Secretive ambulance service defies DA
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Two months ago the Harris County District Attorney’s Office issued subpoenas for the payroll records of Cypress Creek EMS, the $20 million a year ambulance service for 500,000 residents from Tomball to Spring.
CCEMS has simply ignored the subpoena.
This morning, Harris County Assistant District Attorney Michele Oncken issued a deadline.
Turn the records over by September 23rd or face possible contempt charges. Cypress Creek has now told the DA they will now move to try to quash the subpoena they have ignored for two months.
The meter was running this morning. Criminal and civil lawyers accompanied CCEMS Boss Brad England to court today. England even refuses to tell the public his current salary, although a 2013 charity tax return listed the salary at nearly $180,000 a year.
CCEMS has released credit card records showing England’s lavish spending habits, including his apparent obsession of expensive meals at Perry’s steak house, even at night.
Cypress Creek continues the legal campaign to avoid telling the public who is paid with their tax dollars, and it is getting hard to keep track of how many people they are now fighting.
CCEMS now has three lawsuits against the Texas Attorney General. CCEMS has ignored requests from the Emergency Service District Board. Now CCEMS wants to keep the payroll records from the District Attorney.
The legal expenses must be skyrocketing. Money that should be used to buy bandages and medicine for taxpayers being used to keep secrets.
And you are paying the bill.
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