When news first came down the pike last winter that the city of Pharr might get into the ambulance business, there were some mixed reactions – some good, some bad. In most situations that involve a hefty transaction that involves a city buying private assets, it seems the naysayers are usually the most vociferous, the most accusatory of what’s really going on behind the scenes, even though in most cases, nothing really is. Is it? “It’s just rumor mills,” says Pharr City Manager Ed Wylie in reference to the city’s recent purchase of Hidalgo County EMS. “A lot of people say,