Image: Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley, who filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2002 and now controls the Montgomery County Republican Party and the “Republican Voters of Texas PAC,” appeared with Democrat Jimmie Dotson, who is running for election to the Woodlands Township Board of Directors in the November 3, 2020, General Election. The […]
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, September 11 – Local businessman Dennis Tibbs spoke at the September 8, 2020, Special Meeting of the Montgomery County Commissioners Court and drew the ire of three of the five Court members – Precinct 3 Commissioner James Noack, County Judge Mark Keough, and Precinct 4 Commissioner James Metts – […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, New Caney, and The Woodlands, September 10 – A brawl erupted on social media between the staff of Precinct 4 Montgomery County Commissioner James Metts and Precinct 3 Commissioner James Noack, who spoke for himself. The dispute erupted on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, after the Commissioners Court voted to […]
Gregory Parker, Guest Editorialist to The Golden Hammer “There are no necessary evils in government; Its evils exist only in its abuses.” ~ President Andrew Jackson. Previously I wrote an article entitled “Why the Worst Rise to the Top?” In it, I identified three factors that aid the worst individuals in their rise to the top: […]
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 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 […]