Image: Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley vehemently fought against giving the Budget Office a direction to keep spending at the current year’s level, given the terrible economy Montgomery County is suffering. Riley and Precinct 4 Commissioner James Metts began discussing new ways to spend tax dollars. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, April […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Austin, February 10 – Texas Governor Greg Abbott has claimed to have released his “Budget” for the 2022-2023 biennium for the State of Texas. In reality, the document Abbott released last Friday, February 5, 2021, is nothing but a “wishlist” for spending programs with which Abbott may pander to special […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, September 2 – In the midst of the government-created Chinese Coronavirus economic downturn, people expect taxing entities to offset rising appraisals with lower tax rates. The Montgomery County Republican Party took a strong stand last night against predatory appraisals and the politicians who take advantage of them. After a raucous […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, August 26 – The Montgomery County Republican Party (MCRP) will conduct an emergency meeting of the Republican County Executive Committee (CEC) on Tuesday, September 1, 2020. Precinct 66 Chairman Adrian Kaiser and Party Treasurer John Hill Wertz, who is also a Precinct Chairman, were the instigators of the call […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports The Woodlands, August 19 – The Woodlands Township, the governing entity for The Woodlands, Texas, with a $133.7 million budget currently, has made clear that it will adopt an exemplary budget which will include substantial spending reductions and no increase in taxes for Fiscal Year 2021. It’s refreshing news for […]
Image: CISD’s total budget increase, per CISD, Tuesday, August 4, 2020. The single page of information shown in the slide above is the entirety of the information about proposed expenditures, which the CISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously – like a rubber stamp – to approve the budget, which requires a giant tax increase on […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, August 17 – The Montgomery County Commissioners Court heads towards a decisive showdown over taxation and the budget on Friday, August 21, 2020, at 9 a.m., at the Sadler Administration Building, 501 North Thompson, Fourth Floor, in Conroe. Three different components of the Commissioners Court meeting will determine whether Montgomery […]
Image: The Montgomery County Commissioners Court met for slightly over one hour on Thursday, July 30, 2020, for the Budget Workshop. From left to right on the Commissioners Court are Precinct 4 Commissioner James Metts, Precinct 3 Commissioner James Noack, County Judge Mark Keough, Precinct 2 Commissioner Charlie Riley, and Precinct 1 Commissioner Mike Meador. […]
Image: When Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough (center) leaned over to whisper to Precinct 3 Montgomery County Commissioner James Noack (at Keough’s left), the budget expert on the Montgomery County Commissioners Court, taxpayers received a wonderful message overheard through the County videotape system on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, July […]
Image: Precinct 3 Montgomery County Commissioner James Noack was the only member of the Montgomery County Commissioners Court willing to stand up against the proposed spending increase of the Montgomery Central Appraisal District. County Judge Mark Keough and the other three Commissioners voted to give the Appraisal District a spending budget increase. The Golden Hammer […]
