KVHD bail out "Measure G" gets an "F" from the community: what you can do

Kern Valley Healthcare District Board of "the directionless" meeting

We have now concluded the negative, threatening campaign coming from our hospital administrators and board members. Measure G, did not pass, and was split down the middle as I suspected it would.

Tonight, we will likely be threatened once again with either promises of work that was supposed to have been done, or another negative posture. I suspect those who tried to tap your funds for a supposed ER which we could have had with "Obama stimulus" monies called ARRA, will be trying to regain your confidence.

Obviously, there is a great divide in this valley which could become even more of a chasm if I were to release ALL my information.

To let you know, my goals have been to rid this hospital of greed, fraud, waste, lying, law breaking, and give it back to the public.

It's your time now to decide.

As I have been alluding to for some time now there are answers and the first one MUST be started immediately.

That's where all of you who voted (for either side) can now help do what is really necessary.

Here is what has to happen: we have to fight Cal Mtg.

Now Mr. McGlew and Mr. Beedle, CEO and CFO, are not even living in this community and will NOT risk their high paying jobs to do this.

You must insist that they do.

We must have a special meeting to bring in a specialist in these matters, not the embarrassment that took place at the July special meeting where they tried to get Measure G on the ballot without doing it at the normal, monthly get together, and on our Youtube site you can see they called this poor attorney a "bankruptcy" specialist.

She knew nothing of bankruptcy and it may not be necessary at all as Cal Mtg. has crossed many lines and has their own issues to hide...but not from me.

Tonight, is the night where we decide to either come together or we take it to the limit and I do what I don't want to do: purge.

So, it's time to think about this, and not much time, as Cal Mtg. is here...

If you are too afraid to be seen as "opposition" say you're an employee or someone who has a contract with the hospital, you can write to Jean Fuller or even the scamp, Jerry Brown our new Governor and former Attorney General and demand they help.

Last I heard after I left QAB during their private Measure G radio program I asked to be involved in, we are now freezing salaries, cutting staff and closing the pharmacy (which by the way can't make money, but the Drug Store in Kernville seems to be doing fine and has no excuses).

Chet Beedle lied directly to the audience member last month at the general meeting that we were bringing in "telepsychiatry" to the skilled nursing facility which would have "stopped" the madness which occurred under Beedle's staffing cuts in 2005 to 2007.

Beedle cut staff and then brought on a company called "Sycamore Management" which cost us millions which could have made our "old debt" payment.

Would a prudent or professional person think or behave that way? Or a board that doesn't question or research beyond what they are told by their administrators?

And there is NO compensation by Medi-cal for psychiatry in the SNF. In fact, they are not even requiring it or funding it. Lies and more lies. There's more to this, but again, this is now about coming together to fight our mutual enemy: Waste and Cal Mtg.

I will attend the meeting, and if this community can show support, we can get rid of the debt, but we must do it NOW.

No longer take them at their word, those who have risen to power at the hospital, make them prove it.

First step is to consult with a specialist in negotiation with such tough enemies as Cal Mtg.

Rid this debt, get the community back on the inside, unafraid, and we can have a bright future.

Today you vote again, for unity or more division. Vote carefully, it's too important not to. We must fight as a team to rid ourselves of the debt.

Regarding the candidate race, thank you all who had the courage and compassion to run, but I also expect to see you at the meeting as a board member only has so much sway and is restricted to much degree.

Why else would I have not run for the board?

David Derr, retired firefighter, better have his hose and shovel and Kathryn Knight needs to stand strong against the forces that keep us weak and prone to mistakes.

It's us on the outside with the power. We just haven't used it. The media in this valley have colluded to keep you from knowing the truth, and what a conflict of interest with QAB, CARE Ambulance, and Bob Jamison board member, former CEO Pam Ott, defender.

That's another issue I will deal with personally.

Your job as a community is put aside any ego, fear, or judgment and begin to take your hospital back where it belongs: to those who volunteered their time to paint the cafeteria, provide labor and materials for free. That's what we call serving.

Serving yourself is what has happened here though, and it's now over and done. No matter what threats or anything of that nature occur, I will not stop, I simply think it's best understood what needs to be done here and right now, tonight.

While our CEO was getting his raise, and our current Chairwoman, Victoria Alwin, diminished a consideration of not giving him an advance on tangible success, our employees and community are being threatened.

It's time. You make the call. Force them to do what is right: FIGHT CAL MTG.

All we need is that consultation and the process begins...You have the power. Thanks to all. Laura Hart