Montgomery County, September 14 – “It’s Hammer Time,” the popular Facebook Live/YouTube show on MCP.TV, will air live today, Friday, September 14, 2018, beginning at 11:45 a.m. from the Montgomery County Courthouse where the Board of District Judges will meet to discuss whether to re-appoint Montgomery County Auditor Phyllis Martin to another 2-year term and […]
BREAKING NEWS! Conroe, September 14 – The Golden Hammer has obtained County Auditor Phyllis Martin’s secret budget request to the Board of District Judges which she presented to them on Monday, September 10, 2018. Martin’s secret budget request raises troubling questions about her job performance and her independence as an auditor. Martin provided a 9-page submittal […]
Conroe, September 10 – The citizens of Montgomery County had the opportunity to witness first-hand in open view one of the fundamental problems with the manner in which Montgomery County Auditor Phyllis Martin does her job during the August 28, 2018, meeting of the Commissioners Court. Rather than staying outside of County politics, policy, and […]
Image: Precinct 3 Montgomery County Commissioner James Noack urged the Montgomery County Commissioners Court to reduce the County Auditor’s Budget by the amount of money set aside for the Budget Office, which took away some of the County Auditor’s functions. The Auditor, Phyllis Martin, fought against reducing the bureaucracy of her department. Noack’s motion passed […]
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 […]
Image: Montgomery County Treasurer Stephanne Davenport (left), on her way out as Treasurer on December 31, 2018, much to relief of the taxpayers, and County Auditor Phyllis Martin (right), possibly also on her way out, begged the Montgomery County Commissioners Court to spend $14.9 million more on the Enterprise Resource Planning software which confers no […]
Eric Yollick, The Golden Hammer The complete madness known as the “Enterprise Resource Planning” (ERP) software of the Montgomery County government must come to an end right now. It’s again on the agenda for the Tuesday, August 28, 2018, Commissioners Court. Since this Commissioners Court feels obligated to spend money rather than saving the taxpayers’ burden, […]
Conroe, August 26 – On Friday morning, August 24, 2018, the Montgomery County Commissioners Court held a hearing on the tax rate, which didn’t make much sense, since the Court has not presented a proposed budget yet. Nevertheless, two citizens – this newspaper’s Publisher (photograph above) and Mark Frank (photograph below) – attended the hearing. […]
Image: Purchasing Director Gilbert Jalomo, Jr., CPPB, dared go against the wishes of the Davenport Ring, the corrupt group of elected officials and County employees, who follow the direction of corrupt local political boss Marc Davenport, when Jalomo deferred the proposed $15 to $20 million Enterprise Resource Planning software that was on the August 14, […]
Image: Montgomery County Auditor Phyllis Martin hides her face from the citizens and from The Golden Hammer‘s watchful eye, as the Board of District Judges chided her for failing to provide sufficient backup materials to support her request for a hefty salary increase for herself and for her bureaucratic staff. Expecting to waltz out of the […]