DOH HEAD DOMINIC ZURLO HAS TENDERED RESIGNATION

[alfonso2002]

Because the next person in that position is going to be a scape goat for things to come. Maybe that is why Andrea is getting it.

[CFO]

I hope like hell Donna does not get the job! All I have heard about her is how bad she treated and badly she spoke to patients. DONNA WOULD BE A DISASTER! No compassion at all.

I guess I have been lucky...I haven't dealt with anyone accept Dominick. I just figured based on their titles that Donna would be next in line. We need someone who is both tough and compassionate. Tough to stand up for the program and compassionate for the patients. I don't doubt that the producers have their acts together...it is the patients that continue to be busted for breaking the rules that has me scared. Too many keep hitting the news and the lawsuit(s) don't help the public image.

I know that Dominick was going to school, too. Maybe he decided he couldn't keep up the grueling schedule any longer. I wish him nothing but the best.

[alfonso2002]

Me Too P.S. ...it is the patients that continue to be busted for breaking the rules that has me scared. Too many keep hitting the news
what news are you talking about? my paper and tv news programs don't say much.

[CFO]

Me Too P.S. ...it is the patients that continue to be busted for breaking the rules that has me scared. Too many keep hitting the news
what news are you talking about? my paper and tv news programs don't say much.

My information always seems to come after everyone else has already heard. Most of the busts that I have heard about have been in the northern part of the state. So far I haven't heard of any in the southern part. That may be because law enforcement is more concerned with the cartels and not the medical program. Plus our news comes from El Paso. I rely more on the Internet than the local news. I just hope there will be a smooth transition.

[alfonso2002]

Time will tell

[InsuranceGuy]

I hope like hell Donna does not get the job! All I have heard about her is how bad she treated and badly she spoke to patients. DONNA WOULD BE A DISASTER! No compassion at all.

Well I for one liked Donna. I spoke with her regularly while I was waiting for my card to come. She was always very nice and she was the only one to answer questions. Now with that being said, I went to SF to conduct some business and stopped into the DOH office to check on my card. Andrea was who I spoke with, 3 of us were checking on cards, and Andrea pulled all our files and said they would be printed monday and they were.
I have no issues with either being incharge. I heard that you needed to grease palms with Dominick.... Maybe the lawsuit hit too close to home for him...

[CFO]

I heard that you needed to grease palms with Dominick.... Maybe the lawsuit hit too close to home for him...

I don't know from whom you heard such a thing. As much as I have spoken directly with him, he NEVER answered any questions that weren't appropriate for him to answer. People have suggested that those applicants that wanted to get approval needed to "pay to play" and I can tell you that the producers with whom I have worked didn't need to "grease palms" to get their licenses.

[ManOBuds]

Melissa didn't bail,she was forced out.

[CFO]

Melissa didn't bail,she was forced out.

Not to my recollection. She went on maternity leave and never came back. There were a few months without anyone in her position. No program manager until Dominick. In fact, there was an article in the SantaFe Reporter that gave a little more information. She said she could do more for the patients on the "other side" and was going to go to Israel to learn growing. Something like that. You can do a search on their website for the article.

[ManOBuds]

Already read that article.Still believe she was forced out.