The Golden Hammer Staff Reports The Woodlands, August 26 – For years Woodlands Township Chairman Gordy Bunch and Vice Chairman Bruce Reiser have argued that The Woodlands must incorporate as a city, despite the massive cost and tax increase to Woodlands residents that would result, so that “we can have control of our own destiny.” […]
Image: Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley’s mailer that he sent during the last week of the May 22, 2018, Republican Runoff Election. Riley is proceeding with construction of the Woodlands Parkway Extension by another name, the Woodtrace Boulevard Extension, under the Major Thoroughfare Plan, which the Commissioners Court will adopt under its super-secret “consent” […]
Image: F.M. 2978 Commercial Tract Replat No. 1, establishing the T-intersection at F.M. 2978 and the west terminus of Woodlands Parkway as the location of a big box store and commercial shopping center. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports The Woodlands and Conroe, June 7 – Montgomery County Precinct 3 Commissioner James Noack sneakily and single-handedly […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports The Woodlands and Conroe, May 4 – Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley has claimed that the so-called “Woodlands Parkway Extension,” or “WPX,” which voters soundly defeated in the May, 2015, road bond election, will no longer remain on the Major Thoroughfare Plan for the Houston Galveston Area Council, […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Magnolia, February 23 – Residents of Woodlane subdivision were recently baffled when they received a letter that their property is part of a proposed annexation by the Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement District (WMPID), which intends to annex additional commercial area during the 87th Texas Legislative Session in Austin. While WMPID […]
Conroe and Magnolia, July 17 – “I have no discussion. I’m just opposed,” said Precinct 3 Montgomery County Commissioner James Noack, on Tuesday, July 9, 2019, as he and County Judge Mark Keough, “The People’s Judge,” voted as a minority against the Woodlands Parkway Extension, the plan of Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley and […]
Riley, Commissioners Court hide $135K spending item on super-secret “consent agenda” due to its controversial nature Conroe, Magnolia, and The Woodlands, July 8 – If there’s anyone who is a genuine master of creating traffic jams, destroying mobility for personal gain, and dealing with the citizens of south Montgomery County with utmost duplicity, it’s Precinct […]
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 […]