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Speaker 1 (00:00):
So is this a Harris County cover up attempt? I
have to think it is. We'll see what our next
guest things. Seven fifty one ers their time here in
Houston's Morning News. We're joined by Wayne delcho Fino Delta
Fino Media, who will be in court at nine o'clock
this morning to try to prevent the destruction of public
records involving the former Houston Health Director Barbie Robinson, who
(00:21):
had her You may recall Kim Ogg wanted a federal
investigation into her case and some of the things that
she'd been doing as health director and directing contracts to
certain individuals and groups and companies. There's a lot of
money that may have been stolen as a result of this.
Shawn Tier decided her replacement that there wasn't a case.
(00:42):
I think our next guest would probably disagree. Do you
think there's a case against Barbie Robinson? Wayne, Yes, I do,
And I.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Think there's real questions about the district attorney, whether or
not he's just soft on public corruption, whether or not
the dismissal of the Barbie Robinson indictments the former health
director was some sort of political payback to public officials
who supported him, namely Rodney Ellis. Look, Killogg's letter to
(01:11):
the FBI asked you for a federal investigation, claimed that
there was a policy to allow the destruction of emails
and phone records of an employee thirty days after they left.
Diana Ramirez, who was Barbie Robinson's boss, the very highly
paid administrator of Harris County, she left thirty days ago today,
(01:35):
and after kim Ogg's letter, we decided that we had
to go to court to protect those records. I'm also
going to end up in a fight with the DA
because he refuses to release any event records of the
Barbie Robinson investigation. Look, this is a story that is
yet to be fully told. This is also a tentacle
(01:57):
of an octopus. Okay. We are investigating the tens of
millions of dollars being spent on databases essentially for allegedly
providing services to people. Right, we need money for deputies,
and so that's also part of this. We are looking
into the waste and fraud in Harris County government. We're
(02:21):
being fought every step of the way by the Harris
County Attorney and it's a monster. But I'm going to
get to the bottom of it, and I'm not going
to allow the county to destroy anything while we are investigating.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
All right, Well, let me ask you this, Wayne, are
you sure those records exist that they have not already
been destroyed?
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Well, kim o things, the phone records have already been
wipe clean. Okay. Now, the county attorney's told our lawyers
late yesterday that they have no such policy. Okay, and
we said, great, put it in writing so we don't
have to go to the judge this morning. And they
refuse to do it. That Look, you know this, the
(03:04):
county plays games and tries to keep the public, the taxpayers,
from knowing the full story of how their money is spent.
At the end of the day, That's what this is about.
This is a growing problem in government, in local government.
But Harris County has been spending money on all kinds
of nonsense that we have to get to the bottom of.
(03:28):
And Barbie Robinson's firing and our indictments, I believe is
a story that will unveil real corruption, millions and millions
of dollars and nobody gets held accountable. Nobody gets held
accountable for the African our deal, nobody gets held accountable
for the COVID deal involving Leader and Ha Doll. Those
(03:50):
people that just can't be right. We have to be
tough on public corruption. We have to indict people who
falsify government records. The fact that we're not doing it
tells me the DA is either soft on crime public
corruption or the DA is paying back his political support
from Rodnie Ellis.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Well. I think the DA's probably both. I've only got
about thirty seconds, Wayne, but tell me this. Do you
believe and it sounds like I'm reading between the lines
here that you do that Barbie Robinson is just the
tip of the iceberg.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
She's definitely the tip of the iceberg, no doubt. And
the fact that she was allowed to do what she
did smells so bad. And the fact that the district
Attorney now will not let the public see what they
found out that led them to believe there was no
case here is a real problem. And I'm going to
(04:45):
fight this battle as we always do for transparency. Let
the folks who pay the darn bills know the truth.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Keep fighting, the good fighting, good luck in court this morning.
We'll follow up with you. Thank you, Wayne, Wayne delcha
Fino joining us
So is this a Harris County cover up attempt? I
have to think it is. We'll see what our next
guest things. Seven fifty one ers their time here in
Houston's Morning News. We're joined by Wayne delcho Fino Delta
Fino Media, who will be in court at nine o'clock
this morning to try to prevent the destruction of public
records involving the former Houston Health Director Barbie Robinson, who
(00:21):
had her You may recall Kim Ogg wanted a federal
investigation into her case and some of the things that
she'd been doing as health director and directing contracts to
certain individuals and groups and companies. There's a lot of
money that may have been stolen as a result of this.
Shawn Tier decided her replacement that there wasn't a case.
(00:42):
I think our next guest would probably disagree. Do you
think there's a case against Barbie Robinson? Wayne, Yes, I do,
And I.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Think there's real questions about the district attorney, whether or
not he's just soft on public corruption, whether or not
the dismissal of the Barbie Robinson indictments the former health
director was some sort of political payback to public officials
who supported him, namely Rodney Ellis. Look, Killogg's letter to
(01:11):
the FBI asked you for a federal investigation, claimed that
there was a policy to allow the destruction of emails
and phone records of an employee thirty days after they left.
Diana Ramirez, who was Barbie Robinson's boss, the very highly
paid administrator of Harris County, she left thirty days ago today,
(01:35):
and after kim Ogg's letter, we decided that we had
to go to court to protect those records. I'm also
going to end up in a fight with the DA
because he refuses to release any event records of the
Barbie Robinson investigation. Look, this is a story that is
yet to be fully told. This is also a tentacle
(01:57):
of an octopus. Okay. We are investigating the tens of
millions of dollars being spent on databases essentially for allegedly
providing services to people. Right, we need money for deputies,
and so that's also part of this. We are looking
into the waste and fraud in Harris County government. We're
(02:21):
being fought every step of the way by the Harris
County Attorney and it's a monster. But I'm going to
get to the bottom of it, and I'm not going
to allow the county to destroy anything while we are investigating.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
All right, Well, let me ask you this, Wayne, are
you sure those records exist that they have not already
been destroyed?
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Well, kim o things, the phone records have already been
wipe clean. Okay. Now, the county attorney's told our lawyers
late yesterday that they have no such policy. Okay, and
we said, great, put it in writing so we don't
have to go to the judge this morning. And they
refuse to do it. That Look, you know this, the
(03:04):
county plays games and tries to keep the public, the taxpayers,
from knowing the full story of how their money is spent.
At the end of the day, That's what this is about.
This is a growing problem in government, in local government.
But Harris County has been spending money on all kinds
of nonsense that we have to get to the bottom of.
(03:28):
And Barbie Robinson's firing and our indictments, I believe is
a story that will unveil real corruption, millions and millions
of dollars and nobody gets held accountable. Nobody gets held
accountable for the African our deal, nobody gets held accountable
for the COVID deal involving Leader and Ha Doll. Those
(03:50):
people that just can't be right. We have to be
tough on public corruption. We have to indict people who
falsify government records. The fact that we're not doing it
tells me the DA is either soft on crime public
corruption or the DA is paying back his political support
from Rodnie Ellis.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Well. I think the DA's probably both. I've only got
about thirty seconds, Wayne, but tell me this. Do you
believe and it sounds like I'm reading between the lines
here that you do that Barbie Robinson is just the
tip of the iceberg.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
She's definitely the tip of the iceberg, no doubt. And
the fact that she was allowed to do what she
did smells so bad. And the fact that the district
Attorney now will not let the public see what they
found out that led them to believe there was no
case here is a real problem. And I'm going to
(04:45):
fight this battle as we always do for transparency. Let
the folks who pay the darn bills know the truth.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Keep fighting, the good fighting, good luck in court this morning.
We'll follow up with you. Thank you, Wayne, Wayne delcha
Fino joining us
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