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Court Testimony Exposes UMC Fraud

I have written various articles showing you how the El Paso Children’s Hospital was nothing more than a fraud perpetuated upon the taxpayers of the city. On Monday, the bankruptcy court held a hearing about the disputed rent payments. The testimony, according to what the El Paso Times reported, are clear proof of fraud. Marty […]

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Bob Moore Continues to Run Cover for Veronica Escobar

Today, the El Paso Times and KVIA (actually published late yesterday) ran two stories about UMC and the El Paso Children’s Hospital. Comparing both news reports clearly shows how Bob Moore runs cover for Veronica Escobar and cohorts. Let us start with KVIA’s report titled “El Paso county [sic] warns of impending UMC tax hike”. […]

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The Fresas are Here

You may have noticed something missing in my write up yesterday about Miguel Fernandez. It is that, other than the individual making the complaint, there is not any corroborating evidence. The problem with corruption is that fear is usually a tool used to silence dissention. The court system is heavily manipulated on both sides of […]

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Children’s Hospital Medicaid Scheme

As many of you have noticed, Veronica Escobar has been working overtime trying to get the scheduled October court hearing postponed for 45 days. She has been taking the tact that she is trying to give the Children’s Hospital time to find a strategic partner to bail them out. However, that is not the real […]

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Why Is Veronica Escobar Protecting Jim Valenti

One thing that has puzzled me for some time now is why does Veronica Escobar continue to protect Jim Valenti. Yes, I am aware that Veronica Escobar was “infuriated” with Jim Valenti about his $120,000 bonus last year, in spite of the layoffs he implemented. However, as critical as she has been of Valenti, Escobar […]

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Has UMC Committed Fraud?

A few days ago, a reader was kind enough to send me a copy of the “First Amended Complaint” filed by the El Paso Children’s Hospital accusing the University Medical Center (UMC) of fraudulent behavior in its dealings with children’s. Yes, I am aware that Ali Enrique Razavi aka MaxPowers published a copy on his […]

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Bob Moore, Veronica Escobar and Blood in the Water

Through many articles, I have written posts detailing Veronica Escobar’s responsibility for the El Paso Children’s Hospital. I have shown you how she has been involved from the very beginning with the process including supporting two individuals that had a direct hand in allocating taxpayer funds for the children’s hospital as well was driving it […]

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Corruption In El Paso

In 2004, an FBI agent started to investigate public corruption in El Paso. It started as an investigation into the activities of Bob Jones and it snowballed into the indictments and jailing of various public officials. Many have proclaimed that Poisoned Pawns curtailed public corruption in El Paso. But has it? In the last couple […]

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Looks Like Jim Valenti Wants His Job Back

As you probably know, on October 5, 2015, Jim Valenti tendered his resignation as the CEO of the University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC.) The news media has insinuated that Valenti’s resignation was the result of a pending agreement between UMC and the El Paso Children’s Hospital to end children’s bankruptcy. Although I had […]

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A Few Quick Notes

As some of you know, I was traveling back home to Orlando from El Paso yesterday. I got home past midnight and, therefore, today I am just going to share a few quick observations about what I saw yesterday in El Paso. Although, I understand that Interstate 10 (I-10) is undergoing some repaving and upgrades, […]