New Caney, May 15 – Precinct 4 County Commissioner Jim Clark faces a serious electoral challenge in the May 22, 2018, Republican Runoff Election. Clark’s opponent has cost the County government millions in lost funds, cost and embarrassed taxpayers after the County government had to pay $45,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit against Clark’s […]
Image: Precinct 4 County Commissioner Jim Clark spoke before a crowd of citizens interested in mobility issues on Thursday, May 3, 2018. Conroe, May 4 – Precinct 4 County Commissioner Jim Clark enjoyed thunderous applause before a crowd of more than 125 concerned citizens who wanted an update on mobility issues. The applause came when […]
Conroe, January 9 – Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal and the four County Commissioners of Montgomery County intend to move $10,886,083.98 of unspent road and bridge funds from their Fiscal Year 2017 budgets into their Montgomery County Departments for Fiscal Year 2018 in unaccountable “slush funds” on which they’ll spend a fortune. Doyal has hidden […]
Conroe, Magnolia, and Willis, December 3 – Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley and Precinct 1 County Commissioner Mike Meador received The Golden Hammer Award – for hammering the taxpayers – on Tuesday, November 28, 2017, during the Commissioners Court meeting for squandering more than $500,000 of budgeted funds for much-needed asphalt and road […]
Image: Traffic congestion, without appropriate mobility planning by Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal and the Commissioners Court, is turning Montgomery County’s roads into a “spaghetti loop,” according to mobility expert Bill O’Sullivan. Conroe, November 18 – More than two years after passage of the $280 million, November, 2015, road bond referendum that Montgomery County Judge […]
Image: The Eye by Tony Tasset, in downtown Dallas, 1607 Main Street. Conroe, November 5 – With elections and campaigning, Grand Jury investigations of Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal and Precinct 2 County Commissioner Charlie Riley, pending criminal proceedings in the Beaumont Court of Appeals against Doyal, Riley, and corrupt local political boss Marc Davenport, it’s […]
Image: Two great Republican leaders, left, State Representative Mark Keough who is running for County Judge, and right, conservative activist and Republican Precinct Chair Reagan Reed. Conroe, August 18 – The Golden Hammer, Montgomery County’s leading daily newspaper, posed an important question to several of Montgomery County’s citizens: WHAT IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT INCOMPLETE OR […]
New Caney, August 9 – Despite some politics between them, Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace James Metts, Precinct 4 Constable Kenneth “Rowdy” Hayden, and Precinct 4 County Commissioner showed a strongly united front on Monday evening at the meeting of the Concerned Citizens of East Montgomery County. The Concerned Citizens organization is one of […]
Image: Left to right, Precinct 2 Commissioner Charlie Riley, Montgomery County Hospital District Board member and Treasurer Chris Grice, and Woodlands Development Company Co-Chief Executive Tim Welbes, July 10, 2017. Magnolia, August 5 – Embattled Precinct 2 County Commissioner Charlie Riley has made little progress on the November 2015 road bond projects that voters approved […]
Image: A Texas Department of Transportation map showing proposed routes for the Tx-249 extension and the location of Waco real estate developer Rick Sheldon’s tract of land. (Photo courtesy of the Texas Department of Transportation and Kelli Cook.) Conroe, July 10 – Montgomery County road policy clearly has little to do with County needs or […]