Image: Happier, more cohesive times? Julie Turner (center left in red jacket) and James Noack (center right in plaid shirt) definitely enjoyed more political cohesion on November 7, 2018. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Montgomery County, December 30 – The most conspicuous absences from The Golden Hammer‘s Power Top Ten List of the ten most powerful […]
Image: Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner has developed enormous political self-discipline over the past three years. This photograph shows Riley (center) talking with constituents at one of his fundraisers. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, December 29 – Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley is The Golden Hammer‘s Power Top Ten #1. He runs the Montgomery […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe and Magnolia, December 8 – The Montgomery County Toll Road Authority’s (MCTRA) quarterly financial statement, which will cast a shadow over today’s Commissioners Court meeting, continues to show severe mismanagement and poor financial operations. Despite glowing projections and promises from MCTRA President and Precinct 2 County Commissioner Charlie Riley, […]
Image: Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough slunk down in his chair during the November 10, 2020, Commissioners Court meeting, showing his shame for seeking to cost the taxpayers a fortune to pay for his personal driver. Keough can no longer drive himself after he caused a major vehicle accident on September 10, 2020, in The […]
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 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: Architect’s rendering, drawn on August 5, 2020, of Precinct 2 Commissioner Charlie Riley’s dream Forensics Center, designed for Montgomery County’s projected population in 2052 (!), which would cost the taxpayers $18.1 million. Riley lied to the members of the Commissioners Court and the public on September 22 when he said there were no architect […]
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 22 – On the super secret “consent agenda,” Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley has placed a project for approval which will cost Montgomery County taxpayers between 18 and 19 million dollars. On the secretive agenda, secrecy apparently being the key to the manner in which Riley […]
Image: It’s not surprising that Alicia Riley Curry, Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley’s daughter, is such a vehement supporter of her father. He’s directly paying her out of campaign funds each month. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Magnolia, September 21 – Last Wednesday, September 16, when Alicia Riley Curry went up to a […]