After four attempts over a six week period, all sent to John Lines, Director of Public Relations and Communications, Lines has responded with the day and date of the Lancaster General Health “open” meeting which is Nov. 18th at 3:00 p. m.
Contrary to the evidence, Lines would have us believe he had not received the message but, having learned via the NewsLanc web site, had responded on September 9th.
Here is Lines communication of September 19th:
Mr. Field,
I am following up on my email sent to you on Sept. 9, which said: I noticed on your website that you would like to know the date and time of the annual Open Meeting of the Lancaster General Hospital Board of Trustees. It will be held Nov. 18, beginning at 3 p.m., at Lancaster General Hospital. As we do every year, we will advertise the Open Meeting in Lancaster Newspapers, at least a month before the meeting.
Sorry for the delay in a reply, but we did not receive your emails. To avoid any future delay, feel free to call me anytime at the office: 717-544-5054 or my cell phone: 717-468-8303.
Thank you.
John Lines
All four e-mails from Field to Lines were addressed to [email protected], the same return address on Line’s message above.
Lines’ above message was sent at 5:56 PM on Sunday, September 19, just forty-three minutes after he was sent a fourth request.
Neither NewsLanc or Field have recollection of a September 9th message from Lines, not does one appear under “New” or “Old” messages.
Tom Beeman, President of LGH, was copied by NewsLanc on three of the messages to Lines.
The whole episode appears representative of ongoing spin and dissembling by an organization that, despite being a public charity, acts with impunity and without transparency.
What’s bizarre is why LGH would ever bother responding to you. Or that you would email LGH four times and request the same information. You do realize that you and LGH claim to have not received each other’s emails, right?