This story has been updated to reflect that Dr. Parmod Kumar was not named in the suit filed Monday, though he was involved in the actions the suit is contesting. The Tulare Local Healthcare District is in discussions to settle two nonpayment lawsuits, and has just been named in a third — along with Tulare Regional […]
In 2005, Lindsay City Council was looking for ideas. The city had suffered a freeze and the loss of the Lindsay Olive Plant in the ’90s. The city needed a new identity, a sense of pride. Council traveled to a conference in New York, to learn about how to develop a walking-city. They visited Chelsea […]
Small Tulare County cities are continuing to look at ways to increase revenue and cut costs to try to balance their annual budgets. Farmersville Seeking Sales Tax Increase & Cannabis Business Tax In Farmersville, the city council has voted to place two tax measures on the November ballot. One for a ½ cent sales tax […]
The new majority on the Tulare Local Healthcare District’s Board of Directors crossed off the first part of their to-do list tonight. But hospital administrators state that the meeting wasn’t a meeting — just a gathering of two board members, and a “newly elected, not yet certified” board member. Kevin Northcraft, Mike Jamaica, and Senovia […]
Dr. Parmod Kumar has claimed, through an attorney, that the Tulare Local Healthcare District violated the Brown Act in swearing in Senovia Gutierrez on Tuesday. Because a majority of the board — Linda Wilbourn, Kevin Northcraft, and Mike Jamaica — were in attendance, Kumar’s attorney claims that her swearing in ceremony was a violation of […]
The July 26 Tulare hospital board meeting could be better described as a large get-together — because it wasn’t a meeting, legally. The meeting — lasting some six to seven minutes — was essentially dead in the water from the start due to a disagreement over whether Senovia Gutierrez was a member of the board. […]
Some paychecks issued by the Tulare Local Health Care District (TLHCD) to its employees on July 20 are not being honored. Employees at the struggling medical center report TLHCD was unable to meet a deposit deadline on July 18 due to a cash shortage. They also report the District is behind on payments to its […]
Senovia Gutierrez is officially on the Tulare Local Healthcare District’s Board of Directors. The July 11 recall election was certified on July 20, and Gutierrez was sworn in Tuesday by the Hon. Walter Gorelick, a Tulare County Superior Court judge. The ceremony, held Tuesday evening at the Tulare Chamber of Commerce, attracted a large gathering […]
Tulare’s hospital CEO has branched out into a new arena: finance. Research by the Voice has revealed that a new healthcare finance company, Vi Healthcare Finance, Inc, was registered at the home address of Dr. Benny Benzeevi, CEO of Healthcare Conglomerate Associates (HCCA) the company which runs Tulare Regional Medical Center (TRMC). That company was […]
Tulare’s Hospital Board will soon have a new majority and a new focus if early vote counts hold true. With 879 votes counted, 80.80% of voters chose to recall Dr. Parmod Kumar, and 74.97% chose Senovia Gutierrez as his replacement. The recall campaign had been a long-fought one, with both sides — pro-recall and anti-recall […]