Methodist Dallas Gets the Parkland Treatment. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has sent Methodist Hospital a letter much like the one it recently sent Parkland, saying the agency inspected the hospital and found serious problems. Methodist either fixes the problems or it loses its Medicare and Medicaid funding. Soon as I get into the office, I’m going to write about 5,000 words on this deal (sub. req.) and how it shows that the Morning News has a bias against Parkland. So start getting excited now.
Dallas To Fulfill George Orwell’s Vision. Got unpaid traffic tickets? Watch out (sub. req.). The law firm that serves as the collection agency for the city of Dallas is enlisting the help of an outfit called the Municipal Intelligence Group, a Texas-based corporation that “offers revenue capture services to units of government by combining technology and data analytics with a network of over 1,800 field agents in 27 metropolitan statistical areas across the nation.” In English: they drive around and take pictures of license plates on parked cars. A computer matches plates to a scofflaw database. If you’re guilty, your car winds up sporting a bright orange sticker telling you to pay up or else. Privacy advocates, understandably, are all, like, “That stinks, man.”
Cowboys Cut Andre Gurode. He was a Pro Bowler. Now he’s gone. The move makes sense to me. If the Cowboys want to be good this year, they shouldn’t have an offensive line staffed with guys who play other professional sports, whether it’s bowling or golf or what have you. (Sorry about that.) Now let’s look at a USA Today photo gallery of Tony Romo.
