Opinion: Three Votes, Petitions, The Internet And The UMC Certificates of Obligations
The University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC) – the city’s public hospital wrapped around the marketing banner of a medical campus – is holding meetings seemingly trying to convince the community that it needs $346 million in taxpayer monies to give El Pasoans a world-class medical facility. Seemingly trying to convince voters of the…
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