Two of Tulare’s contentious races finally came to a close on election night: Kevin Northcraft and Mike Jamaica came out ahead of their incumbent opponents, Sherrie Bell and Laura Gadke, in the Tulare Local Healthcare District election. Northcraft and Jamaica came in with 65.94% and 63.15% of the vote, respectively, according to final Tulare County […]
The recent $800,000 loan to the Tulare Local Healthcare District (TLHCD) was used to settle a past due balance with Cardinal Health, a pharmaceutical supplier, public documents reveal. And while officials with the district — which owns the Tulare Regional Medical Center (TRMC) — were negotiating that loan, they were also attempting to settle their […]
Documents, provided to the Valley Voice through a Public Records Act request, show that the entirety of the $800,000 loan the Tulare Local Healthcare District (TLHCD) recently approved went to pay off past due invoices to a single supplier–Cardinal Pharmaceuticals. The loan, approved in September 2016, paid back invoices that were due so far back […]
Hospital officials pursuing a lawsuit against Dr. Abraham Betre were dealt a losing hand in a court hearing Thursday, when Judge David Mathias ruled to keep certain documents publicly available. In the hearing, Mathias adopted a tentative ruling that denied denying the officials’ oral motion to remove from the court’s file a Separate Statement filed by […]
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UPDATE: A statement from the “Sherrie Bell for Hospital Board” Facebook page has stated that the August 29 date on a loan agreement referred to below was “is the date that the bank prepared the document[,] not the date it was signed.” It also states that Bell actually signed the document in “mid September.” Even by the standards […]
A copy of loan documents and a transcript from the September 1 hospital meeting are below. This is a developing story and will be updated.
At its Governmental Affairs Committee meeting today, Tulare Chamber of Commerce Board Chair Kerissa Chapman announced the appointment of Donnette Silva Carter as the organization’s new president and chief executive officer. “After conducting a thorough employment search, we are pleased to announce the hiring of Donnette Silva Carter. The Board and I are confident we […]
Incumbent Carlton Jones is defending his District 3 seat against Phil Smith, a local commercial credit manager. Carlton Jones’ first foray into politics came as working for the Tulare Fire Department. He was president of the firemen’s union and led labor negotiations. After he was hired by the Fresno Fire Department he missed working with […]
Incumbent Craig Vejvoda is facing three challengers for Tulare City Council District 5: Suzanna Aguilera-Marrero, Margee Fallert, and Greg Nunley. According to the challengers, the biggest issue facing Vejvoda’s 12-year incumbency is the lack of residential and commercial development. Fallert and Nunley both expressed a deep dissatisfaction with rate of development in Tulare. Vejvoda’s philosophy […]