Ken Blevins

The case against Ken Blevins

Voted August 13, 2026 to block a binding public referendum on Flock surveillance, denying Conroe voters a direct say on a program they were never told about.

Explaining his vote, Blevins pointed to cost rather than the merits of letting residents decide:

“I am not in support of spending a quarter of a million dollars of taxpayer money without having seen validated signatures of registered Conroe voters.”

Yet the Flock program itself has been running since 2021, starting with a 19-camera pilot. Council approved the current five-year contract in September 2024: 52 cameras, $130,000 a year, $650,000 total, running through 2029, all without a single validated signature or resident vote of any kind. That’s more than two and a half times the “quarter of a million dollars” Blevins said he wouldn’t spend without proof of resident support. Although that contract was approved before Blevins was elected, he now sits on the council keeping that spending in place, while opposing a vote to let residents decide whether to continue funding it.

Same “validated signatures” standard, not applied evenly

Blevins’ objection to the Flock vote was that no one had shown “validated signatures of registered Conroe voters.” Conroe firefighters actually had that: a petition, a lawsuit, and a judge’s order on January 10, 2026 compelling the city to accept it as legally qualifying. At the same August 13, 2026 meeting, Blevins joined the vote that kept the firefighters’ validated petition off the ballot anyway, referring it to a committee instead.

Voted to keep funding it anyway

On September 11, 2026, Blevins voted with the majority to adopt a new city budget that keeps Flock camera funding in place, despite the ongoing petition fight and continued resident opposition.

Development industry ties

On March 2, 2026, Michael Stoecker, a Montgomery County developer, personally contributed $5,000 to Blevins’ campaign, the same day he gave identical $5,000 contributions to fellow council members John Sellars and Kristin Hoisington. Stoecker owns Stoecker Corporation, the land development company where Sellars serves as CFO.

Sources: Houston Chronicle, “Conroe won’t put Flock camera measure on November ballot” · City of Conroe council agenda packet, Flock Safety 5-year contract quote (Sept. 2024) · Yahoo News, “Conroe accepts firefighters’ petition to put collective bargaining on May ballot after judge’s order” · Community Impact, “Conroe City Council keeps Flock cameras, firefighter collective bargaining off November ballot” · Community Impact, “Conroe City Council considers a resolution for police scanners, license plate readers” · Ken Blevins campaign finance report, 30-day-before-election (filed 4/2/2026) · Click2Houston, “Conroe keeps Flock camera funding in new budget as privacy debate grows across Texas”