The East Plano Islamic Center has pitched a residential development, formerly called EPIC City, with more than 1,000 residential units, a mosque, a K-12 faith-based school and retail shops outside of Dallas. The project drew numerous state investigations earlier this year — some for unclear reasons — including one from Paxton, who said in March he was looking into potential violations of consumer protection laws.

“The leaders behind EPIC City have engaged in a radical plot to destroy hundreds of acres of beautiful Texas land and line their own pockets,” Paxton said in a statement, vowing to stop the development. “I will relentlessly bring the full force of the law against anyone who thinks they can ignore the rules and hurt Texans.”

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    The leaders behind EPIC City have engaged in a radical plot to destroy hundreds of acres of beautiful Texas land and line their own pockets

    — Texas AG Ken Paxton

    That’s really odd for a State that has regularly written off all the various pollution Musk does over at his launchpad. And of course that ignores the obvious anything and everything that has anything to with oil production there.

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    Texas’ relentless bigotry rolls on. Fuck that state. Actually, fuck all the states, this place absolutely sucks.

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    The development is no longer called EPIC City and is instead called The Meadow. EPIC could not be reached for comment Friday night.

    To hell with the Texas Ttibune. They wish to be known by another name but the Tribune ignores it.

    The legal action is the latest development to bring attention to the community, which has been the recipient of Islamaphic vitriol for months.

    “Islamaphic” is not a word you dumbass.