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  • Houston-area water leaders debate Montgomery County subsidence issues

    Community Impact Newspaper
    Houston-area water leaders discussed subsidence, or ground sinkage due to groundwater pumping, in Montgomery County as well as policy relating to subsidence at a July 20 forum.

  • 86% of Woodlands Residents Oppose Putting Incorporation Back on the Ballot

    Woodlands Online
    Preserve The Woodlands released the results of a community survey that reveal residents of The Woodlands overwhelmingly object to putting incorporation back on the ballot, and clearly express a desire for The Woodlands Township Board of Directors to turn its focus to addressing community priorities.

  • Woodlands Residents Express Concerns About Future Of $20.7 Million Township “Incorporation Reserve”

    The Golden Hammer
    Woodlands residents have expressed serious concerns about the future of the $20.7 million Township “incorporation reserve” after an odd $5.2 million transfer occurred into the fund after voters had soundly rejected incorporation of The Woodlands as a city government in the November, 2021, General Election by an almost 70% to 30% vote.

  • Montgomery County Loser of the Year: Incorporation

    Texas Citizen Journal
    It was therefore a strange turn of events when many people who consider themselves to be the very standard of conservatism turned out to be the most vociferous advocates of the greatest expansion of big government in the history of Montgomery County.

  • Woodlands residents take aim at township board over incorporation vote

    Conroe Courier
    A handful of residents recently expressed their disappointment in The Woodlands Township Board of Directors regarding the recent ballot question of incorporation they said has left community members at odds.

  • Residents vote against proposal to incorporate The Woodlands as a city

    Click 2 Houston
    In a Facebook post Noack said, “In the Woodlands, we still believe in smaller government, fiscal responsibility, and limited power, which is why voters were overwhelmingly against incorporation all along."

  • The Woodlands Voters Soundly Reject Incorporation, Retain Township Status

    The Texan
    “In The Woodlands, we still believe in smaller government, fiscal responsibility, and limited power, which is why voters were overwhelmingly against incorporation all along,” Noack said. “I’m proud we will remain a Township, as well as the best place in America to live, and I know our best days are still ahead.”

  • Incorporation of The Woodlands Resources

    The Woodlands Chamber of Commerce
    A resolution in opposition to the incorporation of The Woodlands on november 2, 2021.

  • OPINION: NO for the Woodlands Incorporation

    Woodlands Online
    The residents are happy, and our community is unique. So why change? Why would anybody want to pay higher taxes to chase mediocrity? There is a dark feel to the lack of transparency, false assumptions, one-sided narrative, and brazenly political tactics being used to advance this harmful push to incorporate as a city. We need to be alarmed and we need to understand that our very community is being challenged.

  • The Woodlands puts incorporation question up for a vote

    Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research
    The township has road maintenance, a fire department, a contracted police force (mostly through the Montgomery County sheriff’s office), parks and recreation, transit service to downtown Houston, and even a convention and visitors bureau.

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