The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, Galveston, Austin, September 20 – Tropical Storm Beta is expected to remain a strong tropical storm and make landfall along the Texas coast tomorrow (Monday) evening. Beta has the potential for heavy rain along the coast and possible rain bands of up to 8 inches near Montgomery County. National […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, August 26 – The San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) issued a press release this morning that “no reservoir releases are expected” during Hurricane Laura. In 2017 during Hurricane Harvey in the same week of the year as now, SJRA flooded areas downstream from the Lake Conroe Dam by release […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, August 14 – The San Jacinto River Authority’s (SJRA) consulting engineering firm, Halff Associates, through its Water Resources Director Terry Barr, presented a flood reduction study on Thursday, August 13, 2020, which calls for spending over $3 Billion on 16 major detention facilities and channel projects in Montgomery County, […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, August 10 – State Representative Steve Toth, Republican of Conroe, blasted the San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) during a brief speech he gave to a packed room at the Montgomery County Tea Party’s regular meeting on Monday, August 3, 2020, in Conroe. Toth told the audience, “In 2013, the […]
Bill Brenza, Guest Reporter to The Golden Hammer Montgomery County, May 15 – “It’s Hammer Time,” the popular Facebook Live and YouTube show at MCPLive.TV, will host an May 15, 2020, 12 noon, show in which the guest will be Simon Sequeira, the President of Quadvest, a large utility and groundwater producer in southwest Montgomery County. […]
Image: An artist must have depicted symbols for the citizens of Montgomery County (shown at left) and the San Jacinto River Authority (shown at right). For more accurate descriptions, please consult 1 Samuel 17. Conroe and Magnolia, May 8 – On Wednesday, May 6, 2020, Quadvest President Simon Sequeira, who also serves as President of […]
Conroe and Magnolia, April 7 – Former Conroe Mayor and Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District President Webb Melder sent a note expressing anger at the San Jacinto River Authority to a group of friends yesterday, Monday, April 6, 2020. The letter follows in its entirety. FRIENDS, SJRA filed this lawsuit Friday afternoon, March 27th. in […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Austin and Conroe, March 30 – The Supreme Court of Texas ruled against the San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) in an opinion, which Justice Brent Busby delivered on behalf of the Court on Friday, March 27, 2020, early in the morning. Later that afternoon, SJRA retaliated by filing a new […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, February 26 – On Thursday, February 21, 2020, after almost five hours of citizen comments and somewhat scant Board of Directors discussion, the San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) Board of Directors voted unanimously to continue temporary lowering of Lake Conroe, even when there are no weather threats and despite […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, January 13 – When government takes on management of a task outside of its traditional roles of law enforcement or national defense, government almost always messes up the task. The San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) is certainly no exception, especially with respect to its management of the level of […]