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 […]
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 […]
