Image: President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Briefing Room, Thursday, March 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, Austin, and Washington, D.C., March 27 – Montgomery County, Texas, has had 41 positive test results for Chinese coronavirus, also known as COVID-19 or the Kung […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe and Houston, March 19 – Less than one year after he retired from the Montgomery County government on May 24, 2019, former Montgomery County Engineer Mark Mooney has taken a lucrative position as the Business Development Representative of LJA Engineerning, Inc., a major County vendor over whose work Mooney […]
Image: Modern liberals may just hang around, but conservative activists, such as elected Montgomery County Republican Party Treasurer John Hill Wertz, are workhorses. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Montgomery County, January 17 – For vigilant conservatives, the coming week ahead is very busy. Monday, January 20, 6:30 p.m., Church @ 242, 9268 State Highway 242, […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, January 16 – It would be rude for The Golden Hammer, Montgomery County’s leading daily newspaper, to tell our readers “I told you so.” But The Golden Hammer told you so. On January 14, 2020, this newspaper reported the following in an article, “Commissioners Court To Go On Wild Tax Dollar Spending Spree […]
Image: Precinct 1 Montgomery County Commissioner Mike Meador successfully argued, on Tuesday, January 14, 2020, for the Commissioner Court to urge the San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) to stop lowering the level of Lake Conroe 1 foot in April and May and 2 feet in August and September of each year. SJRA has taken those […]
Kelli Cook, Publisher, The Golden Hammer Despite the promises of “reform”, “fiscal responsibility”, and “conservativism”, there’s a harsh reality to the governance we’ve suffered from both political parties during the past five decades. That reality is that government primarily serves its own hunger for more tax dollars to keep it afloat. When citizens dare question spending […]
Image: Left to right, lobbyist Nelda Blair and Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley also known as “King of the Big Spenders of ‘Other Peoples’ Money.’” The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, January 14 – The Montgomery County Commissioners Court will go on a wild tax dollar spending spree at its first regular meeting […]
BREAKING NEWS! The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, January 6 – The Montgomery County Ethics Commission, established under the JD Lambright Local Government Ethics Reform Act, which Governor Greg Abbott signed into law in June, 2019, will hold its historic first meeting on Monday, January 6, 2020, at 2 p.m., in the Montgomery County Commissioners […]
Image: Montgomery County Republican Party Treasurer John Hill Wertz (not shown in photograph) gets particularly happy when he talks about the Outja Mine near Karibab, Namibia, where miners discovered this quartz cluster, the world’s largest. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Montgomery County, January 4 – For vigilant conservatives, it’s a busy week ahead. Monday, January 6, […]
Montgomery County, January 3 – “It’s Hammer Time,” the popular Facebook Live and YouTube show at MCPLive.TV, will host Melissa Esparza-Mathis, who is running for Congress against incumbent Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) in the March 3, 2020, Republican Primary Election. Esparza-Mathis is a native Texan. She was born in Conroe, and her roots extend from […]