Conroe, October 21 – It was a guess and a lie when Montgomery County Purchasing Director Gilbert Jalomo, at the behest of then-County Judge Craig Doyal, said that the price of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software was fixed at $14.8 million during an August 18, 2018, Commissioners Court meeting. County Auditor Phyllis Martin urged […]
Image: Precinct 3 Montgomery County Commissioner James Noack tried to stop the Montgomery County Commissioners Court from committing to construction of a Forensics Center, which will cost at least $18.1 million to the taxpayers, but the Riley-Meador-Metts tax dollar spending freight train stop rolled over him. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, September 23 – […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, August 21 – The Montgomery County Commissioners Court will meet today at 9:30 a.m. to hold a public hearing and vote on the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget. A vote on the Fiscal Year 2021 tax rate, however, will not occur until another special Commissioners Court meeting on August 28, […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, August 17 – The Montgomery County Commissioners Court heads towards a decisive showdown over taxation and the budget on Friday, August 21, 2020, at 9 a.m., at the Sadler Administration Building, 501 North Thompson, Fourth Floor, in Conroe. Three different components of the Commissioners Court meeting will determine whether Montgomery […]
Image: Precinct 4 Montgomery County Commissioner James Metts wagged his hand in the air, as he lost his cool and attacked The Golden Hammer newspaper for daring to report the truth that he voted to raise taxes on July 31, during the August 11, 2020, Montgomery County Commissioners Court meeting. BREAKING NEWS! The Golden Hammer […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, August 13 – On Tuesday, August 11, 2020, the Montgomery County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to rescind a Transition Agreement with the Woodlands Township, in the event of a vote by Woodlands residents to incorporate as a city. Precinct 3 Montgomery County Commissioner James Noack had been the lone […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, August 12 – Precinct 3 Montgomery County Commissioner James Noack provided specific ways to save tax dollars and avoid a tax hike for Fiscal Year 2021 to his colleagues on the Commissioners Court on Tuesday, August 11, 2020, during a regular meeting. Nevertheless, Precinct 2 Commissioner Charlie Riley, who […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, August 11 – After a disastrous 3 to 2 vote on July 31, 2020, at the end of a “budget workshop” by the Montgomery County Commissioners Court to raise taxes substantially on beleaguered Montgomery County taxpayers, Precinct 3 Montgomery County Commissioner James Noack, who was one of the two […]
Image: The Montgomery County Forensics Center on Hilbig Street in Conroe. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, August 7 – The two more conservative members of the Montgomery County Commissioners Court, Precinct 3 County Commissioner James Noack and County Judge Mark Keough, both voted to set the County government’s tax rate for Fiscal Year 2021 […]
Image: Four of the five members of the Commissioners Court prayed before they voted to increase taxes on the citizens of Montgomery County in the midst of the economic depression they caused in their panicked response to the Chinese Coronavirus. One of the members of the Commissioners Court stared around the room during the prayer. […]