From Lakewood Hospital Foundation

[Jim O'Bryan]

Dear Friend of Lakewood Hospital Foundation,

At the end of 2015 we shared with you our intent to move forward with exploring viable options that would allow Lakewood Hospital Foundation (LHF) to remain independent and continue its philanthropic mission of supporting health and wellness efforts across the community. I’m pleased to tell you that over the last several months significant progress has been made to further define and narrow these options.

We are now ready to embark on the next phase of the transition that will include additional evaluation, taking a closer look at similar foundation models and initiating research that will allow us to determine the best path towards the future. In tandem with this phase, we will also begin development of a plan to preserve the legacy of the Foundation and continue as faithful stewards of donors’ generous gifts. We anticipate these efforts to continue throughout the remainder of the year.

In other LHF news, it is my pleasure to welcome Chas Geiger as our new Board of Trustees President. Chas has been a trustee since 2001, most recently serving as Vice President and Secretary. We also extend our sincere thanks and gratitude to board members Tom Baker, Rob Elwood, and Kathy McGrath who have completed their terms of service. And a special shout out to Ken Haber as he concludes his role as President. We sincerely appreciate his leadership over the past 6½ years and unwavering support during this period of transition for LHF.

We will provide you with periodic updates as new developments around the transformation unfold and, as always, we welcome any questions or comments.

Enjoy your summer and thank you again for your continued support.

Kristin

Kristin G. Broadbent, CFRE, Executive Director
Lakewood Hospital Foundation
14519 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio 44107

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[Brian Essi]

We got one of these at our home as well.

LHF changed it articles of incorporation in December, 2015 which resulted in their assets being removed from LHA's financials. Bravo!

I've heard claims from within LHF that the Clinic will not get this money.

However, if the combine with the New Foundation under the Master Agreement, the Clinic will be involved.

I wish Kristin Broadbent and Chas Geiger all the best in leading the transition.

[Lori Allen _]

So....Ken Haber jumps ship and Geiger takes over. One member of Summers & Company leaves, another takes over. Is anyone seeing the pattern?

As a side note, I'm still wondering how Mr. Geiger can buy a $565,000 house near the Lake in Clifton Park for $150,000.

This is where I suspect the LHF money will go:

- Cleveland Foundation
- Cleveland West Foundation
- Fitz!'s new non-profit
- Foran will create a new non-profit

Does anyone believe that this group will give it to a good cause?

[Jim O'Bryan]

We got one of these at our home as well.

LHF changed it articles of incorporation in December, 2015 which resulted in their assets being removed from LHA's financials. Bravo!

I've heard claims from within LHF that the Clinic will not get this money.

However, if the combine with the New Foundation under the Master Agreement, the Clinic will be involved.

I wish Kristin Broadbent and Chas Geiger all the best in leading the transition.

Brian

It has always been my understanding that this will be a separate private foundation. Not the "yet to be named, with nothing to do with Active Living Task Force except it is."

You got to be quick to keep your eyes on the money.

I believe this is one reason it was made clear early on, "Nothing to do with Hospital" so that they could re-purpose their foundation's mission statement, and deal with restricted funds, and "health for the community funds."

This was made clear to me by Kristin Broadbent, and Ken Haber from my first meeting with them on this subject.

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[Brian Essi]

We got one of these at our home as well.

LHF changed it articles of incorporation in December, 2015 which resulted in their assets being removed from LHA's financials. Bravo!

I've heard claims from within LHF that the Clinic will not get this money.

However, if the combine with the New Foundation under the Master Agreement, the Clinic will be involved.

I wish Kristin Broadbent and Chas Geiger all the best in leading the transition.

Brian

It has always been my understanding that this will be a separate private foundation. Not the "yet to be named, with nothing to do with Active Living Task Force except it is."

You got to be quick to keep your eyes on the money.

I believe this is one reason it was made clear early on, "Nothing to do with Hospital" so that they could re-purpose their foundation's mission statement, and deal with restricted funds, and "health for the community funds."

This was made clear to me by Kristin Broadbent, and Ken Haber from my first meeting with them on this subject.

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Thanks Jim. I'm really trying my hardest to be a quick and nimble as you--I'm a relative neophyte trying to avoid the trolls.

But what even well intentioned people may say does not always come to pass.

More than once, I have heard from trustees "If this money goes to traditional causes, this whole thing is a failure."

Hmmm.

[Jim O'Bryan]

Thanks Jim. I'm really trying my hardest to be a quick and nimble as you--I'm a relative neophyte trying to avoid the trolls.

But what even well intentioned people may say does not always come to pass.

More than once, I have heard from trustees "If this money goes to traditional causes, this whole thing is a failure."

Hmmm.

Brian

While I have never heard that, I have heard from the Mayor, and other members of the group that "If the money were to fall into the General Fund it would be a failure.

Let's be honest, a $40 per resident rebate on taxes does not solve the problem of the big hole in the center of town, or the problems with City Hall.

To a certain extent I agree with that statement. We lost our largest employer, and massive tax generating machine. We have one chance to make up for this massive loss. Had they just grabbed ALL THE FUNDS, even in a terrible bank account, taxes would have been covered while it was discussed what to take a chance on. But that train left the station when Mayor Summers allowed everyone to walk away with money in their pockets but us.

To me this is the greatest failure of the Summers Administration, honestly, and adequately have a series of discussions and information about what was really going on, and that this was our one chance to make things right. To this day I believe Mayor Summers thinks he was doing the right thing, and in a one person owned family business he was. But this is a city, a democracy, and residents have a right to know, and ultimately decide what course of actions need to be.

This is done at the ballot boxes, but with the massive influx of BS, mailings that were untruthful, and lack of information, Lakewoodites never had enough real information to make and real decision. It came down to cranky old people, and Mayor Summers wouldn't lie, and when he did, "He was forced to."



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[Peter Grossetti]

You got to be quick to keep your eyes on the money.

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[Brian Essi]

[quote="Jim O'Bryan]We have one chance to make up for this massive loss.[/quote]

I disagree. The bidding was rigged, the insiders all hid their agendas, the payoffs were made. There is no chance to make up for the loss.

You can choose to believe what you think Summers believed and give him a pass.

His conduct has been objectively dishonest and the result is objectively horrible.

I am with Bill Call on this one. The hospital belonged to Lakewood so Lakewood should have had first dibs on the LHF money.

Summers didn't want the people of Lakewood to control the money--He wants the process less than transparent--that's a fact.

LHF is not transparent and from December 21, 2015 and into the future, the people of Lakewood will have little or no insight and input into how that money is spent.

That is the way Summers set this up.

As Bill Call asked, where is the outcry from those on behalf of the underserved who have been ripped off---$150M in liquid and going concern value that generated $7M per year in charitable services to those that could not afford to pay.

Now what do they get?

ZERO

[james fitzgibbons]

[quote="Jim O'Bryan]We have one chance to make up for this massive loss.

I disagree. The bidding was rigged, the insiders all hid their agendas, the payoffs were made. There is no chance to make up for the loss.

You can choose to believe what you think Summers believed and give him a pass.

His conduct has been objectively dishonest and the result is objectively horrible.

I am with Bill Call on this one. The hospital belonged to Lakewood so Lakewood should have had first dibs on the LHF money.

Summers didn't want the people of Lakewood to control the money--He wants the process less than transparent--that's a fact.

LHF is not transparent and from December 21, 2015 and into the future, the people of Lakewood will have little or no insight and input into how that money is spent.

That is the way Summers set this up.

As Bill Call asked, where is the outcry from those on behalf of the underserved who have been ripped off---$150M in liquid and going concern value that generated $7M per year in charitable services to those that could not afford to pay.

Now what do they get?

ZERO[/quote][/quote][/quote]
I agree with Brian, there is way too much to give Summers a pass. Way to many moves.

[cmager]

Mr. JO'B,
No way does Summers get a pass. This is not a matter of misunderstanding the difference between a sole proprietorship vs a democracy. Defendant Summers has had clear intent, and is scurrying around in the shadows along with his minions and trolls. There is no kumbaya here. No way does he get a pass.

[Jim O'Bryan]

Mr. JO'B,
No way does Summers get a pass. This is not a matter of misunderstanding the difference between a sole proprietorship vs a democracy. Defendant Summers has had clear intent, and is scurrying around in the shadows along with his minions and trolls. There is no kumbaya here. No way does he get a pass.

cmager

I am curious who has been harder on the Mayor than I? No free pass, he was on LHA, on Council, and first and foremost as Mayor had a fiduciary responsibility to protect and serve this community. He has not been transparent, he certainly has not been honest, and I am not sure leaving over $100 million on the table makes him even a mediocre businessman.

But that doesn't mean that there isn't a lot of nuance in what is happening.

I cannot see Mayor Summers doing this for money. However I can see his ego, stubbornness, and outside influences drive him down a bad road.

There is no pass on the mayor, I believe he will be seen as the worst mayor ever in Lakewood's history. The mayor that broke the city.

Carry on.


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[cmager]

To this day I believe Mayor Summers thinks he was doing the right thing, and in a one person owned family business he was. But this is a city, a democracy, and residents have a right to know, and ultimately decide what course of actions need to be.

Mr. JO'B,
Perhaps you have been hard, and I am grateful that you and those who are the LO nourish this vehicle into providing an opportunity for truths to thrive, for powers to be held to (some) account, and for truthful substance to be demanded of sycophants and trolls. Thank you for what you do.

Sure, I'm intolerant of attempts to offer any pass, any kumbaya, any rationalization, to Summers, Butler, et al. If they choose public service one should expect them to act for the greater good, and not for their selfish purposes or for the selfish purposes of their benefactors. One would think that Summers' wealth would immunize him from the public trough. One would think ego, stubbornness, or poor advice would be exposed in the public discourse or at election time - but apparently this did not happen, and was prevented from happening.

How and when did the Lakewood City government and leadership become captive, and to who? That it appears to invasively affect several leadership levels of city government - what conclusions can one draw? Many would use "c" words like collusion, conspiracy, corruption, conflict-of-interest, etc. Some would tolerate, offer a pass, avoid conflict, or attempt the humanize the (gross) failings of those who wrong the community. Count me amongst those not so tolerant of said failings of leadership.

[Jim O'Bryan]

How and when did the Lakewood City government and leadership become captive, and to who? That it appears to invasively affect several leadership levels of city government - what conclusions can one draw? Many would use "c" words like collusion, conspiracy, corruption, conflict-of-interest, etc. Some would tolerate, offer a pass, avoid conflict, or attempt the humanize the (gross) failings of those who wrong the community. Count me amongst those not so tolerant of said failings of leadership.

It has been documented here for the past 12 years. I can explain it, I can explain it from both sides, even more, and I can make sense out of it, and there in lies the problem. It becomes easy for people to explain away, and when you look at the full scoop, and the very few names involved it is pretty wild.

The conspirators are all guilty, but the ringleader's participation...

I think this provides a good metaphor, with Lakewood Hospital played by "Whistler's Mother." Mayor played by Bean.



As said by "Deep Throat" to Bob Woodword, "At the end of the day, they are just not that smart."

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[Lori Allen _]

I say no passes. Not only do I believe he failed in regards to his handling of the hospital deal, but in regards to the state of the city. I don't think Summers & Company had anyone but themselves and their friend's self-interests in mind.

We could have had other healthcare providers here. Instead, he went behind closed doors with what I believe were his cronies, blew off any other offers, and made his apparently devious deal sneakily.

What mayor or normal human being with a moral compass would choose his own friends and self-interests over the entire community that he is supposed to be keeping watch over?

Not too late to do a recall. I think there his been plenty of evidence posted here and elsewhere showing that Summers appears to be asleep at the wheel. There is plenty more where it came from too.

I heard form my mother's friends at Fedor Manor that Summers sent the fire chief there to "talk" to residents about the new alleged "ER". From what I was told, they were not buying it.

Talk to anyone at any of the senior buildings. They can't stand Summers and want him gone. They even have a few choice names for him.

In summary: they could build monuments to Summers' self-centeredness!

Besides owing the community possibly millions of dollars in jobs, I believe he should have the courtesy of resigning.

FWIW.

[Lori Allen _]

The mayor that broke the city.

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