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Frankly, for those of us over 65 or those of us with vulnerable conditions, this is now a pretty serious concern given the likely spread and impact of COVID-19.
Where do we collectively find ourselves?
No Lakewood Health Department.
No Lakewood Hospital.
No Lakewood Hospital Association.
No Lakewood Hospital Foundation.
No Lakewood funding for health care.
How do we start a community dialogue around establishing a new health department for Lakewood?
Even if it only provided free flu shots to seniors and other vulnerable residents, it would still have a serious positive benefit to the community.
Frankly, for those of us over 65 or those of us with vulnerable conditions, this is now a pretty serious concern given the likely spread and impact of COVID-19.
Where do we collectively find ourselves?
No Lakewood Health Department.
No Lakewood Hospital.
No Lakewood Hospital Association.
No Lakewood Hospital Foundation.
No Lakewood funding for health care.
How do we start a community dialogue around establishing a new health department for Lakewood?
Even if it only provided free flu shots to seniors and other vulnerable residents, it would still have a serious positive benefit to the community.
Folks, this is low hanging fruit.
Update:
Even if it only provided free bottles of hand-sanitizer or sanitary wipes, it would still have a serious positive benefit to the community.
The local Discount Drug Mart store that I use is sold-out of hand-sanitizer and has a limit on the quantity of sanitary wipes that a customer may purchase.
...not to mention more drastic protective measures like face masks and gloves, which are not needed now, but might be sometime, someday.
It's more appropriate for these to be dispensed on an as-needed basis that for people to go on a panic-driven buying spree and make supplies less available.
“Never let a good crisis go to waste." - Winston Churchill (Quote later appropriated by Rahm Emanuel)
Seems pretty clear to me that the developer does not have sufficient financing to complete this project for the City despite massive public subsidies already committed by the City.
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What Bryce Sylvester MEANT was that Carnegie was the best choice because Ed Fitzgerald said it was. Hey, they gave him a job, right, so they must be the bestest!
