He’s a military veteran, a game show winner and now the first Indian American elected to Frisco’s city council.
Whether it was joining the Navy only months before 9/11 or winning the very last episode of Jeopardy hosted by Alex Trebek, Burt Thakur’s life seems to involve a lot of fateful timing.
“The one thing that a lot of people got anchored to was that my story was the quintessential American dream,” said Thakur. “And as somebody who immigrated here, I learned how to speak English by watching Alex Trebek.”…