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The county is issuing certificates of Obligations in order to build and equip 3 new Outpatient medical

clinics. According to Mr Jim Valenti, these are required to care for patients around patients around

ElPaso to reduce overuse of the Emergency services of UMC.

It seems to me that the Emergency services are overcrowded because the Outpatient clinic at UMC

are not available for routine care. It currently takes months to be seen and Specialty Clinics are few

and not readily available. There is not walk in services night and day to reduce the ER Burden. An

evening Ped. Clinic?

Why reduplicate services when one fully staffed and available is sufficient. How are the new clinics

going to be staffed when they can’t staff the current operation. There is certainly enough space on the

current campus to build new clinics. Like other cities, storefront operations can be located in distant

locations without reduplication of all facilities. These can be staffed with NP and PA’s with Medical s

supervision. I’m quite sure we can arrange to have strategic busing around town with regular service to

bring indigent patients to the main campus when necessary. Why can’t we have night clinics?

There are solutions to this problem other than burdening the overtaxed El Paso Citizens with more

debt.

Let’s talk more and tax less.

Saturday

March 30

8AM

Cincinnati Club

Bring your questions, we’ll provide the coffee

If you have been watching the KVIA TV news at 10 on last Tuesday and Wednesday, you would be amazed to see the Station taking on the City for their attempt to end Petitions to Stop the tearing down of the City Hall. A law suit had been filed in Fort Worth to avoid any protests from the local “crazy” as our City Mother so endearingly labeled the voters. They interviewed the City Attorney who with her best legalize, stated that with the November Vote, increasing and utilizing of Motel/Hotel tax to finance the “Venue project”, it was technically approved “implicitly”(Don’t you people know what I meant to say?). Didn’t this City Council and attorney turn down a couple of petitions because they were not explicit. KVIA presented the facts and one could only conclude that “There was a problem in Houston”
I’m wondering about the First Amendment of the Constitution, something like the right to petition. I think they want this to change. They figure if the Feds can do it so can they.
Also this seem strange coming from the Station that is aligned with The El Paso Times. In the past they didn’t criticize the City. Then I thought of a recent sweetheart real estate deals. So I drove by KVIA to see if there was a for sale sign. Nothing. Maybe now they’ll get an offer they can’t refuse. Otherwise, they may continue. Sure need a beacon besides us little folks.

This being the Holiday season, its a time to be thankful. I’m darned thankful that Brutus doesn’t know who I am or where I live. This week, he’s been unmerciful to the local Pols and anyone who gets in his way. The Mayor, the City Manager, the EPISD Board of Trustees, the newly appointed EPISD Managers etc, all of whom were buzzed this week. (I think I have them all).

Well, talk about a tirade. Let see, the Mayor has some intellectual problems or is deceptive or both; School board trustees can’t be trusted; the appointed Managers couldn’t manage a little league Baseball team; then there is the City Manager who wins all prizes; insults her employers by questioning their mental competence in writing; plays reps against each other and against Mayor to get her way: calls the people who pay her salary “Crazies” etc., etc for which the Mayor gives her a slap on her hands,(what would Ortega do? Kiss,Kiss?) All this in one week. On the good side, he did leave me alone.

The City Gov. will have a long, long week end which will result in two benefits; that is two days they can count as non-working days for delaying many Freedom of Information requests for more emails and their real feelings and intents; and the Canceling of the City Council Meating (yes, I spelled it right, just think about the material they produce for Brutus).

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