Conroe, June 6 – On May 9, 2015, Montgomery County voters headed to the polls and soundly defeated a road bond referendum 57.19% to 42.81%, largely because disgraced former County Judge Craig Doyal and liberal Precinct 2 County Commissioner Charlie Riley insisted on including the extraordinarily unpopular extension of Woodlands Parkway from F.M. 2978 westward […]
Conroe, September 5 – The snakes slithered and the snake oil flowed at the August 28, 2018, meeting of the so-called Montgomery County Toll Road Authority (MCTRA), which is really just another name for the Montgomery County Commissioners Court. Last Tuesday, Montgomery County Craig Doyal, Precinct 2 County Commissioner Charlie Riley, and “financial advisor” Terrell […]
The Woodlands, July 28 – Rob Eissler, President of the Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement District (WiMP) and lobbyist for WiMP, the Woodlands Township, Precinct 3 County Commissioner James Noack, Precinct 2 County Commissioner Charlie Riley, and others has announced that he’s walking back from the discussions to finance a portion of the mightily unpopular Woodlands […]
The Woodlands, July 27 (Funerary Friday) – Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley, the Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement District (WiMP), and the Woodlands Development Company (TWDC) are moving full speed ahead to begin construction of the Woodlands Parkway Extension (WPX) westward at the intersection of Woodlands Parkway and F.M. 2978, despite Riley’s assurance to […]
Eric Yollick, The Golden Hammer On January 26, 2016, Precinct 3 Montgomery County Commissioner James Noack, Precinct 2 County Commissioner Charlie Riley, and the remaining members of the Commissioners Court seem to have made a terrible mistake when they accepted the HGAC Major Thoroughfare Plan 2016. That Plan, which the County now shows on its website […]
Conroe, June 2 – It’s an etymological feast when Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley, Precinct 3 County Commissioner James Noack, and Montgomery County Engineer Mark Mooney discuss Commissioners Court action as to whatever they did on January 26, 2016, with respect to the Woodlands Parkway Extension, the Branch Crossing Extension, and the Gosling […]
Image: On January 26, 2016, Precinct 3 County Commissioner James Noack responded to Precinct 2 County Commissioner Charlie Riley’s comments in favor of the Woodlands Parkway Extension, “I can assure you and the people of The Woodlands that…it [Woodlands Parkway Extension] will never happen as long as I’m sitting here.” Riley immediately answered, “We’ll see […]
Conroe, May 17 – Several readers of The Golden Hammer, Montgomery County’s leading daily newspaper, have requested that we publish the chart showing County Commissioner Charlie Riley’s lies regarding the Woodlands Parkway Extension (WPX), the Branch Crossing Extension, and the Gosling Extension through the W.G. Jones State Forest, all three of which Riley placed on the HGAC […]
BREAKING NEWS! Montgomery County Precinct 2, May 17 – Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley blew up the tiny remainder of his integrity today with outright lies about three major road extensions Riley himself had placed on the Houston-Galveston Area Council (HGAC) Major Thoroughfare Plan in 2016, one year after voters rejected the proposed […]
Image: 2016 Major Thoroughfare Plan, which Craig Doyal and Charlie Riley approved, showing Wood Trace Boulevard as the new name for the Woodlands Parkway Extension. Montgomery Count Precinct 2, May 16 – Voters in Commissioners Precinct 2 overwhelmingly rejected the Woodlands Parkway Extension (WPX) in the May, 2015, road bond referendum. Nevertheless, if he’s re-elected, Precinct […]