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• A "charge-for-harm" fee

  Wish I had a nickel for every time I've heard a politician, especially those in the Valley, say they were voting against something because they "were tired of nickel and diming the voters." So, now we routinely cut millions in jobs and services, while Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 23, 2010 2:47 PM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Fresno County Board of Supervisors, Community Medical Centers, mental health, charge for harm, Dr. Mitch Katz, Proposition 63, Marin Institute, alcohol tax

• Islands of plenty

  It's easy to get depressed as Fresno County's leaders eviscerate public health services. No more AIDS clinic, fewer services for those with tuberculosis. It's been going on for years interrupted, every so often, by a lawsuit. But that doesn't mean there Read More... Posted Friday, May 14, 2010 10:08 AM by jtaylor | 3 Comments Filed under: Fresno County Board of Supervisors, Tarpey Village, marijuana

• A snapshot of the good Community does

  Here's some of what Community Medical Centers CEO Tim Joslin and members of his leadership team shared Dec. 8 in the system's annual presentation to the Fresno County Board of Supervisors: The expansion of Clovis Community Medical Centers -- an economic Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 08, 2009 1:17 PM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Fresno County Board of Supervisors, Community Medical Centers, Clovis Community Medical Center, Deran Koligian Ambulatory Care Center

• 645 painful pages

  The Fresno County Board of Supervisors begins it budget review June 15. If agony's your thing, you can find the 645-page document at http://www2.co.fresno.ca.us/0110a/Questys_Agenda/MG164665/AS164714/AS164715/AI164729/DO164730/DO_164730.pdf I merely printed, Read More... Posted Friday, June 12, 2009 2:40 PM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Fresno County Board of Supervisors

• Edges of ice

  Shards of ice were still scattered in the midday sun after a furious April storm stunned Fresno and the Central Valley. You could mistake it for patches of snow. It riveted my attention during a week in which the Fresno Bee's front-page headline gave Read More... Posted Thursday, April 09, 2009 8:55 AM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Susan Anderson, Fresno Bee, Los Angeles Times, Fresno County Board of Supervisors, Community Medical Centers, Hospital Council of Northern and Central California, Lynne Ashbeck, hospital ERs, mentally ill, homeless

• Death by paper cuts

  I see where California Assembly Member Joel Anderson wants Google to fuzzy-up its images so terrorists won't get a crisp look at potential targets. Actually, any germ that wants to knock us on our duffs need only look at cutbacks in health care budgets, Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 03, 2009 8:17 AM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Fresno County Board of Supervisors, Google Earth, Dr. Ed Moreno, U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Assembly Member Joel Anderson

• What would YOU do with old UMC?

  Now that ground's been broken for a new ambulatory care center at Community Regional, the clock is again running as to when Fresno County will regain control of the entire sprawling Cedar/Kings Canyon campus that once was home to University Medical Center. Read More... Posted Monday, December 08, 2008 12:43 PM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Fresno County Board of Supervisors, Community Medical Centers, George D. Nunes, University Medical Center

• Med school: Don't get fooled again

  All the important feel-good words were there at the Fresno Board of Supes, which unanimously endorsed a resolution to bring a UC med school to the San Joaquin Valley. Partnership.... Pipelines.... Collaboration.... Unity.... All the sound reasoning was Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:38 AM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: UC Merced, fairy shrimp, UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program, Fresno County Board of Supervisors, medical school