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As Hospitals Wait for Federal Aid, Some Layoff or Furlough Employees.
Apr 24, 2020Earlier this week the prestigious Mayo Clinic announced that beginning in May it will furlough as many as 30,000 of their staff throughout the United States to deal with the losses it is sustaining due to... -
Let’s Reintroduce Fairness, and Help Reboot America’s Economy.
Apr 23, 2020As Americans sit at home pondering life after COVID-19 and reflecting on the lives of those we will miss, let’s also look for a way to rebuild our country with fairness. This is our existential moment... -
UNMH’s Becker gets $67,000 Six-month Bonus, as COVID-19 Quarantined Employees Get Reduced Pay Checks.
Apr 22, 2020On March 27th UNM Chancellor Paul Roth, MD, wrote UNM Hospital CEO Kate Becker to inform her that she would receive another six-month incentive pay of $67,447.90. This is the third such bonus Becker has received... -
Front-line Healthcare Employees and First Responders Deserve an Answer from the Governor
Apr 22, 2020Since early March, when she issued Executive Order 2020-004, declaring a state of public health emergency in New Mexico due to the COVID-19, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has taken control of the reins of state government’s... -
UNMH – A Tale of Two Standards.
Apr 5, 2020This is a story that should infuriate policy makers and the public alike – especially considering the strain the current pandemic is placing on our health system. His is the best of contracts. Hers is far,... -
Do NM Health Officials Think ‘You can’t handle the truth?’
Mar 23, 2020New Mexico health officials have chosen not to share some important information relative to COVID-19 hospitalizations – and the preparedness, equipment and safety conditions at hospitals across the state with the public. They are certainly not... -
State Treasurers Join In Asking FED to Use Special Law to Help Pave Way Out of Crisis
Mar 20, 2020While governors occupy the pivotal role in tackling the health challenges presented by the coronavirus disease COVID-19, state treasurers need to design and build bridges to span the financial gulf created from inevitable revenue losses. That... -
National Nurse, Doctor, and Hospital Associations Pleas for Additional $1 Billion to Fight COVID-19
Mar 17, 2020In a letter delivered yesterday to U. S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the American Nurses Association (ANA), the American Hospital Association (AHA), and the American Medical Association (AMA)... -
UNMH Bosses Rake in $10 Million Plus in Salaries and Bonuses, While 1,200 Employees Make Less Than a Living Wage.
Mar 8, 2020While Chancellor Roth, CEO Becker and their executive colleagues pay themselves collectively more than $10 million in salaries and bonuses – over 1,200 employees (18% of the hospital workforce) are making less than a living wage... -
Retired UNMH CEO McKernan Gets $150,000/year Until June 2021, for a Half-time Job the Hospital Terminated.
Mar 7, 2020Saturday, March 7, 2020 – The guy getting paid $150,000/year by UNM Hospital for doing nothing won’t talk. Steve McKernan, UNMH’s retired CEO, told The Candle to call UNM when reached and asked if it was... -
What Chairman Nutter Knew, And When He Knew It
Oct 7, 2018Pepperell, Massachusetts – Roland Nutter, chairman of the town’s board of selectmen, has been either evasive or silent when asked what and when he found out about the details of a complaint regarding possible fraudulent payments... -
Ethics Complaint Filed with State Against Pepperell BOS Chair Nutter
Oct 6, 2018Pepperell, Massachusetts – Ethics violation complaints against the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Roland Nutter, have been filed with the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission for his participating in a closed-door meeting regarding a complaint of... -
Large Crowd Expected at Special Town Meeting to Oppose Gravel Pit Proposal
Sep 30, 2018Pepperell – The Pepperell Watchers Community Group expect a large group of voters to turn out Monday evening for a Special Town Meeting to vote on a Non-Binding Warrant Article regarding a Reclamation proposal that will... -
Nutter Apparently Blind to Ethics Rules on Self Dealing: “Our job is just to sign them. That’s all our job is.”
Sep 24, 2018Monday, September 24, 2018 Selectman Continues to involve himself in matters affecting his wife’s town job. Pepperell, Massachusetts – “Our job is just to sign them. That’s all our job is,” Selectman Roland Nutter angrily told... -
Dynamic Process, or Some Slick Moves Among Cronies? Town Meeting Gets Robbed of Vote.
Sep 23, 2018Pepperell – When former Town Administrator Mark Andrews opened discussion on the FY 2019 town budget at Pepperell’s annual town meting in May, he stated to residents, “It’s been a very dynamic budget process this fiscal...
