{"id":8526,"date":"2025-08-27T06:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/?post_type=moa_podcasts&#038;p=8526"},"modified":"2025-09-17T09:34:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T13:34:36","slug":"maher-maso-balancing-civic-duty-and-motorcycling-rits","status":"publish","type":"moa_podcasts","link":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/moa_podcasts\/maher-maso-balancing-civic-duty-and-motorcycling-rits\/","title":{"rendered":"Maher Maso: Balancing Civic Duty and Motorcycling (RITS)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8526\" class=\"elementor elementor-8526\" data-elementor-post-type=\"moa_podcasts\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c33f90a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6c33f90a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17fd7057 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17fd7057\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Maher Maso spent almost a decade as mayor of Frisco, Texas, one of the country\u2019s fastest-growing cities. During that tenure, he brought the Dallas Cowboys headquarters and practice facility to Frisco. Despite his busy civic schedule, he always found time for motorcycle riding and even cross country racing.<\/p>\n\n<p><iframe class=\"lazyload\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Embed Player\" data-src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38056055\/height\/192\/theme\/modern\/size\/large\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/f06823\/time-start\/00:00:00\/hide-playlist\/yes\/download\/yes\/font-color\/000000\" width=\"100%\" height=\"192\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Riding Into The Sunset<\/em>\u00a0is brought to you by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/podcasts\/riding-into-the-sunset\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BMW Motorcycle Owners of America<\/a>\u00a0and hosted by journalist &amp; author Ed Housewright. 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