Local Township Issues Driving Voters to the Ballot Box

THE WOODLANDS, TX -- While the contentious race to become the next president of the United States would be enough to drive voters to the polls in most cases, the race for those seeking a seat on The Woodlands Township Board of Directors helped drive local voters to the ballot box for the early voting season.

Some voters in this north Houston community were driven by fear after receiving mailers or seeing advertisements from a non-profit group, known as The Woodlands Concerned Taxpayers, which claimed the board of directors was pushing for incorporation of the Woodlands well before 2057, which tye said would derive taxes up by about 70 percent.

The same group expressed support for a number of candidates, that include Mike Bass (Position 2), Amy Lampman (Position 1), Stuart Schroeder (Position 3) and Chris Grice (Position 4).

To counter that vote, a group calling itself Residents Advocates , which has also been associated with Tea party group, Texas Patriots PAC, endorse an opposite slate of candidates, which include incumbent Gordy Bunch (Position 1), John Anthony Brown (Position 3), Bruce Rieser (Position 4) and Brian Boniface (Position 2).

While this race take center stage in Montgomery County, other races Rand Henderson is running unopposed for Montgomery County Sheriff, and will replace the retiring Sheriff’ Tommy Gage.

Montgomery County Pct. 1 Commissioner Mike Meador and Pct. 3 Commissioner James Noack are also both running unopposed.

The polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.

To find your voting location, log onto http://www.mctx.org/

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