One thing I’ve learned from the campaign for and against Measure I and the election campaigns of Kevin Northcraft and Sherrie Bell, is that HCCA is effective at having a few people monitor social media and change the narrative of the article by posting negative comments and misinformation about the subject of the article and make it seem as though many people share that view. On Facebook the number of “fake” profiles to discredit and misinform was plentiful.  These profiles were easy to detect because the profiles had no “friends”, no photos, and often the profile picture was traceable using Google images.  It created the illusion that many in the community shared the same feeling, when in reality it was just a few people, including paid professionals.  Now that the hospital district has cut ties with HCCA one might assume that they no longer have any reason to cast doubt on the new board and direction of the district. However, the continuing legal filings, the leverage they may want to gain in negotiations, and for pure spite, I believe they are continuing this practice using the ability to comment anonymously on the Valley Voice website. I appreciate that the Voice allows for comment after its articles, but I do caution readers that the use of anonymous comments may be used to sway the reader’s perception.  I also think that if the Voice uses anonymous comments in their news articles, they have a responsibility to the reader to ascertain that these are not repetitive views coming from the same source. So keep reading and commenting, but be discerning when reading anonymous comments. 

Well said

I totally agree with SilverLake1944. What is behind the purpose behind hiring from Washington when real people with real experience, locally available, can get the real monies owed to the hospital? Something is “off”.