Conroe, July 26 – Precinct 2 County Commissioner Charlie Riley easily made the most ignorant comment of the entire day, July 25, 2018, of the Montgomery County Commissioners Court budget workshop. In response to a request by Montgomery County Attorney J.D. Lambright to hire an additional attorney and a legal assistant and buy some computer […]
Conroe, July 24 – Secrecy and intransigence have marred what could have been a positive opportunity for the Montgomery County government in the consideration of hiring seasoned lobbyist W. Robert Eissler as a lobbyist during the 86th Legislative Session that will begin in January, 2019. On July 5, this newspaper broke the story that the […]
Houston and Conroe, July 22 – In light of the July 19, 2018, indictment of Darian Eve Ward, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s former press secretary, for illegally withholding public information requested under the Texas Public Information Act/Open Records Act, Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal and the Montgomery County government generally should take heed that at […]
Conroe, July 12 – With Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal make up the rules as he goes along, the Montgomery County Commissioners Court, on July 10, 2018, locked out the Citizens Budget Committee’s report, even though it was formally on the Court’s Agenda for consideration. The Citizens Budget Committee (CBC) is a group of eighteen […]
Image: Montgomery County Treasurer Stephanne Davenport submitted a bizarre Texas Open Records Act request to County Attorney J.D. Lambright on May 24, 2018, and revealed that hatred and venom continue to consume her almost four months after her landslide loss to challenger Melanie Pryor Bush in the March 6, 2018, Republican Primary Election. Conroe, July […]
Conroe, June 25 – Partly as a party of discussions he and District Attorney Brett Ligon have had for a couple of years and partly in response to an article in The Golden Hammer, Montgomery County’s leading daily newspaper, Montgomery County Attorney J.D. Lambright has called for creation of an Inspector General’s Office within the County […]
BREAKING NEWS! Conroe, June 18 – At the urging and advice of Montgomery County Attorney J.D. Lambright, new Budget Office Director Amanda Carter has begun to release the request budgets from each County Department for Fiscal Year 2019 to this newspaper, after an Open Records Act request on May 31, 2018. Carter began releasing a […]
Conroe, June 11 – That government power comes from the people and that government must do the will of the people are the fundamental aspects of American Exceptionalism. Their history and the fact that those concepts are in writing within the source documents of the United States (the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution) and […]
Conroe, June 8 – Montgomery County Attorney J.D. Lambright announced a major open government initiative during the Citizens Budget Committee meeting on Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Sheriff Rand Henderson’s Policy Academy Classroom. Lambright made a presentation regarding his budget during the meeting and explained the major change he is proposing. Lambright wants to make […]
BREAKING NEWS! Conroe, May 8 – An attorney for Empower Texans sent a demand letter to Montgomery County Attorney J.D. Lambright on April 25, 2018, after Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal unlawfully forced the removal of GOP leader Reagan Reed during the April 24, 2018, Commissioners Court meeting. Doyal directed Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Billy Jordan […]
