Conroe, October 18 – Water and property rights champion Webb Melder, who is running as a candidate for the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District (LSGCD) Board is currently serves on that Board as a dissenter citizen-rights advocate, issued “seven stunning facts” about the LSGCD and the San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA). Webb Melder’s “Seven Stunning […]
Conroe, October 17 – The San Jacinto River Authority issued the following press release today. The Golden Hammer does not vouch for its accuracy. “With an average of 3.96 inches of rainfall across the watershed for the current event, the Lake Conroe water level has risen over 1.26 feet and exceeded normal pool elevation of 201′ […]
Image: Steve Toth (left), the Republican who is running for State Representative, District 15, and his wife, Babette Toth (right). Conroe and The Woodlands, October 16 – Steve Toth, the Republican Nominee for State Representative, District 15, in the November 6, 2018, General Election, stood up for the citizens (victims) and didn’t mince words last […]
Conroe, October 10 – Social critic Bryant McGill has said, “When we buy junk, we become junk.” It has become apparent that the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District (LSGCD), in a rush to over-regulate to force water users into the high-priced water-selling hands of the San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA), has relied upon the coarsest […]
Image: Conroe Mayor Toby Powell (right) stands with Mark Keough, the conservative State Representative, District 15, who is running as the Republican Nominee for Montgomery County Judge in the November 6, 2018, General Election, to bring reform to the County government. BREAKING NEWS! Conroe, September 8 – Conroe Mayor Toby Powell came out swinging in […]
Montgomery County, September 5 – While God brought the rain and development brought some of the flooding, the San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) brought the carnage known as Tropical Storm Harvey on August 28, 2017. When the SJRA began to release 79,131 cubic feet per second of water out of the Lake Conroe Dam gates, […]
Austin, September 4 – On Friday, August 31, 2018, the Austin Court of Appeals ruled that the cities of Conroe, Magnolia, and Splendora, as well as certain utility companies serving various customers in Montgomery County, must respond to the San Jacinto River Authority’s (SJRA) lawsuit seeking to justify higher water rates to support revenue bond […]
BREAKING NEWS! Miami and Conroe, September 2 – The National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued an advisory at 7:00 p.m., Sunday, September 2, 2018, that Tropical Cyclone Seven southeast of the Florida Keys will likely cross the Keys early Sunday and travel northwesterly into the Gulf Coast. The NHC predicts that the tropical storm could reach […]
Conroe, August 31 – The San Jacinto River Authority has stopped lowering the elevation of Lake Conroe. The lowering had nothing to do with taking precautions during the Atlantic hurricane season. Rather, the lowering of Lake Conroe’s water levels was merely a courtesy to aid the City of Houston as it dredges the lower portions […]
Publisher’s Note: Portions of this article came from the Associated Press, a news partner of The Golden Hammer, Montgomery County’s leading daily newspaper. Conroe and New York, August 31 – Montgomery County citizens and New Yorkers have something in common. They’re both the victims of government-created monopolies that have driven product prices skyward in order to protect […]