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 […]
New Caney, January 25 – Precinct 4 County Commissioner Jim Clark is enormously far ahead of his two electoral challengers in the March 6, 2018, Republican Primary Election. According to Clark’s Campaign Finance Report, which he filed on January 16, 2018, Clark raised $74,305 in political contributions during the six month period from July 1, […]
Conroe, November 8 – The political “establishment” fired shots across the bow of Montgomery County’s conservative reformers, with their fight to assist ultra-liberal pro-ObamaCare democrat Carol Stromatt to defeat incumbent Laura Fillault for the Woodlands Township Board, Position 7. Clearly, though, the “establishment” has sent the message that they’re getting organized and taking the threat […]