A new lawsuit alleges the Tulare Local Healthcare District, Healthcare Conglomerate Associates, and others associated with the two entities are violating the California Public Records Act. The lawsuit, filed Thursday by Deanne Martin-Soares and Emily Yenigues against the TLHCD, HCCA, and Does 1-100, details what Soares and Yenigues claim are violations of the California Public […]
The Tulare Regional Medical Center has a new $800,000 line of credit under its belt after a special board meeting on Thursday night, though beyond the grand total, details are scant. Opening the line of credit with Bank of the Sierra was a move to get a discount from a vendor, Dr. Benny Benzeevi, the […]
Preliminary results from the Tulare Regional Medical Center bond election have the property tax losing by 66% to 33%. Measure I was a $55 million bond measure intended to finish construction of the beleagured hospital’s expansion project. While the Tulare County Registrar’s Office will continue to count ballots postmarked before August 30, and the final […]
As the Measure I campaign nears its close, the officials with the Tulare Regional Medical Center received a bit of good news: Fitch Ratings, a key credit rating agency, has placed the hospital on “Rating Watch Positive.” Positive Signals from Credit Rating Agencies “Rating Watch Positive” means that the firm may consider increasing the hospital’s […]
I have been amazed as I’ve watched Tulare, my community’s response to Measure I, the measure to complete construction of our unfinished hospital tower. The question is a simple one: Do we want to fund completion our hospital tower or don’t we? What I have been amazed at is how my community, including some of […]
Want to Make Some Major Bucks Without a Real Job? Remember Christine “I’m not a witch” O’Donnell? She ran in the 2010 mid-term election as Senator for Delaware to fill Joe Biden’s seat. She was one of those long-shot, Tea Party candidates who won in the Republican primary but got clobbered in the November general […]
Click on the “Notes” tab of each document to see key sections and annotations. Contract, with Valley Voice annotations, between HCCA and Tulare Local Healthcare District: Contract, with Valley Voice annotations, between HCCA and Southern Inyo Healthcare District:
Voting in Tulare’s upcoming hospital election could prove a lucrative proposition, thanks to incentives offered by groups allied with the Yes on I effort. Fliers circulated last week for an August 6 event that encouraged potential voters to come down to Tulare’s Zumwalt Park with a completed ballot for a chance to win $100 in […]
No on Measure I advocates held a forum in Tulare on Wednesday, inviting Tulare voters to hear why the group believes Measure I, the $55m Tulare Regional Medical Center hospital bond, should be voted down. These advocates were joined by their counterparts: Yes on I protesters held signs outside the site of the forum, the […]
Soon we will be receiving our mail-in ballots to cast our votes on one thing — Measure I, the $55M hospital bond. We as a community have a duty to understand just what it is that we are voting on — and for. This bond, if passed, will burden this hospital district, all homeowners and […]