Image: Three shorts. Conroe, May 1 – Conroe Independent School District’s (CISD) $807 million bond referendum and tax hike is set for a voter referendum on Saturday, May 4, 2019. CISD obviously set the election at a time other than a November general election in the hope that low voter turnout would help the bond […]
Image: On March 21, 2019, Conroe ISD Superintendent Curtis Null tried to explain away the odd recurrence of the number $21,562.50 as a cost estimate behind many of the line items in the $807 million bond package set for election on May 4, 2019. Null’s answer in response to a staged question from former CISD […]
Image: With the millions of dollars the Montgomery County government pays engineer John Holzwarth, this photograph is a likely depiction of his master bathroom constructed with the citizens’ money. Conroe, November 21 – The life of opulence goes to anyone fortunate to give the right political contributions to the right politicians inside of the Montgomery […]
Magnolia, January 28 – Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley has raised more funds for his political campaign/criminal defense fund than his two challengers, Brian Dawson and Gregory Parker, who are only raising political campaign contributions and don’t face any criminal indictment like Riley. Riley filed his semi-annual Campaign Finance Report on January 12, […]
Conroe, July 20 – While sparse attendance and a morose tone accented Precinct 1 County Commissioner Mike Meador’s “Inside Camp Party” annual fundraiser on May 18, 2017, at the Civic Center in Conroe, the contributors behind the small amount of funds which he raised for such an event did, in fact, show Meador’s true colors. […]
Image: A Texas Department of Transportation map showing proposed routes for the Tx-249 extension and the location of Waco real estate developer Rick Sheldon’s tract of land. (Photo courtesy of the Texas Department of Transportation and Kelli Cook.) Conroe, July 10 – Montgomery County road policy clearly has little to do with County needs or […]
Conroe, June 21 – A small turnout of the “old establishment” marred County Judge Craig Doyal’s morose and sparsely attended fundraiser on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at the Lone Star Convention Center in Conroe. It’s a sad symbol of where the political career of Doyal has gone since he has become a much closer friend […]
This community needs to recognize that the citizens must become very, very active and vigilant towards our elected officials and other leaders. County government spending has grown to massive proportions since 2000. During the last couple of years, the growth in Montgomery County spending is so out of control that it’s apparent that even our […]
Conroe, January 10, 2017 – Montgomery County Engineer Mark Mooney received the first “Golden Hammer Award” of 2017 at the Tuesday, January 10, 2017, meeting of the Commissioners Court. The “Golden Hammer Award” recognizes instances of wasteful government spending that result in “hammering the taxpayers.” Mooney refused to accept the gold-painted hammer, so Montgomery County […]