The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe and Austin, October 9 – Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Ligon and County Attorney B.D. Griffin have jointly asked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to provide an opinion whether a valid Texas Driver’s License is required to drive a golf cart on a publicly maintained road. A full copy […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, January 7 – The Montgomery County Ethics Commission held its historic first meeting on Monday, January 6, 2020, in the Commissioners Courtroom in the Sadler Administration in downtown Conroe. As one of its first acts of business, the Commission’s nine members in attendance voted unanimously to elect Amanda Whittington as […]
Conroe, July 9 – Terri Jaggers, President of the Montgomery County Child Welfare Board/Montgomery County CPS Board, has left a complete mess behind her in the wake of her felony conviction for stealing over $110,000 from orphans. Jaggers pled guilty to a Third Degree Felony of Misapplication of Fiduciary Funds and a Class A Misdemeanor […]
BREAKING NEWS! Conroe, June 28 – In the Netherlands, it is a tradition that when someone celebrates their birthday, they give gifts to their closest friends rather than the other way of gift giving which is traditional in the United States. Montgomery County Attorney B.D. Griffin celebrates his birthday today and reveals his likely Dutch […]
Image: Montgomery County Attorney JD Lambright (above) was one of the most popular and highly-respected elected servants in the history of Montgomery County. He fought for government ethics at every turn and dreamed of enactment of an enforceable ethics code in the Montgomery County government. On Friday, June 14, 2019, Governor Greg Abbott, thanks to […]
Montgomery County, May 3 – “It’s Hammer Time,” the popular Facebook Live and YouTube show at MCP.TV, will host Montgomery County Attorney B.D. Griffin today at noon. Griffin, a native of Montgomery County, served as First Assistant County Attorney since January, 2015, under popular County Attorney JD Lambright, who passed away in March. The Montgomery County […]
Image: Montgomery County Auditor Rakesh Pandey, who has begun his tenure seeming to act as a true independent auditor, presented his first ever Comprehensive Annual Financial Report to the Montgomery County Commissioners Court on March 19, 2019. Significantly, Pandey restored Montgomery County citizens to the top of the organizational chart of the County government after […]
Conroe, April 10 – Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough sought to alleviate traffic by removing the flyover tolls at the intersection of State Highway 242 and Interstate 45. The Commissioners Court members would hear none of that sensible proposal and voted it down two (Keough, Precinct 3 Commissioner James Noack) to three (Precinct 4 Commissioner […]
Austin, April 3 – State Representative Steve Toth presented House Bill 2965, a bill to amend Section 143 of the Texas Open Meetings Act to the Texas House of Representatives Committee on State Affairs on Monday, April, 2019. The purpose of Toth’s bill, as he explained was to meet the objections of the Texas Court […]
Image: Montgomery County Attorney B.D. Griffin (right) took the Oath of Office on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, immediately after the Montgomery County Commissioners Court unanimously approved his appointment as County Attorney to succeed JD Lambright. Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough (left) administered the Oath of Office. Conroe, March 20 – Taxpayers, meet your friend and […]