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	<title>Comments on: What’s In A Contract: HCCA, Tulare Regional and Southern Inyo</title>
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		<title>By: Auditors autopsy Tulare hospital&#039;s closure, shed doubt on reopening efforts - Valley Voice</title>
		<link>https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2016/08/18/whats-contract-hcca-tulare-regional-southern-inyo/#comment-15309</link>
		<dc:creator>Auditors autopsy Tulare hospital&#039;s closure, shed doubt on reopening efforts - Valley Voice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2018 05:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[&#8230;] The controversial terms weren’t present in HCCA’s contract with the Southern Inyo Healthcare District, which operates the Southern Inyo Hospital, auditors wrote, and as a similar Voice analysis found. [&#8230;]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] The controversial terms weren’t present in HCCA’s contract with the Southern Inyo Healthcare District, which operates the Southern Inyo Hospital, auditors wrote, and as a similar Voice analysis found. [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: Lupe V Mendoza</title>
		<link>https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2016/08/18/whats-contract-hcca-tulare-regional-southern-inyo/#comment-6029</link>
		<dc:creator>Lupe V Mendoza</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2016 00:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>looks like William and Nicole have drank the tea HCCA put out for them. William please read the contract between TRMC and HCCA and then tell me if you still feel the same way. Read it carefully because it&#039;s not a contract that benefits TRMC and it&#039;s community.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>looks like William and Nicole have drank the tea HCCA put out for them. William please read the contract between TRMC and HCCA and then tell me if you still feel the same way. Read it carefully because it&#8217;s not a contract that benefits TRMC and it&#8217;s community.</p>
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		<title>By: Deanne Martin-Soares</title>
		<link>https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2016/08/18/whats-contract-hcca-tulare-regional-southern-inyo/#comment-6019</link>
		<dc:creator>Deanne Martin-Soares</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2016 16:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If William/Nicole is really a Kim then it must be Kimberly Hughes that is a nurse at the hospital. Her writing style is very similar to how she was writing on our Citizens page. She lives in Visalia, so tax burden doesn&#039;t impact her.

She was a huge advocate for bringing back Bolouki and she spews falsehoods that are definitely not formed from truth. Now it explains the attack she did on myself and Bill Postelwaite, under a false name.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If William/Nicole is really a Kim then it must be Kimberly Hughes that is a nurse at the hospital. Her writing style is very similar to how she was writing on our Citizens page. She lives in Visalia, so tax burden doesn&#8217;t impact her.</p>
<p>She was a huge advocate for bringing back Bolouki and she spews falsehoods that are definitely not formed from truth. Now it explains the attack she did on myself and Bill Postelwaite, under a false name.</p>
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		<title>By: Barbara</title>
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		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2016 01:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2016/08/18/whats-contract-hcca-tulare-regional-southern-inyo/#comment-6006&quot;&gt;William and Nicole&lt;/a&gt;.

William/Nicole.....If TRMC closes it will be the best ocean front property in all of Tulare County! You know, not everyone buys into &quot;the sky is falling&quot; argument.  You apparently have no faith in your fellow Tulareans....or perhaps you are new to the area.  Either way you are still completely wrong. TRMC WILL NOT SHUT DOWN AND WE WILL SAVE OUR HOSPITAL!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2016/08/18/whats-contract-hcca-tulare-regional-southern-inyo/#comment-6006">William and Nicole</a>.</p>
<p>William/Nicole&#8230;..If TRMC closes it will be the best ocean front property in all of Tulare County! You know, not everyone buys into &#8220;the sky is falling&#8221; argument.  You apparently have no faith in your fellow Tulareans&#8230;.or perhaps you are new to the area.  Either way you are still completely wrong. TRMC WILL NOT SHUT DOWN AND WE WILL SAVE OUR HOSPITAL!</p>
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		<title>By: William and Nicole</title>
		<link>https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2016/08/18/whats-contract-hcca-tulare-regional-southern-inyo/#comment-6006</link>
		<dc:creator>William and Nicole</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2016 06:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Also when you say &quot; Kaweah Delta did not close&quot;. Any educated person again knows that the hospitals will not close overnight  so how that could even be a comparison makes no sense at all..  l what we know for a 100% accuracy is it in 13 years  if KDDH and TRMC do not have earthquake safe facilities THEY WILL SHUT DOWN and that&#039;s a fact.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Also when you say &#8221; Kaweah Delta did not close&#8221;. Any educated person again knows that the hospitals will not close overnight  so how that could even be a comparison makes no sense at all..  l what we know for a 100% accuracy is it in 13 years  if KDDH and TRMC do not have earthquake safe facilities THEY WILL SHUT DOWN and that&#8217;s a fact.</p>
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		<title>By: William and Nicole</title>
		<link>https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2016/08/18/whats-contract-hcca-tulare-regional-southern-inyo/#comment-6005</link>
		<dc:creator>William and Nicole</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2016 06:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The reality of this story is YES this hospital will  definitely close if in 13 years ( 2030) the Tower is not completed.  That my friend is a true statement. 

If the Fund are not  available this hospital will again close. 

We have yet to see any plan from  the  opposition  to where the may come up with the funds to complete the Tower.  

And like I said befor when asking the No on I group where they will get the funds to finish the towe all they say is &quot; We need to get rid of the board &quot; &#038; &quot; We need to replace HCCA&quot;. That alone could take 13 years and that tells myself and others that they have NO plan.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The reality of this story is YES this hospital will  definitely close if in 13 years ( 2030) the Tower is not completed.  That my friend is a true statement. </p>
<p>If the Fund are not  available this hospital will again close. </p>
<p>We have yet to see any plan from  the  opposition  to where the may come up with the funds to complete the Tower.  </p>
<p>And like I said befor when asking the No on I group where they will get the funds to finish the towe all they say is &#8221; We need to get rid of the board &#8221; &amp; &#8221; We need to replace HCCA&#8221;. That alone could take 13 years and that tells myself and others that they have NO plan.</p>
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		<title>By: Joseph Oldenbourg</title>
		<link>https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2016/08/18/whats-contract-hcca-tulare-regional-southern-inyo/#comment-5996</link>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Oldenbourg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2016 17:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2016/08/18/whats-contract-hcca-tulare-regional-southern-inyo/#comment-5995&quot;&gt;William &#038; Nicole&lt;/a&gt;.

You and your wife have alarmingly similar writing styles. And if I was targeting you, Kim, you&#039;d know it. I do know who Concerned is. I also know that person tells the truth. What I can&#039;t abide are the falsehoods you peddle. Do I want the hospital to succeed? Emphatically! But I don&#039;t have a dog in that hunt, and those who do deserve the truth. It would make sense for you to argue that completing the tower at a later date is likely to be more expensive than doing so now. But it is not reasonable to insist that the hospital will close if the bond does not pass. To begin with, Kaweah Delta did not close---and its bond failed big time. You&#039;re right about the seismic regulations, but the cut-off date for those to be completed is 2030. Do you really think the hospital will sit on its hands for 14 years? The Yes On I camp has a reasonable perspective, and many fine arguments. Why, then, rest on scare tactics and obfuscation? The voters need your side to step up and tell them the truth. Everyone I&#039;ve talked to regarding this---and I mean that literally---wants the hospital to thrive. There remain legitimate questions on how to achieve the excellence everyone strives for. And your side is not helping.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2016/08/18/whats-contract-hcca-tulare-regional-southern-inyo/#comment-5995">William &amp; Nicole</a>.</p>
<p>You and your wife have alarmingly similar writing styles. And if I was targeting you, Kim, you&#8217;d know it. I do know who Concerned is. I also know that person tells the truth. What I can&#8217;t abide are the falsehoods you peddle. Do I want the hospital to succeed? Emphatically! But I don&#8217;t have a dog in that hunt, and those who do deserve the truth. It would make sense for you to argue that completing the tower at a later date is likely to be more expensive than doing so now. But it is not reasonable to insist that the hospital will close if the bond does not pass. To begin with, Kaweah Delta did not close&#8212;and its bond failed big time. You&#8217;re right about the seismic regulations, but the cut-off date for those to be completed is 2030. Do you really think the hospital will sit on its hands for 14 years? The Yes On I camp has a reasonable perspective, and many fine arguments. Why, then, rest on scare tactics and obfuscation? The voters need your side to step up and tell them the truth. Everyone I&#8217;ve talked to regarding this&#8212;and I mean that literally&#8212;wants the hospital to thrive. There remain legitimate questions on how to achieve the excellence everyone strives for. And your side is not helping.</p>
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		<title>By: William &#38; Nicole</title>
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		<dc:creator>William &#38; Nicole</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nicole is my wife thank you for asking I&#039;ll add both names of that makes it easier for you not to get confused lol 

Again targeting people.   
Do you know who 

Concerned is or Jack.  Why would you continue to target me is it because I&#039;m for the YES on Measure I</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nicole is my wife thank you for asking I&#8217;ll add both names of that makes it easier for you not to get confused lol </p>
<p>Again targeting people.<br />
Do you know who </p>
<p>Concerned is or Jack.  Why would you continue to target me is it because I&#8217;m for the YES on Measure I</p>
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		<title>By: Joseph Oldenbourg</title>
		<link>https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2016/08/18/whats-contract-hcca-tulare-regional-southern-inyo/#comment-5993</link>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Oldenbourg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2016 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2016/08/18/whats-contract-hcca-tulare-regional-southern-inyo/#comment-5992&quot;&gt;Concerned&lt;/a&gt;.

&quot;William&quot; is &quot;Nicole,&quot; and she implies---see the last sentence---that she works at the hospital. I&#039;ll leave the rest of the detective work to you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2016/08/18/whats-contract-hcca-tulare-regional-southern-inyo/#comment-5992">Concerned</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;William&#8221; is &#8220;Nicole,&#8221; and she implies&#8212;see the last sentence&#8212;that she works at the hospital. I&#8217;ll leave the rest of the detective work to you.</p>
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		<title>By: Concerned</title>
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		<dc:creator>Concerned</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2016 03:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2016/08/18/whats-contract-hcca-tulare-regional-southern-inyo/#comment-5991&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt;.

well the whole thing is, $55 million is not needed.  Why take out more money then what&#039;s needed? If they do this and have the $20 million left over, Jack Stone said to complete the tower would be $35 million to which $15.7 would go to the contractor and $19.3 to finish the tower, they could pay off the 2005A bonds and begin the profit sharing as noted in the article. The hospital has over $12 million worth of stuff in storage. Things like flooring, wall paper, gerneys that they pulled out and are using now it that storage. None of that type of stuff was supposed to have been bought yet.  $85 was for the building not furnishing it.  If you took the time and read any of the minutes from oversight meetings you&#039;d see that the CEO at the time was trying to keep costs in check up to a point. They started giving him busy work and he got distracted. 
The &#039;Audit Report&#039; is not an audit. It was a 3 page document.  Come on now William.....don&#039;t drink the Kool-aid.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2016/08/18/whats-contract-hcca-tulare-regional-southern-inyo/#comment-5991">William</a>.</p>
<p>well the whole thing is, $55 million is not needed.  Why take out more money then what&#8217;s needed? If they do this and have the $20 million left over, Jack Stone said to complete the tower would be $35 million to which $15.7 would go to the contractor and $19.3 to finish the tower, they could pay off the 2005A bonds and begin the profit sharing as noted in the article. The hospital has over $12 million worth of stuff in storage. Things like flooring, wall paper, gerneys that they pulled out and are using now it that storage. None of that type of stuff was supposed to have been bought yet.  $85 was for the building not furnishing it.  If you took the time and read any of the minutes from oversight meetings you&#8217;d see that the CEO at the time was trying to keep costs in check up to a point. They started giving him busy work and he got distracted.<br />
The &#8216;Audit Report&#8217; is not an audit. It was a 3 page document.  Come on now William&#8230;..don&#8217;t drink the Kool-aid.</p>
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