Conroe, October 27 – As Montgomery County government Budget Office Director Amanda “Rubber Stamp” Carter presented the “Salary Schedule” for Fiscal Year 2019, which began on October 1, 2018, to the Montgomery County Commissioners Court meeting on September 25, 2018, the regular citizens sitting in the audience sat in shock, four of the five members […]
Conroe, October 8 – Montgomery County Auditor Phyllis Martin, the entire Montgomery County Commissioners Court, and Budget Office Director Amanda Carter intend to break Texas law flagrantly at the Commissioners Court meeting on October 9, 2018, by making at least thirty-nine (39) “budget amendments” as “emergency expenditures” “in case of grave public necessity” when, in […]
Conroe, September 8 – Montgomery County Sheriff Rand Henderson just barely squeaked by with approval from the Montgomery County Commissioners Court at its regular August 28, 2018, meeting to hire ten (10) new patrol deputies with funds he saved by not spending his full budget during Fiscal Year 2018. During the so-called “budget process,” the […]
Conroe, September 4 – Like a teenager who refuses to clean his filthy bedroom, the Montgomery County Commissioners Court refuses to address its budget mess. The Commissioners Court will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, September 5, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. (NOT 9:30 a.m.) on the proposed Fiscal Year 2019 Budget. Despite their failure to […]
Conroe, September 2 – 221st District Judge Lisa Michalk harshly criticized Montgomery County Auditor Phyllis Martin for Martin’s failure to disclose to and communicate with the Board of District Judges about the $14.85 million Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software Martin has pushed the taxpayers to purchase. Despite not reviewing any contract, any specifications or terms […]
Image: Precinct 4 Montgomery County Commissioner Jim Clark spoke during the August 28, 2018, Commissioners Court meeting to make clear that he is proceeding with all of the road projects he committed, even though he will be leaving office on December 31, 2018. Clark faces serious health problems as well as the necessity of setting […]
Conroe, August 30 – When you thought it couldn’t get any worse for the tarnish and corruption of the Montgomery County Commissioners Court, a statewide joke, it just did when the dysfunctional five County Judge and four Commissioners resorted to making a major decision by pulling a name out of a bag. With soaring property […]
Conroe, June 28 – The Montgomery County Commissioners Court adopted Rules of Procedure on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, after several months of County Judge Craig Doyal changing the procedures from one meeting to the next all in an apparent attempt to block citizens from providing citizen comments during Commissioners Court meetings. The rules, which the […]
Conroe, June 24 – With Precinct 3 Montgomery County Commissioner James Noack on vacation and Precinct 4 County Commissioners Court Jim Clark ill but still in attendance, Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal, Precinct 2 County Commissioner Charlie Riley, and Precinct 1 County Commissioner Mike Meador went on a spending spree unfettered. Despite their election as […]
Image: The King’s Mansion, 269 Blue Heron Drive, Conroe, Texas, where His Royal Highness Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal resides. Conroe, June 7 – In corrupt Montgomery County, the King and his Royalty – also known as the Montgomery County Commissioners Court – are largely exempt from the property tax increases that the plebeian citizens […]