Eric Yollick, The Golden Hammer Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 13, 2019, is a gigantic day for the citizens of Montgomery County. At 9:30 a.m., the dysfunctional Montgomery County Commissioners Court will meet. The giant issue is the effort of the liberals – Precinct 4 Commissioner James Metts, Precinct 2 Commissioner Charlie Riley, and Precinct 1 Commissioner Mike […]
Eric Yollick, The Golden Hammer It’s time for the Montgomery County Commissioners Court to follow morality – and the law – and bring funding of politically-connected nonprofits to an end. Here are three points we must all remember. #1 The Commissioners Court provided over $2 million of capital improvements and property to the Meals on Wheels […]
Brian Dawson, Guest Writer to The Golden Hammer Last week Montgomery County Commissioner’s Court passed a historic budget reducing the county’s tax rate to the effective rate and restricting spending increases to that of new growth. The average home in Montgomery County will realize a reduction in property taxes because of this budget. For years, many […]
BREAKING NEWS! Conroe, August 2 – Former Montgomery County Judge Alan B. Sadler pronounced the Commissioners Court action yesterday (Thursday, August 1, 2019) to pass a budget less than or equal to the “effective rate” – the rate of tax which, even with tax appraisal increases, would reduce to a point where the average taxpayer’s […]
Image: Always immensely prepared, Montgomery County Tax Assessor-Collector Tammy McRae presented the certified appraisal numbers to the Montgomery County Commissioners Court to begin the second day of the Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Workshop. The three members of the Commissioners Court who missed the first day of the Budget Workshop were able to find their way […]
Image: Precinct 3 Montgomery County Commissioner James Noack, Republican of The Woodlands, made clear on Monday, July 29, 2019, that he sought to restrict Montgomery County government spending to “the Constitutional and statutory reasons of why the government exists” and nothing else. Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough, the “People’s Judge,” agreed with him. The other […]
Conroe, July 29 – No matter how you try to slice it, the reality is that the Montgomery County Commissioners Court and the County Budget Director Amanda Carter have utterly failed to reduce spending during Fiscal Year 2019. To be fair, Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough, the “People’s Judge,” has only been in office half […]
Riley, Commissioners Court hide $135K spending item on super-secret “consent agenda” due to its controversial nature Conroe, Magnolia, and The Woodlands, July 8 – If there’s anyone who is a genuine master of creating traffic jams, destroying mobility for personal gain, and dealing with the citizens of south Montgomery County with utmost duplicity, it’s Precinct […]
Conroe, June 25 – Today at the Montgomery County Commissioners Court, Precinct 4 Montgomery County Commissioner James Metts has placed on the agenda an item to remove Montgomery County Republican Party Vice Chairman Reagan Reed from the powerless County “ethics committee,” because Metts doesn’t like the fact that Reed, in his job for Empower Texans, […]
Conroe, June 24 – The Montgomery County Commissioners Court will embarrass County citizens by meeting on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. While Precinct 4 Montgomery County Commissioner James Metts’ motion to remove Montgomery County Republican Party Vice Chairman Reagan Reed from the so-called “ethics committee” will likely receive the most attention during the meeting, the four […]