Conroe, July 18 – A third candidate has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the open seat, which the retirement of Precinct 1 Montgomery County Commissioner Mike Meador will leave. John Davis announced late last week that he is seeking the Precinct 1 County Commissioner position and has promised to advocate for “ethical behavior, […]
Conroe, June 26 – Terri Jaggers, whom United States Congressman Kevin Brady described as “the JJ Watt of Texas foster care” and who was a fierce political ally of Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley, disgraced former Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal, and Precinct 1 Commissioner Mike Meador, went into custody of the Montgomery […]
Image: Precinct 4 Montgomery County Commissioner James Metts openly drew a line in the sand when he declared his disappointment that he was no longer confident that Republican Party Vice Chairman Reagan Reed “would be unethical in anything to come before him on the [ethics] committee.” BREAKING NEWS! Conroe, June 26 – Precinct 4 Montgomery […]
Conroe, June 4 – Retired pastor and non-profit fundraiser Billy Graff, a resident of Conroe, announced his candidacy for Precinct 1 Montgomery County Commissioner yesterday. Graff moved to Montgomery County in 2017. Graff served as a Marine before he entered the ministry as a pastor. He served as a Baptist pastor at churches in Beaumont […]
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. […]