Kristin Hoisington

The case against Kristin Hoisington

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.

Hoisington and John Sellars were the ones who proposed creating a citizens’ advisory committee to study the Flock program in the first place. Then, at that same July 23, 2026 meeting, Hoisington herself moved to table her own proposal indefinitely, and it died in a unanimous vote. No oversight committee was ever formed. The existing Flock contract continued uninterrupted.

At that meeting, Hoisington also characterized residents opposed to Flock cameras this way:

“Over the last few days, it has become abundantly clear that this is no longer about creating reasonable policy; it’s being perpetuated by bad actors and performative agitators. In my opinion, it is an anti-police campaign.”

She said the effort’s “sole objective” was to “harass public servants and target families, stir up online outrage and suggest action that endangers those who serve the community.”

Two other council members, David Hairel and Shana Arthur, publicly apologized the next day for tabling a resident-vote proposal at that meeting. Hoisington did not apologize for anything, including her remarks. Arthur separately pushed back on Hoisington’s framing directly, saying many opponents “simply had legitimate concerns about privacy and constitutional rights,” and noted some had served in law enforcement themselves.

Moved to shelve the firefighters’ petition, too

At that same August 13, 2026 meeting, Hoisington made the motion to refer Conroe firefighters’ collective-bargaining petition to a committee instead of the ballot — a petition that had already survived a lawsuit and a judge’s order compelling the city to accept it back in January. The firefighters’ association declined to participate in the committee, choosing to keep fighting in court instead.

Voted to keep funding it anyway

On September 11, 2026, Hoisington 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 Hoisington’s campaign, the same day he gave identical $5,000 contributions to fellow council members John Sellars and Ken Blevins. Stoecker owns Stoecker Corporation, the land development company where Sellars serves as CFO. Hoisington also received $5,000 from Home-PAC, the political action committee of the Greater Houston Builders Association, the same PAC that gave Sellars an identical contribution.

Sources: Houston Chronicle, “Conroe won’t put Flock camera measure on November ballot” · Community Impact, “Conroe City Council keeps Flock cameras, firefighter collective bargaining off November ballot” · Yahoo News, “Conroe accepts firefighters’ petition to put collective bargaining on May ballot after judge’s order” · Houston Chronicle, “Conroe City Council backs Flock cameras despite residents’ opposition” · Yahoo News, “Conroe council members apologize, seek to put flock cameras on the ballot before Aug. 17 deadline” · Kristin Hoisington 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”