Texas Monthly, January 2009 This article states that an influential state lawmaker, Sen. Steve Ogden, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, does not understand why more is not being done to help UTMB recover from Hurricane Ike. "The financial issues are not insurmountable. I don't understand the politics. I don't understand what's driving a decision that I would consider a political disaster," Ogden says. The writer and Ogden offer numerous reasons for actions that led to the reduction in force.