By Rockwall County Judge Jerry Hogan. He can be reached at jerryhogan@sbcglobal.net or 214-394-4033. Rockwall County at year end 2011: I think I can say without much opposition that people are generally fed up with how our government operates and how our politicians are mired in self-serving ways of inattention to the needs of our [...]

ROCKWALL – After a standing room-only crowd of over 300 people packed County Judge Jerry Hogan’s Town Hall meeting last night at the Historic County Courthouse on the Square, and the majority made it clear they do not want the County library outsourced, the County’s chief administrator agreed to remove his outsourcing proposal from the [...]

ROCKWALL – Rockwall County Judge Jerry Hogan has announced that he will hold his next town hall meeting June 13 to discuss and answer questions about his proposal to outsource County library and custodial services in order to raise $458,000 for next year’s budget. It will begin at 7 pm on the third floor of [...]

(Rockwall Herald Banner) Jerry Hogan, who just completed his first month as county judge, has implemented audio streaming of Rockwall County Commissioners Court workshop meetings on a test basis and scheduled his first town hall meeting for Feb. 24. Next, Hogan wants to schedule a night meeting of commissioners court. Commissioners now meet at 9 [...]

By J.J. Smith. Rockwall County Judge run-off election candidate Jerry Hogan says the contents of the direct mail piece which his opponent, Kevin Fowler, sent to thousands of homes across Rockwall County last week was rather “amateurish” and quite inaccurate. The retired U.S. Army officer and former IBM and MCI corporate vice president, who was [...]

By Jim Hardin, Rockwall Herald Banner. Kevin Fowler and Jerry Hogan are vying for the County Judge’s seat in Rockwall County in the upcoming runoff ballot. The Herald-Banner takes an in-depth look at both campaigns prior to the start of early voting. Fowler slogan: ‘I can build consensus, not walls’ That’s a message county judge [...]

By J.J. Smith. County Judge run-off election candidate Kevin Fowler alleged if his opponent is elected – retired US Army Lt. Col. and former corporate executive Jerry Hogan – that he will order people what to do rather than build consensus as Fowler claimed should be done to over 100 people gathered at the monthly [...]

By Heath resident Jerry Hogan, U.S. Army Lt. Col. (retired). Charlotte Eaton, granddaughter of Elaine Eubanks of Rockwall, Texas, grew up in Kilgore, Texas and graduated from Sabine High School in June of 1999. As discussed a lot in past articles about other young men and women from our area, Charlotte thought about enlisting in [...]

“The Military View” column by Heath resident Jerry Hogan, US Army Lt. Co. (retired). Several years ago I wrote an article about a young lady from Rockwall named Jennifer Baker. She is the daughter of Wesley and Michelle Baker, a 2004 graduate of Rockwall High School, a person who went on to college after graduating [...]

By Heath resident Jerry Hogan, US Army Lt. Col. (retired). Christmas is over. The New Year is upon us and its back to school, work, or whatever we do on a regular basis. But for Austin Alexander there really isn’t any “regular basis,” for Austin is still in the process of learning how to be [...]