Image: Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough, the “People’s Judge,” fought for the citizens of Montgomery County on April 9 to remove the SH 242 flyover tolls, but he faced intransigent Commissioners on the Commissioners Court. Conroe, May 7 – At the April 9, 2019, meeting of the Montgomery County Commissioners Court, County Judge Mark Keough […]
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 […]
Image: Rob Eissler, lobbyist, former State Representative, former Conroe ISD School Board member, retired pilot, and owner of more Native American deoxyribonucleic acid than Elizabeth Warren, gave the opening prayer at the February 12, 2019, meeting of the Montgomery County Commissioners Court. Conroe, March 5 – Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough and Precinct 3 County […]
Conroe, February 20 – Although he was a minority of one on several spending initiatives in front of the January 29, 2019, meeting of the Montgomery County Commissioners Court, Precinct 3 County Commissioner successfully defeated a bureaucratic initiative of the do-nothing Department of Emergency Management to add an additional salaried “Deputy Director” for $137,000 per […]
Conroe, January 31 – On Tuesday, January 29, 2019, the Publisher of The Golden Hammer, Montgomery County’s leading daily newspaper, presented the first “Golden Hammer Award” for 2019. The presentation concerns the multi-million dollar Asph-Scam Scandal (Asph-Scam’s pronunciation is “AZ-fuh-skam”). The presentation follows: “The first Golden Hammer Award of calendar year 2019 goes to all four […]
Conroe, January 23 – Has the dawn of a new era in Montgomery County, known as “most corrupt County in Texas,” begun? Did the citizens work to elect Mark Keough pay off? (The answer is at the bottom of this article.) Citizens worked mightily to bring reform to Montgomery County during the 2018 election cycle. […]
Image: Businessman Robert Walker (center) attended Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Ligon’s fundraiser on October 11, 2018. In this photograph, Walker stands in the middle with Judge Wayne Mack (left) and some guy dressed like a gangsta. Willis, January 16 – Long time Willis-area businessman Robert Walker has made official that he is running for […]
Image: Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough showed an Odysseus-like resolve as he heroically voted against the appointment of pseudologist Charlie Riley (Precinct 2 Commissioner) to be the Montgomery County Tollroad Authority Chairman. Conroe, January 10 – Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough was the lone vote against the appointment of renowned pseudologist Charlie Riley as Chairman […]
Conroe, December 27 – Corrupt Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal’s final Commissioners Court in office, on December 18, 2018, became a celebration of spending “other people’s money.” One of Doyal’s favorite recipients of County taxpayer largesse, Terri Jaggers, who is responsible for Doyal’s endorsement of transgender adoptions, paid tribute to Doyal at the beginning of […]
Conroe, December 24 – The hypocrisy and ignorance of Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley and Precinct 1 County Commissioner Mike Meador, and the arrogance of lame duck County Judge Craig Doyal dominated the December 11, 2018, Commissioners Court meeting. It was apparent that, as they have done since the summer of 2017, the […]