Comments by kathleen vasquez | Eastern North Carolina Now

Twelfth of Never - you're killin' me here!

Commented: Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 @ 10:54 pm By: kathleen vasquez

I was mistaken in my 4/12 comment about Tenet Healthcare. They paid $900 mill, not $96 mill.
Kathy Vasquez

Commented: Monday, April 13th, 2015 @ 8:51 pm By: kathleen vasquez

So, am I to understand that you only care about hillary, the undeclared but likely democratic nominee, having her own server and only releasing self selected emails, but you don't care about jeb, the undeclared republican nominee having his own server and only releasing self selected emails?

Commented: Thursday, March 12th, 2015 @ 9:38 pm By: kathleen vasquez

Why not a single comment about the 47 treasonable republican signers of the letter to Iran? Clear illegal attempt to undermine executive. Citizens cannot negotiate with foreign leaders - even Iran agrees! Interesting that you want to get all over hillary, but totally ignore republican traitors. They should be tried for treason.

Commented: Thursday, March 12th, 2015 @ 8:36 pm By: kathleen vasquez

Betty, thank you for this excellent article. This is just the kind of info folks need to have. Good job! You also raised an excellent point, that as wellness programs get better at keeping folks out of the hospital there will be less revenue for them. There will be even more pressure on hospitals to get these hospital-acquired complications under control. When you consider that tons of research has consistently demonstrated that the single most effective way to prevent infections is handwashing, these are huge penalties resulting from not enforcing a cheap, low tech no-brainer procedure. Why pay millions in penalties just because your staff won't wash their hands? These complications (infections, bedsores,etc) can be prevented by the simplest actions: wash hands, turn patients and give good skin care, get patients out of bed and ambulating. All the fancy, expensive, high-tech equipment and computers will never substitute for good old-fashioned basic, cheap patient care that has always been proven to be the most effective at preventing complications. None of this knowledge is a secret. It's taught in every health professional's training and is in every texrbook. In hospital's search for the latest and greatest they've lost sight of what works;the simple, basic stuff. Keep your patient well hydrated, turn them frequently, give good skin care, make sure they eat, get them out of bed and moving (even those on ventilators in the ICU can be gotten out of bed). No patient in a hospital should ever get a bedsore! These hospitals are learning some very expensive lessons.

Commented: Thursday, February 5th, 2015 @ 11:02 pm By: kathleen vasquez

Gene, couldn't agree more! I wonder if "source" is disgruntled former employee, now candidate? These comments seem familiar-from last candidate forum maybe? Writer needs to look up libel in dictionary.

Commented: Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 @ 3:02 pm By: kathleen vasquez

Regarding the post of 10/6/14 by the Beaufort Observor Editorial Team referencing the County Commissioner meeting of 10/1/14, here's the real truth.
1. Whomever they call their "sources", they need to validate those "sources", as do legitimate journalists. Considering what they say their "sources" say, I've come to the opinion that it's all made up. Certainly, no one from the Observor contacted me. A phone call and a few minutes of their time would have revealed that their statements were untrue.
2. Their "sources" say the Channel 9 story was "an attempted setup orchestrated by the Republican Club, using one of its prime antagonists" (me). To borrow from the McCarthy witch hunts, I am not now, nor have I ever been a member of the Republican Club (not that there's anything wrong with it). No one from that Club, or anyone else, for that matter, Democrat or Republican, has ever had anything to do with preparing my comments. After doing my own independent research, I write them all by myself at my kitchen table. I am solely responsible for my public comments, and my actions. Those who know me would never believe that I was anyone's puppet.
3. I have no idea who Josh Birch is. As far as I know, I've never met him, or talked with him; wouldn't know him if he were standing right next to me. I never "duped" anyone into anything. If Mr. Birch is a responsible journalist, as I presume him to be, he would not allow himself to be "duped" into anything by anyone, either.
3. The worst lie is that "Birch used video supplied by Vasquez". I never saw (except on TV), touched, sent, checked out from the library, supplied, or in any manner had possession of, or distributed the video in question to anyone. Outright lie! I challenge you to prove that I did.
4. I'm assuming this "made up" story is in response to my public comments, which obviously hit too close to home. All of the facts I presented are true, and are a matter of public record. Anything that is just my opinion is labeled as such. Remember, it's not slander or libel if it's true. It's too bad the truth hurts y'all so much.
5. You have libeled me and I take that very seriously. I'm putting you on notice that I am to be contacted in advance, regarding any items referencing me. They are to be factually correct, validated with reliable sources, and withstand legal scrutiny prior to publication.

Commented: Friday, October 10th, 2014 @ 4:54 pm By: kathleen vasquez