Danville Register and Bee editorial
Sunday, August 5, 2007
One of Danville’s newest residents, Karl Stauber, started his new job as president and CEO of the Danville Regional Foundation this week wondering how the catastrophic collapse of an Interstate highway bridge in his old hometown is affecting life there.
Stauber is in the process of moving from Minneapolis, where a mammoth bridge over the Mississippi River collapsed during rush hour this week. Stauber’s wife is still living in the Twin Cities, but she wasn’t harmed in the incident.
Unexpected catastrophic events challenge communities. Some of them are able to shake off tragedy and loss, while others have a tougher time coming to grips with what has happened to them.
In many ways, that describes Danville today. The city has a lot of assets, but it has also lost a lot of its former identity. Complicating matters for Stauber is the controversial founding of the Danville Regional Foundation.
The foundation was formed with $200 million LifePoint Hospitals Inc. paid for Danville Regional Medical Center two years ago. The board of directors that sold the hospital became the founding board members of the foundation. That ignited a controversy that continues to this day.
To his advantage, Stauber is aware of the situation he has come into. To his credit, he appears willing to work hard to help the foundation use its assets - estimated to be approximately $10 million per year - to advance the health, education and welfare of the people of Danville, Pittsylvania County and Caswell County, N.C.
In all likelihood, the way the Danville Regional Foundation started - and the problems experienced at Danville Regional Medical Center over the past two years - will continue to follow Dr. Bob Ashby, James A. Motley, Richard Barkhouser, Ben Davenport and Charles Majors. It’s a problem between those five men and what is, in all likelihood, a fairly large segment of the community.
But the Danville Regional Foundation has the kind of community-changing resources that can easily outlive the controversy over the foundation’s birth. A year ago, the foundation gave $2 million to build a senior community center in Yanceyville, N.C.; $3 million to Chatham Cares Inc. to build a community center in Chatham; $9.7 million to Danville Community College to build a health sciences center; and $1.7 million to the Danville-Pittsylvania Regional Industrial Facility Authority for a research building in the Cyber Park.
Those grants, totaling $16.4 million, were made to settle a dispute with the IRS. Once the Danville Regional Foundation starts making annual grants, it’s expected to spend $10 million per year - a staggering $100 million over the course of a decade.
How will the projects funded with that money - over time - change this community? Many local people have longed for positive change. The Danville Regional Foundation is one way to bring about those positive changes.
“I’m excited about the opportunities here,” Stauber said this week. “I think right now Danville is an undiscovered secret.”
Stauber’s extensive background should help the Danville Regional Foundation find and support vital community-changing projects.
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"What can money do?"
It can do a whole lot, without ever touching the original $200M.
Last year, the foundation received returns on investment and interest to the tune of almost $13M.
So, you can spend (sorry, grant) $10M per year without ever touching the original $200M...and put several million in the bank.
And, don't forget, the foundation is a 501(c)(3)
http://www.danvilleregionalfoundation.org/DRF2006AuditReport.pdf
http://www.danvilleregionalfoundation.org/financials.html
If the foundation is to "improve the health, welfare and education of residents of Caswell County, NC and Pittsylvania County and the City of Danville, VA.", why is there no board representation from Caswell County?
Does "welfare" and "education" extend into the realm of economic development?
If so, imagine what could be done to improve the pool of available workers in the area through retraining, supplemental education, drug programs and infrastructure with just a fraction of this money.
Welcome to Danville, Mr Stauber.
We ask that you use intelligence and compassion to create some real change in this region. There's not much we can do about the sale of the hospital it seems, but I for one hope that you can create some real momentum for our region out of the fortune created by the sale.
The assets that you are in charge of could truly transform this region on so many fronts if only a fraction of it were channeled in the right direction.
SE
Why would we accept only a fraction of the money channeled in the right direction?
Imagine what could happen if ALL of the money was going in the right direction!
HMMMM...Now be careful here;
Are you saying the 200 million generated by the sale of our floundering NONPROFIT hospital to a for profit company might actually be a good thing for our community?
Uh-OH
That's not your usual song.
What happened to your stance that taking our money back and running those big bad for profit people out of town using whatever means you see fit- leaving us with no more foundation and only God knows who running our hospital (IF it even survives your attacks intact) is what is best for our community?
Stauber has been selected by the Boys at the Bank. Period. He is their flunkie. Period. What more do you need to know? May God help us all.
The strategy we will see being carried out by Staub is simple--whether or not he is sharp enough to realize it. These guys who hijacked the hospital--Ashby, Motley, Davenport, Majors and Barkhouser--stand disgraced in their communities. The emperors have no clothes. The people closest to them laugh behind their backs and express contempt.
But Handing out $10 million a year is a chance for them to redeem themselves. As proven bullies, they will trade the grants from our $200 million foundation in return for the pretence of goodwill. Your group will have to pay obeisance to these guys if you want money for your group.
These guys, called Bank Boys by some, have as their God nothing but money. They believe that money will buy anything. And they will use our money to attempt redemption in our community, while at the same time funneling the really big bucks into their private pet projects like the Institute--or giving money to groups being used as conduits to fund the institute. (If you think the colossal mess they made in the hospital deal is bad, imagine the desperation of these same guys should their Institute keep spinning its wheels uselessly.)
No reason to criticize Mr. Stauber. He's a fellow trying to make a few bucks like the rest of us. Keep your eyes on Motley, Barkhouser, Davenport, Ashby and Majors. They are desperate to regain some measure of respectability before signing off from the wreckage they have created in our community.
What I resent is that the American National Bank people, who sold us down the river and got all the money, and have refused ever to admit they are wrong, would go to Minnesota to hire a man to give out our money. It again shows their contempt for all of us that no one here is fit for a high pay job like that.
What a bunch of bullies and losers.
Relax. What's new? How much are they paying Stauber? While you're at it, what are we paying all the Bank Boys' friends and neighbors they have on the staff?
"SE, Why would we accept only a fraction of the money channeled in the right direction?
Imagine what could happen if ALL of the money was going in the right direction!
HMMMM...Now be careful here;
Are you saying the 200 million generated by the sale of our floundering NONPROFIT hospital to a for profit company might actually be a good thing for our community?
Uh-OH
That's not your usual song."
Yup...same song, different verse.
I've been paying attention long enough to know that ALL of the money isn't going to get channeled in the right direction. I am an optimist, but a realist at the same time. Let's call it "cautiously optimistic".
Up til now, there has been no mention of how much would be coming back to the community annually through grants. The only money coming out was when the foundation got pinged by the IRS and had to disburse.
In today's editorial, we hear $10M per year. That's a lot of dough, especially for organizations that are used to begging for grants of $5K, $25K, and $100K.
Take a look at the Harvest Foundation in Martnsville. They seem to get it. A lot of money is spent on community, cultural and economic development.
http://www.theharvestfoundation.org/
It can be done.
I hope that Mr. Stauber's background will allow for the kind of visionary strategic planning that this will take. Yes, I'm sure there are pet projects to be taken care of, but there is still a legacy to be created here.
Just as an FYI...when thinking about this money and economic development...does anyone know how many people the average new company (I'm talking manufacturing/service here) has to screen and interview in order to hire one person?
The average rate is 5-8%...that's right, only 5-8 out of 100 applicants are ready to be interviewed, have marketable skills and are drug free.
So just imagine how many people you would have to screen in order to hire 200 or 300 to work in your factory.
And once those people get screened out, who is there to help them get the skills they need to be marketable (or clean up their drug use)?
So, I'll start the conversation about the foundation....just from that fact above, can you start mentally making a list of the things that could be done to improve Danville's standing when it comes to recruiting new industries?
Up until April, everyone's favorite sport was beating up on Ron Bunch and the city for the jobs that were attracted here. If you understood that employers had to talk to 20 people for every one that they could hire, what would you do about it if you had money that could be granted out for community improvement programs?
The thing to be most worried about is that the same people who have made the horrendous mess of eeconomic development thus far--low-wage jobs cancelling out other low-wage jobs--are the same people who are in charge of the $200 million. As long as those guys are behind it, you will see more of the same. These people are not imaginative or creative. They are money-men, good at selling gas and cars and picking up garbage. Just look at the whole Institute idea--a tired clone of what worked a quarter-century ago without a new creative strategy in sight. Sorry to sound negative, but I'be been watching this for a long time.
So how is it that the Martinsville area has success with the Harvest Foundation?
i think because Martinsville had already been destroyed by money hungry goons,,,,,no place to go but up.
The Harvest Foundation helped hugely with their "New College," which our region needs about as much as it needs a new shopping center.
Or, you could say, is needed about as much as we needed this Institute that will be sucking all our money out of the Foundation.
We all know the following facts:
Our excellent community hospital has been thrown to the winds and will never be back. We know exactly who caused this to happen, and I personally agree with every denunciation of the five men who did it. Those men remain totally in charge of the money they got for selling the hospital, and they intend to hand it out as they see fit.
I doubt that anyone here would disagree with those facts.
Now, the future. It gets us no where in a hurry to start beating up on Karl Stauber. If you spend a few minutes on Google, you will see that he has successfully operated foundations far more significant than this one. He has huge strikes against him simply because he has been hired and blessed by those who have committed terrible wrongs against us all. But it is not fair to denounce him by association.
If Mr. Stauber will recognize the profound limitations of the men who have hired him, and act accordingly, something good could come from this. He needs to understand that these men are not well educated and that any wisdom they exhibit is backed up not by knowledge but by some of the lower instincts. These men are technicians who have succeeded in various ways when it comes to money. I suspect they would all have starved in any competitive situation outside of a small, rural area like ours. For example, when they realized they could not run our community hospital, they were too arrogant to step aside so others could; instead, they cashed it in, turned it into money ("monetized" it, to use their term when they did it), sold out and thus created one of the worst situations a community could experience.
Mr. Stauber needs to know what he faces. Perhaps the most debilitating flaw in their characters is old fashioned hubris, a lust for power and control over others. Mr. Stauber needs to make it clear he understands this in dealing with them. He must use his skills to see them as the community sees them.
If Mr. Stauber simply falls into executing their games to reward pet projects like the Institute and others, he will lose credibility immediately. He need look no further north than Chatham, or south to Yanceyville, for examples of truly absurd uses of our foundation money in the community centers, especially the $3.5 million one Ben Davenport is building in front of his office in Chatham.
I think we should all wish Mr. Stauber well and hope that he brings with him a strength that will help our community instead of giving us more of what we have suffered with for so long.
I would feel better about this new foundation if those five who sold the hospital were removed from that board. Until that time, there remains an ugly stain on anything the foundation does and all decisions are suspect.
Amen.
If these American National people had a shred of integrity in their souls, they would step down. Since selling our hospital in the dark of night and pocketing the money for their own pet projects, these so-called former community leaders have never expressed one word of apology or regret. They have never made a move to help this community as it struggled with the horrors of dealing with LifePoint, a situation that will only get worse.
I don't know but one thing about Stauber, and that is that he is part and parcel of these creeps who sold us down the river. They hired him to do their bidding. And he WILL, or he'll be long gone.
Wake up folks!
I have seen many references to "the institute".
What exactly is it?
Can we get back to the hospital? My family is dependant on it in several ways. Is it true that Lifepoint has confidential plans to reduce us down to a facility about half the present size? We must have warning.
I don't think some of yall have any idea what its like. I can get a job in Greensboro, but I lose money putting gas in my old car. I could get a newer fuel-eficent car, but that's a huge expense for me. So I am trying to balance taking the Greesboro job against getting a newer car against getting fired from Danville Regional in a big cut-back.
I try to keep up with this web, but sometimes what yall write about shows you don't have a clue about the real world most of us live in.
Please tell us whats going on. You are the only hope for knowing anything because I know from whats happened that Lifepoint twists the truth every time they open thier mouth.
The Institute is a steel-and-glass monument to nonsense created by the people who sold the hospital as a tribute to themselves. It's sort of a wannabe think tank, though no one knows what they do except to spend millions of public dollars (including money from the hospital sale). They pay big salaries to a lot of out-of-towners while the rest of us are known as "low-hanging fruit" willing to work for some of the worst wages in the country.
You will never hear anything good about the Institute except from the people getting money from them, but my favorite description is this:
"It's a solution looking for a problem."
That's about right.
The Institute is a part of the Legacy of Failure by the Boys at the Bank. In their greed, they always do what's best for them--and damn the rest of us. Hospital. Institute. Destruction of the Long Mill properties. On and on. It's so sick that I can't wait to get out of this awful town.
Yes, we deserve to know if we are about to be reduced as a hospital. How do you find out something about that? I've heard the same rumors. I can work elsewhere, but my family situation is such that it would be very, very hard on others if i spent several hours a day commuting.
Can anyone help?
The "ways" that Lifepoint has helped destruct Danville sounds so much like Somerset, Kentucky and how Lifepoint manipulates the "systems" (plural). Some of the routing of the funds is a little different but the outcome is the same.
The corruption is overwhelming and links to state authorities as a safety net for themselves. Attempts to abolish the state enforced CON have kept us in the same web of destruction. A destruction that feeds off of lack of quality healthcare, quality leadership, quality education, quality industry, quality jobs. Its the same "money control" that continues to destruct. We've even had a large church to split from the same core of destruction!
The same "show" for community good which only revolves back to themselves. It's almost like what Danville is going through are things that Somerset has been fighting for some time.
At one time, we had a non-profit hospital ready to come into Somerset, from a larger-less rural city. Our doctors had taken a private vote on the matter. They voted 70% for another hospital. There were meetings, etc. on the matter. Petitions were circulated. Thousands of names compiled. The matter was brought to the attention of the governor. THEN, he rewrote the CON requirements to make it virtually impossible for another hospital to come into our community-by stating that the entire regional compilation of hospitals would have to be proven unnacceptable (in every surrounding county).
The drive for the elderly and income bound population for a regional facility 1 1/2 hours. (Remember Lifepoint doesn't transport) Many elderly cannot see well enough, and income bound people cannot afford to make the longer trips. Compassionate neighbors are busy working-have difficulty taking off work regularly to help them get back and forth to doctors visits out of town. Some nurses commute to other facilities to work, but gas prices and auto upkeep are a concern. The suppressed economic impact in these communities is like a slow eating cancer.
The impact that Lifepoint is having in these rural American communities is devastating across the board. The movie "Sicko" (although I have only been able to see the reviews) must have been written on towns just like these.
American National Bank .....hmmm...I can again link the ties.
Remember this though, "They will reap what they sew" in the long run.
Excellent points, Scalpel.
"The "ways" that Lifepoint has helped destruct Danville sounds so much like Somerset, Kentucky..."
Speaking of Somerset, did anyone ever get any information from the poster on the topix.net discussion board that used the name "IHCCConsortium"? It seemed as though they were located in Somerset and referred to having some interesting information about Lifepoint. There is very little coverage in the news about that hospital, but comments made on various boards suggest that their ride with LPNT hasn't been as rosy as some have suggested on this board.
Has anyone stopped to think that 10 million dollars a year for an indefinate period of time could influence positively the negative decline this community has experienced over the last decade? this is a good thing. give this man a chance. I have been frustrated that this foundaiton has yet to provide impact..i.e. the last bequests were given in response to the IRS demands. but possibly bringing in this man to help will be the start of great things for this foundation. I do agree that the animosity and lack of trust between the community and "bank boys" suggests the only way to build bridges is to first remove these individuals from any piece of the money or control. But this man Mr. Stauber just got here..give him a chance.
"Has anyone stopped to think that 10 million dollars a year for an indefinate period of time could influence positively the negative decline this community has experienced over the last decade?"
Yes, that was generally the direction of the posts above.
The question is how much influence Stauber has over conducting a real community needs assessment rather than inheriting marching orders for pet projects to be funded.
This is a great first step to revitalization.
What's the truth about reducing the size of Danville Regional?
We really need to know. Any hints here, and we might be able to get ahead of the misery.
Why don't we all pose the question to DRMC via their new web site? I'd be surprised if they offered an honest answer, but I think hearing from so many of us may push the issue.
Here's the link:
http://www.danvillenewsandviews.com/
Click on "ask drmc" at the bottom of the page.
From a post above:
"I would feel better about this new foundation if those five who sold the hospital were removed from that board."
I couldn't agree more! I wonder if there's a way to discuss their foundation board positions with the Attorney General's office as a conflict of interest?
Anyone know?
I just posed the question on the ASK DRMC site. I'm doubtful there's any factual basis for the report. Still, reports like that need to be clarified.
Can't you lay off painting these guys from the bank as monsters? Of course they made terrible mistakes. Many of us in this town are their victims. Of course they are unrepentant. But they are not monsters. Generally, they have never lived anywhere but here, and their horizons and education are very limited. But I cannot believe that any one of them intended to bring down such agony on our community.
Inept? Perhaps. Evil? Never.
This blog would have greater credibility if you quit demonizing them.
Nobody is demonizing those guys. They have quite nicely demonized themselves forevermore.
They made a deal with the devil and they knew it . A 10 min internet search clearly demonstrates the inept confrontational bullying and greedy nature of lifepoint.The blame for selling out lies fully on them, the blame for bully tactics lies with lifepoint.
Several blogsters have spoken of sending this blog address on to other cities that might be suffering under LifePoint. Here is a list for your convenience. Or you can go to LifePoint's home page for the specific addresses.
This is a chance to be helpful to your fellow man.
Alabama:
Andalusia, Andalusia Regional Hospital
Haleyville, Lakeland Community Hospital
Russellville, Russellville Hospital
Selma, Vaughan Regional Medical Center
Winfield, Northwest Medical Center
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Arizona:
Lake Havasu City, Havasu Regional Medical Center
Ft. Mohave, Valley View Medical Center
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California:
Needles, Colorado River Medical Center
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Colorado:
Fort Morgan, Colorado Plains Medical Center
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Florida:
Palatka, Putnam Community Medical Center
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Indiana:
Knox, Starke Memorial Hospital
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Kansas:
Dodge City, Western Plains Medical Complex
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Kentucky: Georgetown, Georgetown Community Hospital
Lebanon, Spring View Hospital
Mayfield, Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Maysville, Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Paris, Bourbon Community Hospital
Russellville, Logan Memorial Hospital
Somerset, Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital
Versailles, Bluegrass Community Hospital
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Louisiana:
Eunice, Acadian Medical Center
LaPlace, River Parishes Hospital
Minden, Minden Medical Center
Morgan City, Teche Regional Medical Center
Opelousas, Doctors' Hospital
Ville Platte, Ville Platte Medical Center
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Mississippi:
Cleveland, Bolivar Medical Center
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Nevada:
Elko, Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital
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New Mexico:
Los Alamos, Los Alamos Medical Center
Las Cruces, Memorial Medical Center
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Tennessee:
Athens, Athens Regional Medical Center
Lawrenceburg, Crockett Hospital
Livingston, Livingston Regional Hospital
Pulaski, Hillside Hospital
Winchester, Southern Tennessee Medical Center /
Emerald-Hodgson Hospital
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Texas:
Ennis, Ennis Regional Medical Center
Palestine, Palestine Regional Medical Center
Mexia, Parkview Regional Hospital
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Utah:
Price, Castleview Hospital
Vernal, Ashley Valley Medical Center
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Virginia:
Danville, Danville Regional Medical Center
Martinsville, Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County
Richlands, Clinch Valley Medical Center
Wytheville, Wythe County Community Hospital
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West Virginia:
Beckley, Raleigh General Hospital
Logan, Logan Regional Medical Center
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Wyoming:
Lander, Lander Valley Medical Center
Riverton, Riverton Memorial Hospital
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Who is the guy squiring Karl Stauber around? Is that Art Doloreco???? I thought we got rid of that guy a month ago. Or is he just forgotten but not gone???
Good question. Same thing went through my mind, though I never got a real close-up look at Deloresco. If it is him, why in the world would the Bank Boys send him around with their new step-n-fetchit Stauber?
No way it's Doloresco. But it could be Ashby or Davenport??? Or Motley? Or even Barkhouser or Majors?
But not Doloresco.
Anything new on this talk about sharply reducing the size of DRMC? Wouldn't that be the easiest way for LifePoint to get things running their way? And they could blame it all on the people of Danville who took their business elsewhere?
Why would that NOT be a logical move at this point?
Thanks for the list now if we move we know where not to go.
Let us know when they will be downsizing there are still a few jobs left around us.
I wonder just how Lifepoint's "turkey of a stock" will do this week? They won't take it very lightly if it continues to drop, guess we should look for more jobs.
Just trying to stay realistic. Sometimes hard to tell what is a turkey call and what isn't.
When will we know whether they will down size Danville Regional?
The executive team just returned from their week long trip to Tennessee today. Maybe we will get an answer to our questions on the DRMC site today. If I get a response, I will post it here.
Here's Lifepoint's official answer on whether a downsizing is in the works for Danville Regional:
"There are no plans to downsize DRMC. Rather, there are plans to continue to increase services at DRMC with the expansion on the sixth floor, the purchase of a linear accelerator and additional diagnostic equipment. We appreciate your question and will post the question and this response on the News & Views website so others may be aware of it."
Questions asked and answered...from the "news and views website":
"Why was the Danville Regional executive team in Nashville last week? To discuss downsizing at DRMC?
The Danville Regional Medical Center leadership team was in Tennessee, along with their counterparts from all of the company’s hospitals, to attend the annual operations meeting. There are no plans to downsize DRMC. Rather, there are plans to continue to increase services at DRMC with the expansion on the sixth floor, the purchase of a linear accelerator and additional diagnostic equipment."
Just FYI...LifePoint holds an operations meeting every January and July...usually the last week of the month. ALL senior teams are in Nashville. Nothing to fret over!
"ALL senior teams are in Nashville. Nothing to fret over! "
A very good point that it's nothing to fret over. I think the fact that many did start fretting over it only proves the corporate culture that is in place. When worry/fear settles in, then people look for any reason to justify it (closed door meetings, off site meetings, etc).
Back in the not-for-profit days, there were regular board and management retreats off-site. No one fretted over them...they were expected.
Maybe this sort of thing should be part of the ongoing communication between senior management and employees. Something like "Dear team. The senior managers held our semi-annual meeting at corporate in Nashville last week. Here are the things we discussed...."
Imagine how well a little transparency would go over.
Transparency is not a word these folks know.
Karl Stauber's last reported salary was $265,456, so I guess we are paying him more than that.
That tells you he's really top flight. Maybe he can do something.
Interesting reading, written by Mr. Stauber.
http://www.nwaf.org/Content%5CFiles%5CRC01Stau.pdf
Mr. Stauber's previous post...
http://www.nwaf.org/default.aspx
Explore the site...he has been involved with a powerful foundation creating significant change.
Perhaps there is hope...
1st post: "Karl Stauber's last reported salary was $265,456, so I guess we are paying him more than that."
2nd post:"That tells you he's really top flight. Maybe he can do something."
To the second post.Salary is in NO way indicative of ability or worth.
The lifepoint leeches and CxO's/consultants in general rarely ,if ever, produce anything even remotely close to the obscene salaries that they suck out of economy every day.
Danville has been plagued with "Let's hire a consultant" for decades and it has gotten us NO where.
Man, you got that right!
So, what can money do?
What should it do?
"Danville has been plagued with "Let's hire a consultant" for decades and it has gotten us NO where."
Amen...word...and true dat!!!
Just look at what Mr. Pryor produced for a figure that is 1/10 what you are saying Stauber's salary will be. Seriously, $25K for the citizens commission consultant report?
Give me a break.
Stauber's bio...pretty impressive credentials...
http://programs.nwaf.org/pr/nwaf/info/Bios.asp
So are most of the temp labor credentials that lfpnt hires. when it comes to work the paper doesn't usually match the output, consultants historically are a money pit.Some of the MDs aren't admitting to certain floors due to this.
My cousin works for Carolinas Health Syetem and told me they work with a consultant called Studer Group. She said they've made all the difference in the world. Better place to work she said. Call lights have dropped out of sight. Anyone heard of them?
Long before LifePoint, DRMC brought in the Studer group.......the guys at DRMC then thought it cost toooo much and thought it was successful for a period of time,but we let it fall by the wayside.
I met Dr. Stauber. Sorry, but my strong impression is that he'll be white meat for the Bank Boys. He seems okay, but I fear he will try to "reason" with them which takes us down the same old road.
Come on. Once the Bank Boys start handing out hundreds of little grtants to pave the way for the huge grants to the institute, all of you yackers will come to love the Bank Boys again. That's what they are counting on.
I wish you would shut up and run for poublic office if you kn0w so much.
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