Image: Cover page of the San Jacinto River Authority’s Master Plan in 1957. Somehow, they’ve forgotten their core duty of “flood control” since then. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, November 29 – As the San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) faces “sunset review” before the Texas Legislature in 2021, SJRA must explain why it has […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Montgomery County, November 17 – Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley has offered a “Resolution Declaring Montgomery County, Texas, a Gun Sanctuary County” as a proclamation for consideration during the Tuesday, November 19, 2019, Commissioners Court meeting. The resolution, which Riley himself clearly didn’t draft and which, in a […]
Eric Yollick, The Golden Hammer Grassroots conservative activists are on edge across the State of Texas. They’re entirely justified in those feelings. The 86th Texas Legislature failed to accomplish some major priorities, such as lowering government spending, passing robust statewide property tax reform, eliminating the complexity of school finance and state intervention into public schools, passing […]
Austin and Conroe, May 24 – The two individuals, disgraced former Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal and his henchman Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley, most responsible for bringing down on Montgomery County the reputation as “the most corrupt County government in all of Texas” suffered a major setback yesterday. The Texas Senate voted […]
Austin, April 1 – The Texas House of Representatives on a 148 to 1 vote (Representative Jonathan Stickland dissenting) and the Texas Senate on a 31 to 0 vote passed House Joint Resolution 666, which proposes a sweeping amendment to the Texas Constitution, which will ban taxpayer-funded lobbying and radically reform the structure of the […]
Montgomery County, November 9 – “It’s Hammer Time,” the popular Facebook Live/YouTube show will feature a discussion about “the road ahead” after the November 6, 2018, General Election. The show will air at 12 noon, Friday, November 9, 2018, on Facebook Live/YouTube at MCP.TV. While the news media has focused on the number of votes […]
Eric Yollick, The Golden Hammer This evening, October 5, 2017, at 6:45 p.m. at Incredible Pizza on South Loop 336 in Conroe, 230 South Loop 336, Conroe, Texas 77304, at the Montgomery County Eagle Forum, three of our local members of the Texas House of Representatives will give a legislative review of the recent 30-day Special […]
Image: State Representative Mark Keough (R-The Woodlands) spoke to a jam-packed audience of The Woodlands Area Republican Women on Wednesday, September 13, 2017. Keough is running for Montgomery County Judge in the March 6, 2018, Republican Primary Election. The Woodlands, September 14 – State Representative Mark Keough, Republican of The Woodlands, told a packed room […]
Austin, August 16 – Texas State Senator Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe) called on Governor Greg Abbott to call a second special legislative session on statewide property tax reform. Creighton said, “The Texas Senate passed out Senate Bill 1, the Property Tax Reform & Relief Act, during the first week of the special session. The House of […]
Washington, Austin, and Conroe, August 11 – The Republican Party is an institutional failure. It’s tragic, because for 157 years the Grand Old Party has been the greatest political hope for citizens of the United States. Where the Party is now Strangely, the Republican Party’s success defines its failure. Just look at where the Party […]