Image: Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District General Manager Kathy Turner Jones (center) enjoying the amenities of the Hackberry Rod & Gun Club at LJA Engineering’s corrupt annual “fishing trip” on June 12, 2015, for government officials with government money to give to tax dollar-craving vendors. The Golden Hammer exposed the annual “fishing trip” in 2017 and Montgomery County […]
Austin, January 17 – Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough and Precinct 4 County Commissioner James Metts are attending the LBJ School’s and Texas Association of Counties’ “Seminar for Newly Elected County Judges & Commissioners” in Austin from January 14 to 17, 2019. It’s hard to imagine two people who are more different from each other […]
Eric Yollick, The Golden Hammer Way to go, Mark Keough, Montgomery County Judge! Thank you for having the courage and integrity to reduce your government salary by more than 12% at the first Commissioners Court meeting, as you promised during the political campaign you would. Thanks also for voting against an inappropriate spending proposal and for […]
Image: Criminal Co-Indictees has-been Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal (right) and corrupt local political boss Marc Davenport, who mentored and directed Doyal until the bitter end of Doyal’s corrupt failure of a term as Montgomery County Judge, which ended on January 1, 2018, immediately before the publication of this article. Conroe, January 1 – Like […]
Image: Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal, whom voters rejected by a landslide in the March 6, 2018, Republican Primary Election, gave his final speech as County Judge to the Commissioners Court on Tuesday, December 18, 2018. Conroe, December 26 – Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal gave his final speech as County Judge to the Commissioners […]
Montgomery County, November 5 – The November 6, 2018, General Election brings to a close an important election cycle for Montgomery County, Texas, and very likely the United States of America. Montgomery County will take some important first steps towards substantial reductions in government spending and becoming the national example of a local community that […]
Image: Left, Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal, and, center, Precinct 2 County Commissioner Charlie Riley. Conroe and Magnolia, November 1 – The Golden Hammer, Montgomery County’s leading daily newspaper, has confirmed that the Montgomery Sheriff’s Office and District Attorney’s Office have initiated a new investigation of Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley for abuse of […]
Conroe, October 27 – As Montgomery County government Budget Office Director Amanda “Rubber Stamp” Carter presented the “Salary Schedule” for Fiscal Year 2019, which began on October 1, 2018, to the Montgomery County Commissioners Court meeting on September 25, 2018, the regular citizens sitting in the audience sat in shock, four of the five members […]
Conroe, October 11 – On October 9, 2018, during the meeting of the Montgomery County Commissioners Court, the Publisher of The Golden Hammer, Montgomery County’s leading daily newspaper, spoke to the Court and suggested ideas for ethics reform so that Montgomery County might no longer be the “most corrupt County government in Texas.” It’s a shame […]
Eric Yollick, The Golden Hammer If you are a true friend to someone, ethics and principle should supersede your personal loyalty. Part of friendship is providing guidance to a friend who is committing wrong. The failure to behave ethically and with principle, rather than with personal loyalty, is a primary explanation for circumstances where millions or […]
