If so, please provide actual evidence to dispute the below facts.
- 1. Cleveland Clinic holds a binding lease on Lakewood Hospital until 2026, making the Clinic, AND NOT LAKEWOOD TAXPAYERS, responsible for Lakewood Hospital’s debts.
2. The Clinic has a legal obligation to protect the assets of Lakewood Hospital as a going concern. It cannot convert those assets to its own use, without violating the law.
3. The Lakewood Hospital Association was supposed to protect the interests of the people of Lakewood, but signed an agreement making Cleveland Clinic its sole member, meaning that LHA not only represents Cleveland Clinic, but IS Cleveland Clinic. So it’s no surprise LHA wants to close Lakewood Hospital.
4. The LHA wanted to build a 194 bed community hospital in 2008, which the Clinic rejected, because the Clinic was already taking secret measures to shut down Lakewood Hospital.
5. The Mayor of Lakewood, who also sits on the LHA board, was privy to secret information about the closing of Lakewood Hospital, but failed to communicate it to the people of Lakewood. While serving the interests of the Clinic, the Mayor failed to protect the people of Lakewood.
6. If the present Mayor is re-elected, the Hospital will close. If Michael Skindell is elected, the hospital will remain open for full service to Lakewood.
7. A YES vote on Issue 64 protects your right to make a final decision on Lakewood Hospital.
