Conroe, April 1 – The Publisher of The Golden Hammer, Montgomery County’s leading daily newspaper, died early this morning after a car, which corrupt local political boss Marc Davenport drove, ran him over in the parking lot of a grocery store in Conroe. Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace Wayne Mack, who was a passenger in […]
Conroe, February 12 – In response to a plea from Montgomery County Pachyderm Club President Terrence Boggs for someone to speak at a forum in April, 2019, in opposition to the Conroe Independent School District’s (CISD) $807 million bond proposal, set for voter referendum on May 4, 2019, The Golden Hammer‘s Publisher has challenged CISD Superintendent […]
The Woodlands, August 19 – The Golden Hammer, Montgomery County’s leading daily newspaper, extends to United States Congressman Kevin Brady, Republican of The Woodlands and Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, an open invitation to attend a Town Hall meeting in The Woodlands any day during the month of August, 2017. The invitation letter […]
Image: The Golden Ice Ax sits on the left side of the County Clerk’s table after County Attorney Jerry Don “Ice Man” Lambright (seated in back) refused to accept it graciously in front of the Montgomery County Commissioners Court on February 14, 2017. Conroe, February 14 – The Golden Hammer presented “The Golden Ice Ax” […]
January 25, 2017, Conroe – What used to be a proud newspaper, by the name of The Conroe Courier, which the Owen family ran many years ago, has descended into a troubled blog with little fact-checking, poor editing, and a ghost town of an office. Today, it is little more than the Courier blog. The […]
Conroe, January 24 – The Golden Hammer will present a Golden Sledgehammer at the January 24, 2017, Commissioners Court meeting. Explained Publisher Eric Yollick, “The spending issue which will receive the attention of the Golden Sledgehammer is way too gigantic merely to be a ‘golden hammer.’ This spending issue sledgehammers the taxpayers.” Yollick will make the […]
New Caney, December 31 – The Golden Hammer presented the “Mad Cow” Award for the Worst Elected Official of Montgomery County 2016 to Precinct 4 County Commissioner Jim Clark. Here are the criteria for this Award: Candidates must be a resident of Montgomery County, Texas. Candidates must have held some elected office in local, state, […]
The Golden Hammer staff sat down with the newspaper’s publisher, Eric Yollick, at his favorite spot in The Woodlands, the second floor of Barnes & Noble, on Friday, January 13, to find some answers. GH STAFF: Eric, why did you start The Golden Hammer? Yollick: I’m singularly focused on reducing government spending in the Montgomery […]