WASHINGTON (AP) — In a sweeping bipartisan vote that takes a government shutdown off the table, the House passed a temporary government-wide funding bill Tuesday night, shortly after President Donald Trump prevailed in a behind-the-scenes fight over his farm bailout. The stopgap measure will keep federal agencies fully up and running into December, giving lame-duck […]
Image: President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Briefing Room, Thursday, March 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, Austin, and Washington, D.C., March 27 – Montgomery County, Texas, has had 41 positive test results for Chinese coronavirus, also known as COVID-19 or the Kung […]
Image: The first citizen-elected Board of Directors of the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District, shown during the oath of office ceremony on November 16, 2018, was true to its word to reduce government spending in passing their first budget for Fiscal Year 2020. Shown are, from left to right, State Representative Will Metcalf, Republican of […]
Eric Yollick, The Golden Hammer Conroe Independent School District (CISD) voters must crush the $676 million bond on November 5, 2019, and then on November 3, 2020, take over the Conroe ISD board. We’re witnessing the reasons why right before our very eyes. Number One: The Children. Public schools exist for the children. It may sound […]
Image: In this deceptive PowerPoint slide, Conroe Independent School District Chief Financial Officer Darren Rice fed the zombie-like school district Board of Trustees a false legal argument in order to manipulate them to increase the Debt Service tax rate in a record jump so the district court attempt to claim the upcoming $676 million bond […]
Conroe, August 18 – What is the solution for keeping children out of prison? Conroe Independent School District (CISD) has found it! All you, as a voter, need to do to help them is to approve the $676 million bond package CISD’s administration and Board of Trustees have set for referendum on November 5, 2019. […]
Conroe, August 15 – Conroe Independent School District’s $676 million bond package requires a gigantic 4.5 cent tax rate increase, which the school board will not let the voters decide. Rather, the Board of Trustees will impose the bond tax increase by fiat through a vote in advance in the budget, which CISD will adopt […]
Conroe, July 29 – If you thought voters successfully defeated Conroe Independent School District’s (CISD) bloated and unnecessary $807 million bond package and thereby avoided the massive tax increase that would have come along with it, think again. On Monday, July 29, 2019, at 6 p.m. the Conroe Independent School District’s Board of Trustees will […]
Eric Yollick, The Golden Hammer What a great world in which we live! Look at the great natural beauty around us. If you live in Montgomery County, you live in one of the most beautiful counties in the world. If you live in Texas, you live in a special place with special settings and special people […]
Image: The Citizens Budget Committee presented their report to the Commissioners Court on Tuesday, July 25, 2017. Some of the members are in this photograph. Left to right, Ginger Russell, Bob Bagley, Kelli Cook, Bill O’Sullivan, and Reagan Reed. The aggressive citizen activism against Montgomery County government spending and taxation has had a profound impact […]