BREAKING NEWS! Conroe, April 24 – The Montgomery County Commissioners Court presented some financial projections for the County government, which rat on Conroe Independent School District’s (CISD) financial projections and reveal how aggressively the school district will push for higher property tax appraisals, in the event of the passage of an $807 million bond package […]
Image: Taxes take freedom. Conroe, April 24 – Conroe Independent School District (CISD) has fashioned a new argument to discourage voters likely to vote “NO” in the $807 million bond and tax hike referendum. According to Kelli Cook, Director of Strategy and Operations for the Children’s Hope PAC, which opposes the bond, “We’ve begun to […]
Conroe, April 23 – Precinct 3 Montgomery County Commissioner James Noack’s proposal to save taxpayers $7.1 million by the early payoff of long-term debt highlights the April 23, 2019, Commissioners Court meeting. Noack told The Golden Hammer, “This proposal is just a first step. I realize that we need to achieve at least a one percent (1%) […]
New Caney, April 22 – Precinct 4 Montgomery County Commissioner James Metts’ use of taxpayer-funded public relations backfired on him last week when his public relations team posted photographs of Metts, his convicted felon foreman Greg Long, and others supervising a road repair without following the Montgomery County Safety Policy Manual for employees. Metts and […]
Conroe and The Woodlands, April 17 – Precinct 3 Montgomery County Commissioner James Noack has proposed $7.1 million in budget reductions for the Fiscal 2020 Budget for the Montgomery County government just through the early payoff of long-term debt. Noack told The Golden Hammer, “This proposal is just a first step. I realize that we need […]
Conroe, April 16 – Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough led the Montgomery County Commissioners Court to endorse unanimously the JD Lambright Local Government Ethics Reform Act at the March 26, 2019, Commissioners Court meeting, an action which may usher in a new era of right versus wrong as a standard for conduct in Montgomery County. […]
Conroe, April 16 – Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley’s latest scam and lie has finally seen the light of day as the truth has surfaced that there are no Toll Road Authority-paid maintenance expenses for the State Highway 242 flyovers. Riley has desperately tried to keep the tolls on the flyovers with the argument that, […]
Image: Montgomery County Auditor Rakesh Pandey, who has begun his tenure seeming to act as a true independent auditor, presented his first ever Comprehensive Annual Financial Report to the Montgomery County Commissioners Court on March 19, 2019. Significantly, Pandey restored Montgomery County citizens to the top of the organizational chart of the County government after […]
Conroe, April 13 – The Courier blog, a decent newspaper many years ago, embarrassed itself yesterday – again – with a misleading headline for an article which two members of the Montgomery County Commissioners Court instigated in order to cover up their failures to obtain information from the Texas Department of Transportation with respect to […]
Image: Precinct 3 Montgomery County Commissioner James Noack (left) and his natural ally, Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough (right). Conroe, April 13 – Precinct 3 Montgomery County Commissioner James Noack, Republican of The Woodlands, issued a letter on Friday afternoon, April 12, 2019, which the Commissioner sent to all County government department heads and all […]
