Being able to post anonymously is a great thing...it enables employees of a company to express opinions or facts about their employer without fearing retribution. Unfortunately, it also enables folks to take potshots at others (be they public figures or fellow commenters) with little regard. Now that some of the comments on this blog are starting to border on sophomoric, I guess it's time to talk about what's cool and what's not.
Frank, honest opinion about what's going on at DRMC? -- Cool
Questioning a rumor that is floating around the halls or around town? -- Cool
Presenting a public appeal for the powers-that-be to help out? -- Cool
Flaming another commenter because you don't agree? -- NOT cool
Resorting to slander or "name-calling"? -- NOT cool.
I'd really hate to start deleting comments or having to click "pass" or "fail" for each one, but...it's my sandbox. If you don't care for that, sandboxes are free on www.blogger.com.
To end on a happy note....as Frank and Ed used to say, "...thank you for your support".
Edit: Re: your comment Scalpel...I completely agree, passion is a good thing. It's just like I tell my kids, one can respectfully disagree, but be respectful.
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I respect your good intentions (as well as this being your sandbox), but please don't be offended if I suggest that part of having a strong blog is the inclusion of passions that can be expressed nowhere else. I already sense a healthy energy here and hope that you will not find it necessary to dissipate that energy with your delete button. Comments on the edge, or even a little bit over, can add color and vibrancy to a forum we all hope will become widely read. Few of us have ever been confronted with a disaster of this magnitude, and we all have different ways of expressing anger and frustration that we hope will lead to constructive change. I hope you will have room for everyone.
That said, and to add a friendly note, thank you for doing this and congratulations on a good beginning.
And even that said, I wonder what truth might lie behind the rumor around town that the Bank Boys were paid finder's fees for placing our hospital in the hands of Lifepoint. While I don't think any of them would pocket a finder's fee, they might pass it along to some worthy cause.
Has anyone asked Dr. Bob Ashby about this?
To Sentinel Event: Thank you for providing this forum, it has been a good outlet of my frustrations with this whole mess. I would also like to thank Henry Hurt for first bringing us to see the "light" and to Landon Wyatt for not participating in this whole "deal". We do have other community leaders in the area who care and I am proud of that. I hope I can put my grieving for the loss of our healthcare system to rest now. Biker.
Several posters have suggested that one recourse is to quit doing business with the Bank Boys' businesses. I see in the county paper that one smart businessman is trying to take advantage of the growing hostility against at least one of the Bank Boys--the one who owns Davenport Energy.
While Mr. Davenport has personally taken to television in an ad campaign to sell his oil and propane, Foster Fuels of Lynchburg has mounted an aggressive challenge in Pittsylvania. In his newspaper ads, Foster is offering free switch-overs PLUS propane at $1.39 a gallon for those who might be "Tired of paying $2 or more per gallon."
That's seems pretty aggressive. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
SCAPEL
REGARDING THE RUMOR ABOUT A FINDERS FEE PAID, SOURCES SAY IT IS NOT A RUMOR AT ALL, THE HOSPITAL BOARD MEMBERS,THE BOYS AT THE BANK WERE PAID A FINDERS FEE OF ABOUT 220,000 EACH,OR A PERCENTAGE FROM THE SALE OF THE HOSPITAL.(220 MILLION)
To the anonymous comment about cash finders' fee:
That is ridiculous to think that anyone would accept a cash "kickback" for selling the hospital. If you were knowledgeable, you would know that is blantantly illegal and I for one do not believe it happened.
What did happen is more a question of judgement: did those in leadership make a decision to sell the hospital for the "right" reasons? Were the reasons selfish (ie would it help my business or my personal income or my bank?); or were they altruistic reasons gone ary (ie let's use the proceeds to do good in the community and if the community does good then so will my personal business/income?).
Whichever reason is factual will be fodder for speculation as long as the consequences of the sale are less than spectacular.
I agree with our host: let's keep this blog on the high road while we discuss matters near and dear to our hearts.
Ahh, Betty Jo...the Board Member above reproach...well, ask her opinion of "the deal"......she did participate...does she, too, have blood on her hands?
etty Jo Foster, EdD
Betty Jo Foster, EdD, lives in Pittsylvania County. She is a professor in addition to serving as chair of the board of the Health System. In 1994, she was named citizen of the year by Pittsylvania County. In 1995 she was named a woman of distinction by the Virginia Skyline Girl Scout Council and received the Leadership Southside Excellence in Leadership award in 2003. She is a past president of the Riverview Rotary Club, a director of the United Way and a past member of the Workforce Investment Board. She was chair of the Danville Regional Medical Center Board of Directors.
The Security Exchange Commission would not allow such transactions as finders' fees for selling out to publicly traded companies. I would be very surprised however, if far in the future we diden't see some locally owned companies sold at very high prices to out of state concerns.Bikers.
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