The bankruptcy testimony and depositions must be exposing Veronica Escobar’s dirty laundry to the public because, like all politicians who are attracting unwanted attention, she is looking to manufacture a crisis to distract you from the children’s hospital testimony. In case you missed it, KVIA ran a news segment on August 30, 2015, about the […]
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Did You Notice the Pattern?
Many of you are aware that the El Paso Times and KVIA reported on the higher than expected costs the City has paid for the ballpark. According to Maria Garcia’s report on KVIA on November 17, 2015, the city lost $22 million it expected to add to the City’s general fund. This information is more […]
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Texas Health Department Objects to Children’s Reorganization Plan
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission filed an objection with the bankruptcy court yesterday in regards to the El Paso Children’s Hospital. As you know, today is the deadline the county commissioners gave the children’s hospital to accept the county’s proposal to have UMC take over the children’s hospital. The deadline is necessary because […]
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Sam Legate and Conflicts of Interest
There is a concept of conflict of interest when making decisions. Unless you have been involved in making business decisions, most individuals do not have to worry about conflicts of interest. The more money we have oversight over the greater our responsibility to conflict of interest is. In its simplest terms, conflict of interest becomes an […]
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The UMC Fraud
As you know, yesterday the University Medical Center (UMC) gave County Commissioners a preliminary budget of $587 million. UMC makes these types of presentations to Commissioners Court each year because the County Commissioners must approve UMC’s budget each year. I have been trying, through various blog posts, to explain to you why I believe UMC […]
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The Incompetence of James Valenti Supported by Incompetent Politicos and News Media Alike
As I already showed you in yesterday’s post, Jim Valenti, CEO of UMC was hired, in part, because he agreed to support a freestanding children’s hospital funded through UMC. Part of the political rhetoric that is being created is that the politicians did not know the extent of the financial problems at children’s. Jim Valenti […]
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Another Veronica Escobar Folly
Veronica Escobar’s follies continue to cost the county taxpayers money they can ill afford to spend. In case you missed it, Aileen Flores reported that Steve Norwood, the county’s first chief administrator, was fired on Monday. In “El Paso County fires chief administrator,” Aileen Flores wrote that Norwood was “fired for cause.” As is expected […]
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Rosemary Castillo and Inconvenient Questions
On Wednesday, I discussed the issue of Sam Legate and conflict of interest. Yesterday I delved into Jim Valenti‘s part in this mess. Today, I want to delve a little into another individual intimately involved in the El Paso Children’s Hospital debacle – Rosemary Castillo. Before I get into that, I want to comment on […]
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El Paso Children’s Hospital Appoints New Chair
Some of you may have noticed that the El Paso, Inc. ran a Whispers column yesterday where it was disclosed that the El Paso Children’s Hospital has a new chair. She is Rosemary Castillo, founder of Bienvivir Senior Health Services. She replaced Sam Legate as board chair. As most of you know, I like to […]
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The El Paso Exodus
Of course, they are leaving! As you likely already know, Bloomberg reported on how El Paso leads the nation in residents abandoning the city for greener pastures. You also likely saw that Bob Moore’s newspaper mentioned the exodus as well. He had to because it was trending on social media. As is common with the […]
