james fitzgibbons wrote:Jim O'Bryan wrote:james fitzgibbons wrote:Thank You Brian! You have been one of our biggest assets against the healthcare and money takeover in Lakewood. You have provided real information to citizens in Lakewood about what is really happening. It is more than disgusting what Mayor Summers has done to the healthcare of all the people in Lakewood, not to mention the increase of financial instability it will cause. I am deeply concerned about the safety of people that live in Lakewood. In my opinion there is no greater sin than to ignore the health and welfare of the people you were elected to protect. Also the people that voted for 64 while knowing it was a bad deal is crazy, certainly people that did not really understand voted for it anyway.That is my opinion.
pssssssssst health care was merely the red herring.
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Jim, So what is the real issue? I do not like red herring.
James
Do you think it is just happenstance, that a small group of people dedicated to changing Lakewood in a city based on Commercial Economic Development, instead of families, that have tried development scheme (UK term) after development scheme for the past 15 years just happen to be on both of the two private groups getting money from the liquidation of Lakewood's single biggest and best asset?
It was never about health care, NEVER EVER, it was about, to quote one Lakewood Voter's for Progress writer, "the two pots of gold" that they now get to play with anyway they want, on at least 5 acres of publicly owned land, with another couple acres coming on line, thanks to their help elsewhere in the city.
This is the truth I speak of. This wasn't the clinic leaving, it was a group of citizens giving them a hell of a deal to leave early, as long as they got money to play with.
This is why the very real Metro deal for $100 million was killed. No money for the gang to play baby foundation with.
The Cleveland Clinic was never not going to offer 53,000 residents health care.
This is why my earliest post were about magic tricks and watch what the left hand is doing. SLH, and even Essi payed right into their charade. Clinic evil, poor City Hall getting screwed.
Problem is, Brian Essi is who he claims to be, a bulldog looking to help those that cannot help themselves. He starts digging, and comes up with nightmare after nightmare. They put a lid on sharing anymore documents. Just enough to make the Clinic remain the enemy/red herring.
As I said many time. LHF said straight up front they were taking the money, moving it through another fiduciary agent, change purpose, and bring it back in.
Cleveland Clinic was happy with the deal, it was good for them. CCF said straight up from day one. "We are closing the hospital." They even provided timelines, and people to speak with at every turn. Again we have zero control on the clinic. ANYTHING they did was above and beyond the call. Keeping they ads in the LO until they left.
However the third and fourth partners, rarely told the truth, fought to keep everything secret, and now still fight to release legal documents, emails, etc.
Two years, notice, no name for the new organizations. No board, no amounts, nothing.
Do you really think they planned for five years, and never planned how to spend the loot?
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