Release of 2nd Metro Proposal Exposes More Summers Lies

[Brian Essi]

Yesterday, after six weeks of emails and records requests by me with City Hall et al, I finally received MetroHealth's second proposal from September, 2014.

Here is brief summary of its terms:

1. Maintain Lakewood as a full service, low acuity inpatient hospital. P 2
2. Significant capital resources to ensure physical infrastructure is made efficient and viable p.2
3. Shift of ER visits from Metro to Lakewood ER. p. 3
4. Consolidate Metro visits into Lakewood ambulatory sites. p.3
5. Jobs. Keeping Lakewood employed 900 jobs and tax revenue. P.6
6. Hospital. Redirect Metro programs and patient volume to Lakewood. P. 6
7. Capital. $100 million in capital improvements and medical technology over ten years.

On January 28, 2015, Bill Grulich asked Mayor Summers if he would release the Metro proposal. Mayor Summers said concerning Metro: “We had two meetings with our narrow strategic group and the Metro group. We never got a written letter of intent from them. There was some serious interest on their part strategically on staring off as a family health center and considering whether or not they would consider running it as a community hospital. It was a very exciting possibility and then at the beginning of October they withdrew their interest. So it went away.” (Beck Center 1/28/15 at 1 hour 44 minutes) Note: the attached documents are Metro’s “proposal” for Lakewood Hospital continuing as an inpatient hospital and not merely Metro’s “interest” or “considering” something. Metro found out the lOI was a done deal and withdrew because Summers was just using them to white wash his plan from over a year earlier.

The first Metro Proposal of May, 2014 was not released by Mayor Summers until May, 2015.

At City Council on May 4, 2015, after I summarized my understanding of a “Second Metro “I am not aware of any second proposal from Metro....I’ve not seen any proposal." Proposal,” Mayor Summers said Please refer to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8_IW6IIo8A at the 1 hour mark

A “half-truth” is defined as a statement that conveys only part of the truth, especially one used deliberately in order to deceive someone.

It is time for Mayor Summers to resign.

You can download the proposal from the link at the end of this post.

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http://media.lakewoodobserver.com/media/docs_1435798465.pdf

[Michael Deneen]

I'm at a loss for words.

It is definitely time for Summers to do the honorable thing and resign.

[Bridget Conant]

Metro proposed not only to continue serving the city by running the hospital, it would actually INCREASE the patient load and update the facilities. This is a far superior solution, one that makes clear that the hospital IS viable.

This means that the scenarios describes by the city are FALSE, in fact, downright LIES. Their plans to repurpose the land are predicated on LIES. Instead of providing a very much needed service to our population, and maintaining a solid tax base and the largest employer, they DELIBERATELY chose to decimate a city asset for their own nefarious reasons.

How can Madigan, Summers, Foran, et al, get up in front of people and argue for this? They must REALLY think we are all a bunch of complete morons. That says a lot about their character. I can understand greedy people trying to manipulate others to enrich themselves, but the contempt with which they view the citizenry is appalling. It's hard to even express how repugnant their actions are to me, and should be to others.

I'm ready to sign a recall petition. This is complete dereliction of duty.

[Rhonda loje]

Who saw this proposal? I know the Mayor. But did City Council, LHA, and LHF see it too?

Rhonda

[Lori Allen _]

Hi Brian,

I also spoke at the May 4th, 2015 City Council meeting. I specifically asked Mike Summers about proposal one and proposal two from MetroHealth. I also asked why Mike Summers refused to release a copy of these proposals to the public. Mary Louise Madigan then told me this is not a question and answer session. Where are we supposed to go to ask our city leaders questions?

For my questions at this meeting, refer to the 28-minute mark of Brian's Youtube link.

[cameron karslake]

That Metro proposal is amazing, everything and MORE than any mayor would want. Of course, Summers turned his
back on it. Why? Was he really that much under the Clinic's thumb at the time? So sad and what a fool he has turned
out to be. Through his kind of "leadership" we all lose. Time for him to go before it gets worse. I am having a hard time believing how deceitful he has been about all this but there it all is, in black and white.

[Jim O'Bryan]

That Metro proposal is amazing, everything and MORE than any mayor would want. Of course, Summers turned his
back on it. Why? Was he really that much under the Clinic's thumb at the time? So sad and what a fool he has turned
out to be. Through his kind of "leadership" we all lose. Time for him to go before it gets worse. I am having a hard time believing how deceitful he has been about all this but there it all is, in black and white.

Cameron

One thing missing from the Metro Proposal was $26 million coming back to a new non-profit run by one of the Mayor's friends.

Speaking of, I found out last night of someone that step down from a position to help run a new non-profit in Lakewood
dedicated to Active Living. hmmmmmmmmmmm

They can't even run a good charade.

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[Corey Rossen]

That Metro proposal is amazing, everything and MORE than any mayor would want. Of course, Summers turned his
back on it. Why? Was he really that much under the Clinic's thumb at the time? So sad and what a fool he has turned
out to be. Through his kind of "leadership" we all lose. Time for him to go before it gets worse. I am having a hard time believing how deceitful he has been about all this but there it all is, in black and white.

Cameron

One thing missing from the Metro Proposal was $26 million coming back to a new non-profit run by one of the Mayor's friends.

Speaking of, I found out last night of someone that step down from a position to help run a new non-profit in Lakewood
dedicated to Active Living. hmmmmmmmmmmm

They can't even run a good charade.

.

Due to obvious reasons if you know me, I love the fact that Lakewood is dedicating itself to active living - just hope/wish it starts out on the positive. I would hate to see such a progressive move towards healthy living, especially for the children of the community, be tarnished or looked upon with sour eyes.

Corey

[Brian Essi]

Corey,

I share your concerns, but I believe that the facts will show that the closing of the hospital is inextricably intertwined with the Active Living and Recreation Task Force-- whether all the good people associated with that task force know it or not.

Google "cdc active living grants" and let me know what you think.

I am for an open and fair debate on how public causes and assets should be prioritized and spent.

[Corey Rossen]

Corey,

I share your concerns, but I believe that the facts will show that the closing of the hospital is inextricably intertwined with the Active Living and Recreation Task Force-- whether all the good people associated with that task force know it or not.

Google "cdc active living grants" and let me know what you think.

I am for an open and fair debate on how public causes and assets should be prioritized and spent.

Thank you for the reference. I have worked with a few health related organizations that have been government funded (solely) and they seem to run thin at times (in terms of staffing, coverage and trying to do too much with too little resources).

Upon looking over the grant material, a Task Force is an ideal group to assess where funds should be allocated, how they are to be allocated and oversee program execution. It s imperative to have the right people on that Task Force. One massive hardship for a Task Force will be overcoming the public image if associated with the hospital situation.

In the past the City had LiveWell Lakewood that addressed health issues for adults but not children. I am not sure if LiveWell Lakewood is still around as their events seem to have been taken over by LakewoodAlive.

Lakewood needs to be focused on health care, for adults and children. Being the founder of a heart healthy organization, probably Lakewood's oldest existing non-profit dedicated to heart health, I am often surprised when I am not asked to be involved in such plans. I hope whatever Task Force they come up is given the proper attention and care they deserve and require. I also hope they can overcome whatever bad stigma might be created through this process.

Corey

[Brian Essi]

Corey,

Hat's off to you on your good work on that front--I can't speak to why they chose who they chose, but the picks seem to be more related to recreation than healthcare.

On February 3, 2015 (just 19 days after the LOI was signed), Mayor Summers eagerly attended an Active Living and Recreation Task Force meeting with a site map of the Lakewood Hospital site showing the proposed CCF Specialty Referral Center (FHC) and a big chunk of green space. He told the Task for of his excitement about the new foundation money that Could be tapped into by the Task Force.

So the Mayor has tied the Recreation Task Force, the new foundation and the hospital site together. Why else would he show them the site map?

Unlike the Active Living And Recreation Task Force promoted by Mayor Summers while he was concocting plans to demolish Lakewood Hospital, Terry Kilroy and I have both separately proposed the concept of a Healthcare Task Force to guide the City.

So while the Mayor was in a healthcare crisis in 2014, he chose to form a recreation task force and NOT a healthcare task force. Why?

[Brian Essi]

Who saw this proposal? I know the Mayor. But did City Council, LHA, and LHF see it too?

Rhonda

Rhonda,

As far as I have been told, only Ms. Fry and the 5 Members of the Step 2 Committee (Summers, Tom Gable, Bill Gorton, Ken Haber and Dr. Tabbaa) saw this proposal back in September 2014.

Someone told me Kevin Butler was there too, but Kevin told me he was not so it appears that only 6 people saw it.

[Rhonda loje]

Did these individuals share this information with their respective committees (ie City Council, LHA LHF) to you knowledge?

Rhonda

[Brian Essi]

Rhonda,

The Clinic became upset with me speaking with trustees--they were and are afraid of what I might learn and how they might lose control of information and the trustees' thinking. In May, the trustees were ordered by the Cleveland Clinic legal department not to speak with me so they are afraid to speak. Even before those orders, many trustees were afraid when they spoke with me. Its a bit like the mafia or something.

I was told that Ms. Fry relayed the terms of this second Metro proposal to the "Caucus" meeting via her power point presentations. Clinic attorney Michael Meehan controlled the Subsidium power points sent to the City and put on the City website--I have a copy of one of those emails and I am waiting for Kevin Butler to complete a records request. There was no power point on the Sept 2014 Metro proposal among those that the City posted on its website.

If my source is accurate, it raises the question: Why did Ms. Fry need to convert the straight forward 13 page Metro power point presentation into her own presentation? Why was that needed?

If my sources are accurate, why couldn't the full 23 member trustee board attend the actual Metro/ Dr. Boutros presentation?

[Rhonda loje]

Thank you!