Image: The Montgomery County government closed the entire day on Thursday, August 27, 2020, and cost taxpayers a fortune. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, August 28 – Long before the close of business on Wednesday, August 26, 2020, it had become apparent that Hurricane Laura had shifted a bit eastwards of earlier projections and […]
Conroe, August 6 – On Tuesday, July 28, 2020, Montgomery County Budget Director Amanda Carter let the cat out of the bag! Carter provided the strongest argument of all why no governmental entity in Montgomery County should raise salaries or other compensation of government employees as they consider their budgets for the fiscal year beginning […]
Image: Precinct 3 Montgomery County Commissioner James Noack was the only member of the Montgomery County Commissioners Court willing to stand up against the proposed spending increase of the Montgomery Central Appraisal District. County Judge Mark Keough and the other three Commissioners voted to give the Appraisal District a spending budget increase. The Golden Hammer […]
Image: Taxpayers are bleeding money, while the Montgomery County Commissioners Court continues to spend as though the County government and Governor never induced a COVID-19 depression. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, May 26 – On Tuesday, May 26, 2020, the Montgomery County Commissioners Court will continue to act in denial that the County government […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, April 20 – In the midst of one of the worst economic downturns in American history, brought down on the heads of Montgomery County taxpayers when government entities ordered a Constitutionally-questionable “shutdown” or “lockdown” of businesses and turned going to work into a criminal activity rather than the core […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, April 7 – The bloated salaries and benefits of the members of the Montgomery County Commissioners Court raise major questions, especially during the economic shutdown, which they have spurred. It’s helpful to examine how much they’re costing taxpayers in their salaries and benefits alone and to compare how many individuals, […]
Kelli Cook, Publisher, The Golden Hammer Despite the promises of “reform”, “fiscal responsibility”, and “conservativism”, there’s a harsh reality to the governance we’ve suffered from both political parties during the past five decades. That reality is that government primarily serves its own hunger for more tax dollars to keep it afloat. When citizens dare question spending […]
Kelli Cook, Publisher, The Golden Hammer One of the best expressions of the American form of government comes from a statute, Section 552.001(a) of the Texas Government Code: “Under the fundamental philosophy of the American constitutional form of representative government that adheres to the principle that government is the servant and not the master of the […]
Image: Precinct 3 Montgomery County Commissioner James Noack legitimately complained about the fact that Budget Director Amanda Carter wanted the Commissioners Court to approve the “Salary Schedule” for the entire Montgomery County government without seeing it prior to the meeting. The Commissioners Court voted 4 to 1 to approve the “Salary Schedule” blindly, since they’re […]
Conroe, September 27 – The Montgomery County government’s elected servants are hardly servants at all. They receive salaries far higher than the median per capita income of this community. The Montgomery County Commissioners Court approved the Fiscal Year 2020 Salary Schedule at the regular meeting on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. The sound which you may […]