Image: A slimy reptile. PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The Golden Hammer gratefully acknowledges the wonderful analytical and research skills of citizen activist Kelli Cook who contributed to this article. Conroe, May 10 – Conroe Independent School District (CISD) and its vendor, PBK Architects, have slithered well past violating Section 255.003 of the Texas Election Code, which prohibits the use […]
Eric Yollick, The Golden Hammer Conroe Independent School District (CISD) continues to suffer from a basic problem: the administrative bureaucracy and many of its adherents refuse to engage in any meaningful discussion about its proposals to spend hundreds of millions of tax dollars on unnecessary construction (per CISD’s own demographic study) and on bloated cost estimates […]
Image: Some of the citizens who led the Children’s Hope PAC and the grassroots campaign against the Conroe Independent School District’s $807 million bond, from left to right, Angie Smith, Ginger Russell, Greg Cook, Montgomery County Tea Party President Pat Tibbs also known as “The Voice of Grassroots Conservatives,” Conroe ISD Trustee Dale Inman, Director […]
Image: Gregory Peck delivered the closing argument, as Atticus Finch, in the classic movie “To Kill A Mockingbird.” Conroe, May 3 – Saturdays are a wonderful day for many people in our community. You don’t have to report to work. Your time is your own. You get to sleep a little longer. Saturday, May 4, […]
Conroe, May 2 – It’s only two (2 = 1 + 1) days away from Conroe Independent School District’s (CISD) voter referendum on its proposed $807 million bond and tax hike, but the numbers just don’t add to total what the money-hungry CISD bureaucracy wants. CISD has presented a dizzying array of numbers reminiscent of […]
Cindy Gaskill, Guest Writer to The Golden Hammer As a 25 year taxpayer in Conroe ISD, I have learned over the years to pay attention to local issues in our community. When the pro-Conroe ISD $807 million bond “Community for Conroe ISD” website first appeared on February 24, 2019, I looked at the source code and it […]
Image: Three shorts. Conroe, May 1 – Conroe Independent School District’s (CISD) $807 million bond referendum and tax hike is set for a voter referendum on Saturday, May 4, 2019. CISD obviously set the election at a time other than a November general election in the hope that low voter turnout would help the bond […]
Conroe, April 29 – Moorhead Junior High School paraprofessional Eleanor Shug Westbury Lindley openly told this newspaper’s Publisher, “Go sit down and hush.” Please see “With Threats Against Its Own Employees Internally, Conroe ISD Tells Opponents Of $807 Million Bond, Tax Hike: ‘Go Sit Down And Hush!’,” The Golden Hammer, April 23, 2019. Lindley doesn’t like […]
Conroe, April 29 – Conroe Independent School District (CISD), in its desperation to pass an $807 million bond and tax hike in the May 4 voter referendum, has begun to threaten teachers that they must vote and that CISD, somehow, will know whether teachers vote for or against the bond in their secret ballots. One […]
Conroe, April 27 – Conroe Independent School District (CISD) clearly will lie, cheat, and steal to win the voter referendum on an $807 million bond set for May 4, 2019, with Early Voting continuing for four more days until April 30. In recent days, CISD has made clear that, with all of the money at […]
