Although it is what I advocated on February 26, 2015 in “More Proof of Veronica Escobar’s end Game for Children’s Hospital,” yesterday’s bankruptcy by the El Paso Children’s Hospital underscores the serious problem with public policy debated and acted upon in secrecy. Ever since the children’s hospital’s inability to pay its bills came to light […]
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El Paso Children’s Hospital Bankruptcy Proves Public Agenda Scam
The public policy agenda started by Ray Caballero and cronies and pushed forth by current elected officials, like Veronica Escobar, is based on the erroneous notion that if you “build it they will come.” The public policy based on spending your tax dollars on creating insolvent tax-backed entities artificially creates a sense of accomplishment in […]
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Peeling the Onion – The Ballpark Bonds
(This is part 2 of a 5-part series) Plain and simple, the ballpark fiasco was never properly vetted by the community. It was rushed under the notion that if the City did not act immediately they would lose the opportunity to bring the Chihuahuas to the city. Throughout the process, certain information trickled out that […]
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Is Miguel Fernandez Really the Best This Community Has To Offer
As if the Larry Romero scandal wasn’t enough to end the year with, there is another issue that has taken the back burner of public scrutiny. It is the UMC-El Paso Children’s Hospital merger that not only has already cost you money, but will likely cost you more well into the future. On one thing […]
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Peeling the Onion – Luther Jonesing Tommy Gonzalez
(This is part 3 of a 5-part series) One of the strongest tools that the corruptors have is intimidation through economic terrorism. They go after your livelihood by pressuring your bosses or your clients. When that doesn’t work, they then use the threat of criminal prosecutions to silence opposition or to bring to heel those […]
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The Boys That Cried Wolf
Today’s blog is about El Paso the ineptitude. The ineptitude oozes so thick that it only takes a few words to point it out. What is even worse is that there is not one example but two examples in one day! Imagine, in a normal community there may be one or two examples of ineptitude […]
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El Paso Scandals 2015
It should not be a surprise to anyone that El Paso is facing various scandals at the same time, although they are hard to discern because, typically, the news media uses sensational headlines to grab your attention, thus distracting you from the details. Larry Romero is the de ‘jour flavor but in reality there is […]
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Is Jim Valenti Out?
Reading some of the depositions in the El Paso Children’s Hospital debacle, I came across some testimony that seems to indicate that Jim Valenti will be leaving the University Medical Center (UMC) next year. On July 2, 2015, Jim Valenti was deposed in the bankruptcy case. According to that deposition, Jim Valenti has two types […]
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Why the Sudden Rush to Save the Children's Hospital?
Some of you may have noticed that all of a sudden Veronica Escobar is doing everything in her power to save the El Paso Children’s Hospital. This after the County had insinuated that the Medicaid debt might be too much for the County to absorb and after threatening to turn off all of the services. […]
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Why the Sudden Rush to Save the Children’s Hospital?
Some of you may have noticed that all of a sudden Veronica Escobar is doing everything in her power to save the El Paso Children’s Hospital. This after the County had insinuated that the Medicaid debt might be too much for the County to absorb and after threatening to turn off all of the services. […]
