I write about this to further illustrate what goes on in our city unchecked and to give you information that will allow you to come to your own conclusions as to where the real thieving is happening. It is also an additional piece in the Rachel Quintana story. While El Paso City Manager Joyce Wilson is reporting Rachel Quintana to her pet Police Chief on the matter of a $75.00 discount and possible forgery resulting in Rachel being publicly arrested (and mind you, in the beginning, Fed Ex was NOT complaining) we have Joyce Wilson "allegedly" altering/amending/extending contracts to the tune of a million dollars WITHOUT council's approval. When an employee, Rozanna Mendoza complained that this cannot be done, Wilson FIRED her and then sent out an e-mail telling everyone Mendoza was "unstable." Ms. Mendoza filed a slander suit against Wilson on Monday, December 10, 2007 which was reported today in the El Diario of El Paso.
The City entered into a three year contract with First Transit Inc. to come in and "clean up Sun Metro." By the end of the first year, the company, through its representative, Timothy Omick, had spent a million dollars over what it should have. Omick then went to Joyce Wilson with the matter. According to reports, Wilson told Omick she would take care of it and to go ahead and hire whom he wanted and to keep on trucking. Wilson then told employee Rozanna Mendoza to go find money to continue with the contract. According to reports, Wilson did this without city council approval. When this came to light, Wilson said that she had informed council. When members of council said, no she hadn't, she then had a mea culpa. She is now saying "OOPS, I should have informed council."
In the meantime, some members of council came to Wilson's rescue on this no small matter, and voted to extend the contract AFTER the fact and make it all better. What this means in regular parlance is that we, the People, were only supposed to have paid this company a million dollars the first year and we ended up paying them a million more, because Joyce Wilson, our overpaid, over-glorified, power-grabbing, secretary SAID so without our elected officials' vote and consent and even knowledge up front.
It's just a million dollars. What does our District Attorney, Jaime Esparza, have to say about a city manager playing around with accounts and doling out money she does not have the authority to do? What does Wilson's pet police Chief, Wiles, say about that as well? So while Joyce Wilson is siccing the dogs on Rachel Quintana for what amounts to a few dollars from a PRIVATE COMPANY, compare that to the extra million OF PUBLIC MONEY she signed over to Mr. Omick and company.
It will be interesting to see what attorney for Mendoza, Doris Sipes, is going to do with Ms. Wilson. Sipes is well known for taking no prisoners and having no friends amongst the establishment. I like Doris Sipes. Sipes will be asking Ms. Wilson some very interesting questions in deposition. According to some observers, Ms. Wilson does not do to well on the witness stand (she was recently in court regarding the municipal court judges-she is trying to usurp their independence) and her performance was shockingly bad; apparently Wilson does not understand that raw displays of arrogance on the witness stand do not help her. That transcript is being prepared as we speak. Now Ms. Wilson, through this lawsuit can then tell us ALL about how she came to approve the expenditure of a million extra dollars without council approval, BEFOREHAND. This slander lawsuit will be very interesting indeed. My bet is that she settles up real fast.
So you see what goes on around here? What do you think should be done with Joyce Wilson? What do you think about that million dollars you just gave away?
The City entered into a three year contract with First Transit Inc. to come in and "clean up Sun Metro." By the end of the first year, the company, through its representative, Timothy Omick, had spent a million dollars over what it should have. Omick then went to Joyce Wilson with the matter. According to reports, Wilson told Omick she would take care of it and to go ahead and hire whom he wanted and to keep on trucking. Wilson then told employee Rozanna Mendoza to go find money to continue with the contract. According to reports, Wilson did this without city council approval. When this came to light, Wilson said that she had informed council. When members of council said, no she hadn't, she then had a mea culpa. She is now saying "OOPS, I should have informed council."
In the meantime, some members of council came to Wilson's rescue on this no small matter, and voted to extend the contract AFTER the fact and make it all better. What this means in regular parlance is that we, the People, were only supposed to have paid this company a million dollars the first year and we ended up paying them a million more, because Joyce Wilson, our overpaid, over-glorified, power-grabbing, secretary SAID so without our elected officials' vote and consent and even knowledge up front.
It's just a million dollars. What does our District Attorney, Jaime Esparza, have to say about a city manager playing around with accounts and doling out money she does not have the authority to do? What does Wilson's pet police Chief, Wiles, say about that as well? So while Joyce Wilson is siccing the dogs on Rachel Quintana for what amounts to a few dollars from a PRIVATE COMPANY, compare that to the extra million OF PUBLIC MONEY she signed over to Mr. Omick and company.
It will be interesting to see what attorney for Mendoza, Doris Sipes, is going to do with Ms. Wilson. Sipes is well known for taking no prisoners and having no friends amongst the establishment. I like Doris Sipes. Sipes will be asking Ms. Wilson some very interesting questions in deposition. According to some observers, Ms. Wilson does not do to well on the witness stand (she was recently in court regarding the municipal court judges-she is trying to usurp their independence) and her performance was shockingly bad; apparently Wilson does not understand that raw displays of arrogance on the witness stand do not help her. That transcript is being prepared as we speak. Now Ms. Wilson, through this lawsuit can then tell us ALL about how she came to approve the expenditure of a million extra dollars without council approval, BEFOREHAND. This slander lawsuit will be very interesting indeed. My bet is that she settles up real fast.
So you see what goes on around here? What do you think should be done with Joyce Wilson? What do you think about that million dollars you just gave away?
on December 13, 2007, 11:06 am
AJ
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