Conroe, April 18 – The Montgomery County Commissioners Court engaged in a lively discussion regarding the $76 to $85 million, 3 mile, TX 249 Tollway, also known as the Decimation of Hope Highway, that County Judge Craig Doyal and Precinct 2 County Commissioner Charlie Riley are shoving down the throats of Montgomery County citizens. It’s […]
JAMES NOACK, Guest Editorialist Toll roads are as well liked as a schoolyard bully. They both force behavior to their benefit and take your lunch money while laughing in your face. While bullying is no joke, neither is fleecing the taxpayer. Due to the growing opposition of toll roads and action by many this past […]
Conroe, April 15 – Montgomery County’s “Sage,” Bill O’Sullivan, called “unforced errors” on Precinct 2 County Commissioner Charlie Riley and County Judge Craig Doyal, at the April 10, 2018, Commissioners Court meeting. O’Sullivan was one of the last people to speak about the $76 to $85 million, 3 mile, TX 249 Tollway, also known as […]
Image: Even mid-day on a Saturday, April 14, 2018, cars line up approximately 3/10ths of a mile from the intersection to turn left on the northbound frontage road along Interstate 45 in order to avoid the 25 cent off-hour tolls on the largely unused SH 242 flyover. The flyover does little more than block available […]
Image: Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley. Conroe, April 11 – Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley has a chance to prove he’s not a liar when it comes to his promise to put a referendum before voters before building the Decimation of Hope Highway, the $85 million, 3 mile, TX 249 Tollway. […]
Image: Heroic Precinct 3 Montgomery County Commissioner James Noack, who called for a referendum on the TX 249 Tollway under Chapter 284 of the Texas Transportation Code, the arcane provision under which Precinct 2 County Commissioner Charlie Riley and lame duck County Judge Craig Doyal are seeking to force through the unpopular tollroad. GIANT BREAKING […]
Image: A Williams Brothers Construction backhoe operator is moving dirt as part of the clearing for the TX 249 Tollway. JP James Metts’ logging company has a lucrative contract to provide the logging services with the Texas Department of Transportation on the project. New Caney and Pinehurst, March 15 – If you’re wondering why JP […]
Image: 2016 Houston-Galveston Area Council Major Thoroughfare Plan, which Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal and Precinct 2 County Commissioner Charlie Riley approved, published after Montgomery County voters rejected a plan to extend Woodlands Parkway westward. The new plan just renames the road “Wood Trace Boulevard.” Funding for the Tx 249 Tollway will include the initial construction […]
Image: Left to right, Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal and State Representative Mark Keough who is running against Doyal in the March 6, 2018, Republican Primary Election. PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The Golden Hammer will provide complete coverage of this major event in the March 6, 2018, Republican Primary Election cycle over the next few days. This article […]
Image: When government acts, it usually messes things up. On November 14, 2017, the Montgomery County Commissioners Court considered at least five items about which they had no idea what they were discussing. Conroe, November 19 – The November 14, 2017, Montgomery County Commissioners Court meeting was ugly. At least five times during the meeting, […]