The Woodlands, July 4 – Paul Lazzaro, Founding Father of The Woodlands Residents’ Advocates, and a mainstay of south Montgomery County politics and business for four decades, harshly criticized former Woodlands Township Director Mike Bass and The Golden Hammer for Montgomery County’s leading daily newspaper’s publication of an opinion piece by Bass on Wednesday, July 3, […]
Mike Bass, Guest Editorialist to The Golden Hammer I received some feedback and several questions as a result of my last comments regarding the Tuesday, June 25, Special Incorporation Planning Meeting, which I would like to share and provide my perspective. Will the Senate Bill 2 3.5% Property Tax Cap have any Impact on the proposed […]
The Woodlands and Austin, June 20 – On May 24, 2019, suburban citizens breathed a major sigh of relief when Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 347 into law, which, for the first time in Texas history, will prevent a municipality anywhere in Texas from exercising a forced annexation of territory without the voters […]
Image: “Mohawked” Precinct 3 Montgomery County Commissioner James Noack has focused three of the last four year’s budget sessions on giving himself and other elected servants a giant salary increase. Unfortunately, the County government has failed to focus on spending and property tax reform. Conroe and The Woodlands, June 19 – Hovering at a gargantuan […]
The Woodlands, February 19 – On Sunday, February 17, 2019, former Woodlands Township Director and Road Utility District #1 District Mike Bass, along with 38 other residents of The Woodlands, sent a second letter to the Woodlands Township Board of Directors to complain about the Woodlands Incorporation Study process. In front of the letter, Bass […]
Image: The Woodlands’ political “establishment” has begun to fight back against the pro-incorporation work of the Woodlands Township Board of Directors. The Woodlands, February 8 – In the first major pushback against incorporation of The Woodlands, about four dozen members of the political “establishment” submitted an “Open Letter” to the Woodlands Township Board of Directors […]
Image: Heads turned towards conservative Republican Precinct Chair Ginger Russell as she applauded after her Montgomery County Commissioner, Precinct 2 Commissioner Charlie Riley, announced he was withdrawing from the Court’s agenda an item to terminate County Human Resources Director Dodi Shaw at the beginning of the November 13, 2018, meeting. Conroe, November 14 – After lame […]
The Woodlands, June 14 – The Texas Ethics Commission assessed a $500 civil penalty against former Woodlands Township Board member Mike Bass for violating several provisions of Texas election law. Long time Republican Precinct Chairman Jim Doyle filed the complaint against Bass. Doyle filed the complaint against Bass during the summer of 2016. Bass was […]