What I want from the Meeting - TWO THINGS
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 1:13 pm
Wow this is a lot of informative conversation. I think I have read all of it. It is a little overwhelming.
To sum up.
NUMBER ONE: We find having our own hospital valuable and would like to keep it, or update it, if possible. We would like this explored seriously.
NUMBER TWO: If we can't have the hospital, and it comes down to the Cleveland Clinic payout of 83 million dollars, we don't want the money going to a private foundation that has no accountability to the citizens of Lakewood.
Right now the contract (see http://www.lakewoodobserver.com/forum/v ... =7&t=13103 for actual wording) says that payments of $82 MILLION DOLLARS overall will be made to a "new, repurposed non-profit." This organization can't be private. If we do need a "fiscal agent" or a Foundation to see to the future of healthcare in Lakewood it would have to be constructed to be completely accountable to the citizens of Lakewood, with every expenditure, including salaries, vetted by the citizens, probably through our representatives on City Council.
To sum up.
NUMBER ONE: We find having our own hospital valuable and would like to keep it, or update it, if possible. We would like this explored seriously.
NUMBER TWO: If we can't have the hospital, and it comes down to the Cleveland Clinic payout of 83 million dollars, we don't want the money going to a private foundation that has no accountability to the citizens of Lakewood.
Right now the contract (see http://www.lakewoodobserver.com/forum/v ... =7&t=13103 for actual wording) says that payments of $82 MILLION DOLLARS overall will be made to a "new, repurposed non-profit." This organization can't be private. If we do need a "fiscal agent" or a Foundation to see to the future of healthcare in Lakewood it would have to be constructed to be completely accountable to the citizens of Lakewood, with every expenditure, including salaries, vetted by the citizens, probably through our representatives on City Council.