I urge you to Vote YES on I the hospital is finally becoming the hospital we need for this community so many past board members and administration did the hospital wrong and now they have a company that has turned this hosputal around even after a group of doctors tried to shut it down by not admitting their patients there. My mom has been there a few times and was treated with respect and kindness. We were updated daily on her progress I even missed the doctor one morning and he was kind enough to call me on my cell.

VOTE YES ON I to complete the Tower and make it earthquake safe because regardless of what anyone says the facts are this hospital will close if this TOWER is not completed.

I simply do not understand why everyone is so surprised that a lot of “NO” people have never been employed at TRMC and have grave misgivings about giving this current Hospital Board access to more of our tax dollars. They simply cannot be trusted…..and I also do not understand why you don’t care about the reasons behind our misgivings. I also do not understand why you minimize or just plain deny the viable solutions brought forth by many of Tulare’s most competent and tested community leaders.

You must be a renter. You want facts? How about TRMC being given the lowest possible rating in a report recently? Maybe the place should close. No more money for failure!!

ASK SHERRIE BELL WHY SHE DIDN’T READ THE HCCA CONTRACT.
ASK SHERRIE BELL WHY HER FIRST ACTION WAS TO CANCEL THE FORENSIC AUDIT THAT KAMBOJ, SMITH AND MCPHEDRIGE SET UP.
ASK SHERRIE BELL WHERE IS THE PAPERWORK FOR THE OTHER BIDS FOR PARTNERSHIS WENT.
ASK SHERRIE BELL HOW SHE FEELS ABOUT NOT BEING ALLOWED INTO THE HOSPITAL WITHOUT PRIOR AUTHORIZATION BY HCCA.
ASK SHERRIE BELL WHY SHE SIGNED A CONTRACT THAT STATES HCCA HAS THE LAST WORD ON OPERATIONS AND BUILDING OF THE TOWER.
ASK SHERRIE BELL WHY THEY CHOSE A MANAGEMENT TEAM WITH NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE, WHO WAS NOT EVEN FORMED WHEN THE OFFER WAS MADE AND WHY WAS IT IN-HOUSE.
IN HER FIRST MONTH ALL OF THAT WAS IN HER LAP AS SHE WAS CHOSEN CHAIR OF THE BOARD.

Samantha…….since the only thing on this ballot is Measure I that’s a given. Since everyone gives Deanne the hardest time, do you know she’s not even been on the board since 2008? Maybe you should go into the Valley Voices webpage and check out the meeting minutes, and oversight committee minutes. They are quite eye opening. You throw the word ‘Democracy’ around……The company is not a democracy; decisions are made by a board of directors, not the workers. Aren’t you the gal from up north? Let’s be honest……the only reason the hospital is in the black is because of reimbursements now rolling in at a faster pace and a higher amount. Benzeevi didn’t create any ‘secret sauce’…..it is called Obamacare…..ACA, which finally got some of the kinks out and is paying better. But as we see across the nation insurance companies want to pull out of the program completely and it’s going to cost us lots more money. With all the problems of the past, why would any board give a private company control and a contract for 15 years. Four year contracts are bad enough for this towns hospital. Do you understand that HCCA may be putting into the Tower right now but 60 days after the Bond passes they get all they’ve put into it back. Res. 847….The board seated since 2012 gave our hospital away. Period. It’s in the contract. I don’t care what Benzeevi says in public……by golly he’s going to go by his extremely generous contract. You want us to believe he will give up his $3 million a year job? For that kind of salary our hospital should be bringing in $50 million a year. We are still on the road to ruin. Why is HCCA so secretive. We should not have to be going through an attorney in LA to get information. You really need to go back and read the minutes. You will see that Dr Kamboj was always safe guarding the hospital. Kumar can’t stand for anyone else to have an opinion or facts. Power does that to people.

How come one board member that has been there 20+ years never has any blame directed at him for the past? Seems like it is the same board.

At least Porterville doesn’t have a hospital bond for 30 more years of property tax payments. Also, Porterville is growing and has many more places than the city of Tulare.
Reminds me of Visalia in the types of stores that have been added in recent years.

Look at the numbers. We have the highest hospital taxes in the County! We also have the lowest rated hospital according to the latest CMS ratings.

Having misspent $85 million and asking for $55 million more without plans and documentation is wrong. Paying in excess of $3,000,000 a year in management fees is wrong too.

The only people saying the hospital will close is yes on I. I feel like our hospital is being held hostage. If we don’t vote yes, then it will close according to ALL the yes on I advertising. Seismic regulations are in the year 2030.

How can the poorest county have the highest property tax rates for its hospital? Also the highest paid management fees of even major hospitals? I don’t think it is the right thing to do without all sides being fair and not just giving money over to a private for profit conglomerate.

The management company needs to do the right thing by lowering their fees and people may reconsider when actual plans for the bond are made available to the public.