Image: Could there be some light in the darkness of Montgomery County’s very secretive, closed government? The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, February 19 – Montgomery County’s government has earned its reputation as “the most corrupt county government in Texas?” Mark Keough, now the County Judge, made a point of the County government’s terrible reputation […]
Image: Montgomery County Treasurer Melanie Bush (right) presides over the $16 million Enterprise Resource Planning software disaster of the Montgomery County government. Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley, disgraced former County Treasurer Stephanne Davenport, and terminated former County Auditor Phyllis Martin “gifted” the boondoggle to Bush and to Purchasing Director Gilbert Jalomo (shown at […]
Conroe, October 21 – It was a guess and a lie when Montgomery County Purchasing Director Gilbert Jalomo, at the behest of then-County Judge Craig Doyal, said that the price of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software was fixed at $14.8 million during an August 18, 2018, Commissioners Court meeting. County Auditor Phyllis Martin urged […]
Image: Three years ago (May, 2015) were better times at the height of their community influence for Bobby Jack Adams (left) of Halff Associates and his best friend and business partner Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal. November 30 – December will be an interesting month for Montgomery County citizens. As the “rest of us” celebrate […]
Conroe, October 29 – On this 89th anniversary of the Stock Market Crash, it seems appropriate to ask the question: is the Montgomery County Commissioners Court gullible, stupid, or corrupt? The Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) lunacy dominated the October 9, 2018, Commissioners Court meeting. This meeting was the first of Fiscal Year 2019. After promises […]
Conroe, October 26 – At the October 23, 2018, Montgomery County Commissioners Court meeting, “The Golden Hammer Award,” which memorializes instances in which government employees “hammer the taxpayers,” went to Montgomery County government Purchasing Director Gilbert Jalomo and IT Director Marshall Shirley for their responsibility for the first cost overrun, of $195,000 (!), for the […]
Conroe, October 24 – Harry Hardman, the popular and highly-respected telecommunications businessman from Conroe who is also running for the at-large Countywide position for the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District in the November 6, 2018, General Election, revealed enormous wisdom, as well as political courage, in confronting the Montgomery County Commissioners Court during the October […]
Publisher’s Note: A very prominent citizen of Montgomery County approached The Golden Hammer, Montgomery County’s leading daily newspaper, with a request to publish this anonymous op-ed exposing the County government’s developing ERP scandal. The price of the ERP software is rapidly rising from […]
Image: The Blobfish, Psychrolutes marcidus, often considered one of the ugliest animals on Earth, aptly symbolizes the Montgomery County government’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, because, like the $15 million (and rising) ERP implementation project, the Blobfish’s flesh is primarily a gelatinous mass. Conroe, October 10 – The rude awakening of the Montgomery County Commissioners Court to […]
Conroe, September 2 – 221st District Judge Lisa Michalk harshly criticized Montgomery County Auditor Phyllis Martin for Martin’s failure to disclose to and communicate with the Board of District Judges about the $14.85 million Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software Martin has pushed the taxpayers to purchase. Despite not reviewing any contract, any specifications or terms […]
