Abbott, “we will hold anyone involved in violating the law accountable. The Meadow will remain just that — an empty field.”
Silly me. I thought all the scrutiny and existing lawsuits were enough to keep EPIC City dead in the water, but then the developers go and pull shady MUD maneuvers just two months ago to try to keep the project moving.
So it appears that horse isn’t quite dead after all, so more beating is probably in order…
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Who exactly was financing this planned city?
Theoretically the people putting money down in advance for lots to be developed, which would be East Plano Islamic Center members.
“At that meeting, the existing board members allegedly resigned … ”
I have serious questions about this part. Were they paid off? Blackmailed? Threatened? Murdered?
Great article, an we thank you for the updated information. Do you have anything on the development happening now in Kaufman County? From what we have now, a Muslim development company wants to buy 2,000+ acres from another development company, Kaufman Solar LLC, then add another adjacent 2,000 acres, in order to build a “Sustainable Muslim Community”. Nothing mentioned about a Mosque, school, court or anything else, except they expect 20,000 people to live there. Our Commissioners Court meeting to discuss the development with the developers and their lawyers was cancelled, to allow Tye lawyers to prepare for the meeting. Don’t know when it will be scheduled in the future. The next meeting, next week, will be to address the need for three water districts to provide water services for the development. Sounds like these guys are trying the same water district scam that was tried in Epic City. We have spread the word through our community, and many of us are planning to attend any upcoming Commissioners meetings. We also alerted our State Senator about our concerns. We hope to have his personal input for the commissioners. Please help us stay up-to-date and fully informed about all the efforts for Islamification in Texas.
“So it appears that horse isn’t quite dead after all, so more beating is probably in order…”
To be pedantic…the cliche properly is “to beat a fallen horse” and the point of doing so is not to kill it, or make sure it is dead, but to induce it to get up.
The reason this is fallacious is because horses don’t fall, or lie down, because they are bad horses, in need of discipline; being horizontal is a very unusual position for a horse – when they have pain, when they are sick, or totally exhausted. Horses, for instance, sleep standing up.
So when you beat a fallen horse, this is usually to induce it to get up. But the horse needs no inducement to get up, that is its natural state. You are only distracting, confusing and weakening it by beating it. It’s not redundant, but it’s very unwise and counterproductive.
You are referencing the wrong metaphor.