The Observation Deck

Summers did it again. His water claims a bogus "$100M Investment in Lakewood". That's another lie.

The truth is a net of $70M in value was taken out of Lakewood.

The $34M to build CCF's transfer station was money taken from Lakewood too.

The conman keeps up with his reputation.

Brian Essi wrote:Summers did it again. His water claims a bogus "$100M Investment in Lakewood". That's another lie.

The truth is a net of $70M in value was taken out of Lakewood.

The $34M to build CCF's transfer station was money taken from Lakewood too.

The conman keeps up with his reputation.

I sent my insert back with the payment with a comment!

I'll bet Jim Kenny is praying hard to get Summers' number to add up to $100M.

Good morning, Brian. I have often prayed for Mike Summers and others we ask to lead us. Not yet today, however.

Ironically, you consumed virtually all my prayers on my morning run. I prayed that your mind be freed from the prison you’ve created. We often see it here, yet you appear to be blind to the walls. I’m guessing you thought these walls would protect your precious thoughts, when clearly these are starving you.

What do I mean, you ask? You demonstrate this deprivation whenever you take disparate quotes of mine and others out of context and combine these in a new thread. You then suggest this combination has a new context, one that supports a reality that you want to create that doesn’t otherwise exist. Worse yet, you refer to this fabricated context as fact and truth. This recipe of words serves only your tastes, yet you insist on feeding it to others. These words are like saccharine, as these give the delusion of serving a vice but leave the consumer undernourished and now even more desirous. Worse yet, when your subjects consume this empty information they aren’t taking in words that would actually feed their soul.

I pray that you learn to resist creating your own realities with your selective words, quotes and data, so that you set your mind free. I pray this because your renewed soul might also open windows for renewal for those you have abused and forsaken.

Brian, at the end of my run I was praying that you find serenity. That you learn to accept the things you cannot change; the courage to change the things you can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Jim,

Despite your efforts to obfuscate and make me the issue, this is a simple matter of you honoring your word to us neighbors that you truly want to bring us to a "greater understanding" of the facts to heal the City.

Here is your opportunity as the mouthpiece for City Hall and Build Lakewood to focus on the facts and get away from name calling.

Get out your pencil and a pad of paper.

Explain to us in simple dollars and plain English how there is a "$100M investment in Lakewood."

Lights, camera, action...Take #1...your on!

Brian: If you are the issue, it’s because of the choices you’ve made. I can’t change that, because it's nothing I’ve done. You, however, know who can change it. Just pray the serenity prayer for the answer.

Please know that I am not a mouthpiece for the City of Lakewood. I speak here for myself. Yes, I support Build Lakewood and its mission, yet I have not been knighted as its spokesperson.

I have pledged to share information that I learn that can help others understand why my neighbors will be well served by an inpatient health care facility, a state-of-the-art, 24/7 emergency room, and data-driven EMS protocols that deliver patients to where the best medicine is concentrated and gets the greatest outcomes.

You have seen evidence of this pledge. Do you recall your thread that suggested something was nefarious because of your inability to find the Subsidium website? You postured a number theories that when read aloud sounded to me as though a conspiracy existed. How did I respond in a way that honored my pledge? I called Subsidium’s new owner Schumacher Clinical Partners to ask. Its legal counsel called me back within 20 minutes and explained that Subsidium’s founder was now Schumacher’s CEO and that he merged the two businesses. When I reported this simple effort to your thread, it helped allay the doubts, uncertainty and possible fears of others.

http://www.schumacherclinical.com/hospi ... g-services

With regard, to the $100 million investment in Lakewood? I, too, would like to understand that math. I guess our best recourse is to attend the mayor’s monthly Listen to Lakewood talks. These happen on the second Tuesday of every month. I attend with some frequency, yet have never had the benefit of seeing you there and hearing your questions. Without actually talking to others, you are likely vulnerable to let your suspicions and cynicism fester and harden into conclusions without the benefit of balancing your thoughts. The city’s website tell us the next meeting is Tues., March 8 at Univ. of Akron Lakewood. I’ll try to attend to ask your math question. I want to know too.

http://www.onelakewood.com/event/listen ... akewood-6/

Jim,

Get the pad of paper and a pencil.

Write down how you get to $100M.

We all want to be healed of our ""pathologic extremist" reliance on facts you claim are baseless.

Here is your chance on a simple single issue.

I'll help start it for you and give you an out:

1. "I, Kim Kenny, believe that the alleged $100M investment in Lakewood comes from the following sources:
a.
b.
c.

OR

2. I, Jim Kenny, concede that the $100M investment claim in the water bill is false."

Say a prayer, look in the mirror and get back to us. A JOB and Patrick Wadden say, this is not "rocket surgery."

Brian: As I've stated, I don't understand the mayor's math, nor do I comprehend yours. Unlike you, however, I have more questions than answers. I will give the mayor the benefit of asking these rather than offering conjecture here. To do otherwise is disrespectful to the readers of this forum and fails to honor the goals of the Project that started it.

Now we can understand why I and several others have left SLH and formed our own small, but mighty, group. Jim Kenny, I feel badly about the way you are being treated. I don't agree with your side, but, I respect the fact that we have differences. I must thank you and Build Lakewood for not taking over the Deck and ripping to shreds those that will not fall specifically in line with your views. I only wish that SLH would have put their anger into trying to save the hospital. Now we have several posting here on the Deck that have chased many people away by hijacking the Deck and constantly shoving SLH down our throats. I do care about the hospital and my group is doing work to try to save it. However, in the past when some of our older posters would post topics that were not hospital related, they were pushed way down as SLH frantically worked to take back their reign on the Deck. That is why I felt, and still feel that SLH needs their own area. We have enough problems in all of our lives, and frankly, listening to this borderline bullying everyday disappoints me.

Jim, don't stop posting. That is what they want. I must say, where is our hospital now? Instead of spending all this time sitting on the Deck repeating the same information and talking points over and over again, maybe SLH should have spent more time being proactive.

FWIW.

Jim Kenny wrote:Brian: As I've stated, I don't understand the mayor's math, nor do I comprehend yours. Unlike you, however, I have more questions than answers. I will give the mayor the benefit of asking these rather than offering conjecture here. To do otherwise is disrespectful to the readers of this forum and fails to honor the goals of the Project that started it.

Jim,

The water bill clearly states "The agreement involves a more than $100M investment in Lakewood.."

You supported the agreement. Where in the agreement is the $100M investment?

You came on the Deck to say l you had the "truth" about that agreement and that we your not "risk more damage to the fabric of Lakewood" by opposing it.

Now you admit you have no understanding of that agreement--that admission is a baby step toward healing.

Being what you call a "pathological extremist", I'm a ways ahead of you with many records requests and asking many many question of City Hall.

They don't have the answers either, but what they have admitted is that they didn't understand their agreement either--stay tuned as I will soon work with you for a "greater understanding" to "heal" your lack of understanding.

May I suggest you don't hold your breath waiting for Summers--he just doesn't understand "legal" stuff like that.

Wait for it, wait for it, there it is! Welcome to the SLH bully pulpit with reverend Brian Essi! Repeat!

Lori Allen _ wrote:Wait for it, wait for it, there it is! Welcome to the SLH bully pulpit with reverend Brian Essi! Repeat!

Hi Lori! Are you bullying Brian Essi or are you just responding to a post?

...and unless something has changed in the last few days, Brian Essi does not speak for Save Lakewood Hospital. I'm not even sure if he is a member, although his views are generally consistent with SLH.

Jim Kenny wrote:I have pledged to share information that I learn that can help others understand why my neighbors will be well served by an inpatient health care facility, a state-of-the-art, 24/7 emergency room, and data-driven EMS protocols that deliver patients to where the best medicine is concentrated and gets the greatest outcomes.

Freudian slip? We were well served by that combination. I understand perhaps over served with two hundred inpatient beds which could have easily and affordably been converted to singles that most patients and families find more desirable. It is true that the hospital became less profitable as the Cleveland Clinic transferred services and patients to other facilities and increased administrative fees but the debt free, well funded hospital remained a profitable operation until the Mayor's January 2015 announcement of plans to close it. He followed that announcement up with a comment; he said "this is good news for our community..."

I have been listening and reading since January 2015 and still have not heard/learned anything that I consider "good news for our community," including the $100M investment claim. The loss of critical healthcare services and over a thousand good paying jobs without a viable plan to replace them will have a devastating impact on our community over time. New buildings only shine so long.

I know we agree on little but I am grateful for your willingness to stay engaged in this debate.

http://www.lakewoodcitizen.com/lakewood ... nastiness/ says:

Representatives from both the Build Lakewood group and the Save Lakewood Hospital group addressed Lakewood City Council on Monday. After SLH group spokesman Brian Essi spoke, At-Large Councilman Tom Bullock urged Essi and the SLH group to stop the online “personal, nasty, counterproductive, gossipy, and snarky rhetoric that does not create any solutions or serves Lakewood well.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs1vX1iUnHE

Brian is also featured on SLH's Youtube channel. If he is not the spokesperson, myself and countless others have been fooled.

I respect the work and research that Brian has done. On the other hand, it is redundant and worthless to keep repeating the same information over and over again. It is also worthless to continue to argue over and over again with people that are never going to be on your side. This time would be better spent being visible and being proactive in trying to save the hospital.

Finally, I believe Brian is legal counsel for SLH.