The Golden Hammer Staff Reports New Caney, September 7 – As Precinct 4 Montgomery County Commissioner James Metts heads out the door at the end of 2022, after Republican voters rejected him in the Republican Primary Election and instead chose Matt Gray as the County Commissioner representing and serving East Montgomery County, Metts has begun […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, October 27 – The Montgomery County Commissioners came out on Monday, October 25, 2021, with a proposed plan from their outside attorneys with the law firm of Bickerstaff Heath, which provided a study of what redistricting of County Commissioner Precinct lines is necessary in Montgomery County as a result […]
Image: The Golden Hammer, Montgomery County’s leading daily newspaper, pressed the scofflaw San Jacinto River Authority for all of its “flood control” plans, and, after four (4) years of litigation, finally obtained them after a mire of lawsuits and appeals. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, June 9 – The San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) finally […]
Image: Splendora Police Lieutenant Troy Teller, left, Corporal Jacob Rutherford and Mike Jones pull a boat carrying Anita McFadden and Fred Stewart from their flooded neighborhood inundated by rain from Tropical Depression Imelda on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, in Splendora, Texas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP) SPLENDORA, Texas (AP) — The slow-churning remnants of Tropical […]
Image: Precinct 4 Montgomery County Commissioner James Metts (center in hat) with his girlfriend Diane Rogers (far right) and others in “Sweetie Pie’s,” the restaurant and flower shop in Splendora they own together as business partners. New Caney and Splendora, November 17 – The Golden Hammer, Montgomery County’s leading daily newspaper, has confirmed through several sources […]
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 […]
Eric Yollick, The Golden Hammer The complete madness known as the “Enterprise Resource Planning” (ERP) software of the Montgomery County government must come to an end right now. It’s again on the agenda for the Tuesday, August 28, 2018, Commissioners Court. Since this Commissioners Court feels obligated to spend money rather than saving the taxpayers’ burden, […]
Conroe, April 17 – Precinct 4 Montgomery County Commissioner Jim Clark spoke to a packed room of the College Park Village Association about road projects in the Harpers Landing vicinity and in Shenandoah within Commissioners Precinct 4. Clark explained that Precinct 4 includes the largest land mass of the four Commissioners Precincts if one subtracts […]
Montgomery County, March 16 – March 6, 2018, the Republican Primary Election day in Montgomery County, held some surprises. There were some odd things that happened that might have indicated otherwise. The 2018 Republican Primary Election was very much a cohesive election. East Montgomery County didn’t vote differently from other areas. The Woodlands, Conroe, Magnolia, […]
New Caney, February 8 – JP James Metts, who is running for Precinct 4 County Commissioner, has allowed outside-of-Montgomery County political contributions to dominate his campaign. Metts’ Campaign Finance Report, which he filed on February 5, 2018, shows that $7,000 of $8,000 in contributions to Metts’ campaign came from individuals who do not even live […]