By HEATHER C. COX
Staff Writer
reporter@sbnewspaper.com
Members of the group Save Dolly are shown in this file photo outside Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital in San Benito, where they were proudly displaying a banner that was donated by MJ Screen Printing and promotes the group’s cause. The banner was hung from the hospital’s entrance the following day. (Staff photo by Michael Rodriguez)
The expression ‘slower than molasses in January’ might be the best way to summarize Save Dolly’s progress since last reported.
Though San Benito Rotarian efforts to refurbish the once proud facility – better known to San Benitians as Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital – are presently at a stand-still, Save Dolly founder Lionel Betancourt has not given up hope.
Due in large part to unpaid taxes in the amount of over $500,000, five years ago Dolly Vinsant fell under the ownership of its three taxing entities: the City of San Benito, Cameron County, and San Benito CISD.
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