I arise in the morning torn
between a desire to improve the world
and a desire to enjoy the world.
This makes it hard to plan the day. E.B. White
From fire comes new growth
Right now there is smoke wafting up through the canyon, into the valley, where it is settling in all of our lungs. I have been a bit out of touch due to a few health issues, and wish all well, in Havila and Bodfish and have called friends in the area to make sure they are playing it safe with fire.
I don't know what they are calling it the "Canyon fire" as maybe fires should have names like hurricanes which are giving the gulf all it can handle already this year after the oil leaks and sinking ships.
Maybe we could call the canyon fire "Chet" or "Pam" or "Cathy," could be "Jerry" "Donald" too. I don't know, but I have little info on that situation, I'm still choking on the smoke coming from the Kern Valley Healthcare District.
It's a sad time for many people all over the world, and I have given my brother strict instructions to stay away from watching the TV news as it has no answers to give, only pictures of the pain repeated like a mantra. We need to have hope and faith to survive.
This has been one heck of a fire season up here in the Kern River Valley and I also know it can be quite unpredictable. We have to stay aware of our surroundings, leave nothing to chance, as it can suddenly come up on you from behind.
The fire though is under KVHD, as administrators have left no other options for themselves in the case of the new "property tax" bond measure which could lead to a financial default which in turn could lead the retiring of these bond selling administrators...by the very contract they signed us all up for in 1986, the original debt (No not Columbia House, though it's close, but Cal Mtg.)...
No, they don't have anything to lose, they have everything to lose including their jobs if they don't convince 2/3 of this community to pay for the past transgression which lead to our current predicament or I mean "construction project" or whatever they are saying now.
And this bond will not solve the problems for KVHD in the future, they will have to come to the voters of this valley again, for another round of money, as this is only the first bond. As the CEO said, "we're trying to get a head start," with what?
Since the meeting in August KVHD board meeting
After I witnessed the board of directors and the administrators basically put up a "roadblock" to other options than a property tax debt for the community for the next 30 years, I couldn't help but want to know why they chose the easy way out or actually the easy way to big money and fast.
This bond has been used as collateral or a lure, to obtain credit already, as they are pretty sure of themselves over there that they can get this community to saddle itself with almost the same amount of money which caused the problems in the first place, 22 years ago, 22 million dollars.
That would be true irony. (I will admit, I will laugh heartily if that happens as this is a Divine Comedy...)
There are other options no one has openly discussed and we will analyze them on and around November 2, election day.
Monday I will have a post to respond to the KV Sun "snowdown" with the questions and answers.
Here's an answer you may want to listen to:
It's an opinion: called "just build it"
http://www.tehachapinews.com/content/just-build-it/31485
Persistance and Tenacity, requires a new chapter, a new beginning....
Ive said it before and I'll say it again. No administrator at that hospital should be making more than $150,000.00 a year. The administrators should be required to obtain their health care here too. Then maybe the attitude would be better. Perhaps we could actualy get some straight answers. Oh and Victoria? How do you think it makes the comunity feel when we are supposedly in debt up to our ears, and you vote for a raise to the CEO? Isn't part of the CEO's job to oversee the CFO? Mr. Beddle obvouisly needs supervision. I mean, when the only solution he can come up with is to charge the comunity more taxes; then he is not doing his job as CFO.
ReplyDeleteTehachapi hospital, TVHD, has been under close watch it has a difficult past. Something like your hospital district our board has been blamed for years of leadership quarrels, recall threats. I have felt cheated I'm not the only one here feeling this way about the taxes we pay. The opinion you added would be a drop in the bucket. We are alarmed here, this is a very similar path these hospitals have taken.
ReplyDeletetheres no way I will vote on promises being told out in the paper,they can keep there BS and I can keep my money! We won't be Tehachapi! I can't belive this crap!!!
ReplyDeleteenjoy your taxes and crappy jobs suckers!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteyet another reason to vote no to this Bond measure. When do they finally clean house? Does the board not have the power to decide to remove or do they intend to drive down the same road again?
ReplyDeleteIt is the Board of Directors that is creating a fraud, they are in violation of conflict of interest, they are committing violations of the Brown Act and most of them basically got elected to make the stipend of $l00 a meeting; some of them have 5 meetings a month, that will make a new van payment, huh, Mrs. K?
ReplyDeletePF, they won't lose there jobs they are going to build a new hospital. You choose to read the lies on this blog so you know nothing. I attended a meeting with Mr. Mcglew he explained all the plans and we will vote YES. Why don't you ask the hospital what measure G will do for the people in the valley, he will give you the TRUTH. You should meet the writer of these lies Laura Hart then you will see she's not all there if you get my drift. Hart has tried to sabotage the plans her interference has to do with her drinking or drug problmes from what I hear. Why do you always wear sunglasses hart? You will get yours someday. Forget her blog PF and consider a new hospital what it could do for the valley please. We finally have a board and managers who are experts in running a hospital. Let the drunk say what she says, but don't beleive it!
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