The Observation Deck

Corey Rossen wrote:So...what is next? Does Lakewood ever get past the hospital situation? Do we stop progressing as a city? Are all the eggs in the basket painted with hospital logos?

Michael Deneen wrote:

Corey Rossen wrote:So...what is next? Does Lakewood ever get past the hospital situation? Do we stop progressing as a city? Are all the eggs in the basket painted with hospital logos?

Corey is pitching the "let's move on" line, which is very popular with the guilty.
There needs to be accountability, and we need to retain as much of our assets as possible.
If we don't retain some sort of hospital, the city will have passed the tipping point...the downward spiral will have begun.

Corey Rossen wrote:

Marguerite Harkness wrote:Corey,
Optimism is impossible when the folks in charge are all liars and deceivers.

So...what is next? Does Lakewood ever get past the hospital situation? Do we stop progressing as a city? Are all the eggs in the basket painted with hospital logos?

Corey Rossen wrote:So you propose to stop building the schools, lock up the parks, don't bring in any more businesses, shut off the traffic lights, leave the garbage on Stan's tree lawn and wait for the hospital issue to be resolved to your satisfaction? And only your satisfaction. Then, and only then, do we move on. What do you call that pitch? "Lockdown?"

Bridget Conant wrote:The hospital situation is merely a symptom. A symptom of an incestuous, devious, and incompetent leadership and the sycophants who follow them. Until we address and correct the root cause of what got us into this situation, we are doomed.

The hospital may "go away," but the underlying cause will continue to fester and destroy the community.

Jim O'Bryan wrote:

Bridget Conant wrote:The hospital situation is merely a symptom. A symptom of an incestuous, devious, and incompetent leadership and the sycophants who follow them. Until we address and correct the root cause of what got us into this situation, we are doomed.

The hospital may "go away," but the underlying cause will continue to fester and destroy the community.

Bridget

How apropos.

sycophants[/b
Word Origin and History for sycophant
n.
1530s (in Latin form sycophanta), "informer, talebearer, slanderer," from Latin sycophanta, from Greek sykophantes, originally "one who shows the fig," from sykon "fig" + phanein "to show." "Showing the fig" was a vulgar gesture made by sticking the thumb between two fingers, a display which vaguely resembles a fig, itself symbolic of a vagina ( sykon also meant "vulva"). The story goes that prominent politicians in ancient Greece held aloof from such inflammatory gestures, but privately urged their followers to taunt their opponents. The sense of "mean, servile flatterer" is first recorded in English 1570s.

However, I believe they will become known by stronger words in the coming days.

As Corey seems unable to understand with the use of my quote, The hospital closing is not the problem. The problem is how we got here. Thirteen years of secret discussions about getting rid of the Lakewood's Largest employer, the closing is merely the rash one can see. The illness is much deeper. To fix the problem and move on, we need the truth. Something no city hall should work this hard to hide from the voters ever.

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Corey Rossen wrote:
Now I understand, thank Jim. Mayor Summers has been in office for 13 years.

So do you think that the current Mayor Summers is merely the messenger for the plan he started as Mayor 13 years ago? Or is the current Mayor Summers the one who started the ball rolling when he first became Mayor 13 years ago?

Jim O'Bryan wrote:

Corey Rossen wrote:
Now I understand, thank Jim. Mayor Summers has been in office for 13 years.

So do you think that the current Mayor Summers is merely the messenger for the plan he started as Mayor 13 years ago? Or is the current Mayor Summers the one who started the ball rolling when he first became Mayor 13 years ago?

Corey

We have had many conversations over this, for many years.
Two major thoughts in Lakewood, One favors Commercial Economic Development, for many reasons. The other favors residents, for many reasons.
Neither is entirely right, or entirely wrong. HOWEVER
One groups like to come up with very mediocre ideas, and spring them on us. The other side is left to asking why and reacting.
What I do not understand is why the group that plots and surprises, doesn't try to educate the residents instead of shouting them down, threatening them.

Much of this leads back to the West End Debacle (Jay Foran's term not mine). It was replacing 1,500 people with a strip mall. It lost by 47 votes.
Now Corey, I do not know about you, but if I really believed in something and lost by 47 votes out of 15,000, I would try again.
But I wouldn't lie, cheat, siphon off money, set up a bunch of faux BS and give myself rewards for years while running the city into the ground.

I would try to educate not trick the community into supporting the project.
But hey that is just me.

Which makes me think, if it is such a good deal, and above board, why all the lying, misdirection, and stalling?

It seems to me, that a Mayor that demanded a accountant come up with a plan to save the hospital or invest the money, he should be able to do it after 13 years.
Oh hell Corey, I'll play your game, not since being on the LHA Board, but from when he was mayor.

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james fitzgibbons wrote:What is next is get rid of Mayor Summers and most of City Council, get some people that really care about the health and welfare of All the Citizens of Lakewood. Is that really that difficult?

What say you Corey?

Corey Rossen wrote:
Not my game. You came up with the numbers.

So the West End Debacle went in your favor and you are still not happy with the results. You are one tough member of the audience to please. Or should I say impossible to please.

Jim O'Bryan wrote:

Corey Rossen wrote:
Not my game. You came up with the numbers.

So the West End Debacle went in your favor and you are still not happy with the results. You are one tough member of the audience to please. Or should I say impossible to please.

Corey

I have no idea what you are mumbling on about.

This is exactly the problem with you dumbing down the topic. The reason the WestEnd matters is not the outcome, but how it was done, and what came out of it. This is why understanding the Hospital Debacle is so important. This is why it is extremely important to keep all $$$$ and property out of the hands of anyone that was in on this until we understand, what happened.

I am the easiest guy to please, I don;t care what you are your friends say or post, I want City Hall to be honest and forthcoming. My single issue in WestEnd, Phase III, and now this. If you are going to do it, tell us and do it. Stop the charades.

I don't care what the two sides in any fight say or do, I am sure they have their reasons to believe whatever. But if City Hall is involved, we need to know we can trust their judgment, and understand their reasons. I really do not believe that is too much to expect from a government or non-profit that receives public funding.

The process in this city is broken.

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Corey Rossen wrote:

Brian Essi wrote:

Corey Rossen wrote:

Brian Essi wrote:

Corey Rossen wrote:

Brian Essi wrote:It's fake. Just as fake as LHA.

Lip service and pretense.

Please share your vision. Help us understand.

My vision includes a banjo and moving forward. At least there is a banjo but I fear not all can hear it.

Sounds like Deliverance

Ha! I never thought of that.

I have been very skeptical of a lot of things in Lakewood over many years. Some have come true and others have panned out.

I thought it was interesting when they knocked down the old fire station, KFC, Burrows, a movie store, a couple of banks and several other storefronts for high end shopping in central Lakewood. I was optimistic. The intent was good but years later... the parking lot is always full, at least.

I thought they were out of their minds when they started re configuring schools, construction plans, renovation ideas and intentions. The results have been fantastic.

It is hard for some to look past the current state of affairs but it must be done to move forward. Optimism can be difficult, but possible.

So other than just "moving forward" for the sake of forgetting the past, what is your vision on your "heart-healthy" idea? Can you offer anything specific to build upon?

Absolutely, but I will save that for an outlet that is not social media based.