Scheduled for Nov. 18th at 3:00 PM in the hospital’s Stager Conference Center, the public will be allowed up to five minutes per person for public questions and comments, according to Director of Communications John Lines. Lines said the main topics will be Electronic Medical Records, LGH’s Financial Position, Performance, and Quality Goals.
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LETTER: Disillusionment may lead to violence
I am hearing more and more people on the progressive side of issues talking about resistance and violence (and we have seen the threat of violence on the right in the Tea Party and people bringing guns to presidential town halls). More and more Americans see the avenues of change — elections, legislatures, courts and media — as dominated by concentrated corporate power so significantly that they no longer work.
If in Illinois, LGH might not qualify for exemption from real estate taxes
Lancaster General Health, a 501(c) 3 Public Charity, seeks to conceal its failure to bestow but a tiny percentage (usually less than 4%) of its average $100 million earnings by claiming that services provided below cost to patients quality as charity. This is patently incorrect because, rather than gifts, such losses are simply expenses incurred prior to profits or ‘Surplus.’
Karzai wants U.S. to reduce military operations in Afghanistan
From the WASHINGTON POST: President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday that the United States must reduce the visibility and intensity of its military operations in Afghanistan and end the increased U.S. Special Operations forces night raids that aggravate Afghans and could exacerbate the Taliban insurgency.
SUNDAY NEWS
“HANG TOGETHER … or hang separately when it comes to making the sacrifices needed to put our economy back in order. Will we become selfless or remain selfish?” Is the lead to an editorial. The editors go on to observe: “Last week in Washington, the Obama administration’s deficit reduction commission prescribed harsh medicine to cure America’s fiscal illness: higher Social Security taxes and lower benefits for people who earn more, an increase in the retirement age, reductions in Medicare, elimination of the mortgage interest deduction and child tax credit.”
Give hyperbole, partisanship a rest
From POLITICO.COM: Jon Stewart’s “Rally for Sanity” challenged extremists of all stripes this past weekend. The crude attempts by pundits and politicians on the fringes of the left and the right to stir up fear among viewers have made these carnival barkers wealthy and powerful — but Stewart believes the process has brought harm to America.
Fear of jihad driving Christians from Iraq
From USA TODAY: Priest Wasseem Sabeeh was halfway through Sunday Mass, in Our Lady of Salvation in Baghdad, when an explosion shook the church. Suddenly men with guns yelling Islamic prayers burst into the church. They fired at the priests, congregants, even murals of Mary and the saints…
How Obama Saved Capitalism and Lost the Midterms
“An apology is due Barack Obama,” wrote The Economist, which had opposed the $86 billion auto bailout. As for Government Motors: after emerging from bankruptcy, it will go public with a new stock offering in just a few weeks, and the United States government, with its 60 percent share of common stock, stands to make a profit. Yes, an industry was saved, and the government will probably make money on the deal — one of Obama’s signature economic successes…”
Alaska Tea Party candidate beaten by write-in candidate?
According to NewsMax.com, “Here’s a breakdown of votes counted in the Alaska Senate race, as of the end of counting Wednesday:
Total number of votes for GOP nominee Joe Miller: 81,195
Total write-in votes to be counted: 92,528
USA TODAY
“Obama panel recommends $200B in spending cuts”: The leaders of President Obama’s fiscal commission are recommending up to $200 billion a year in domestic and defense spending cuts from the federal budget, much of it by shrinking the size and freezing the pay of the federal workforce.
LETTER: Kill Crazy People?
This past Saturday afternoon, Robert Neill, Jr. 61 died at the hands of police. The Vietnam era vet, was a widow, father of three grown children and grandfather of 9 (according to newspapers accounts).
Neil called the police to his home for help for what’s reported to be neighbors harassing him.
PAM faculty present a chamber music soiree this Saturday
Come hear a varied lineup of 18th-21st century selections presented by PAM’s distinguished faculty, and enjoy wine and refreshments in the beautiful setting of the Iris Club. Tickets are $10 and available at the door. The Iris Club is located at 323 North Duke St. in Lancaster. Concert time is 7:30 PM. For more info, call 717.399.9733.
Unusually reflective Bush gives his side of the story
From USA TODAY: This isn’t the George W. Bush who couldn’t come up with an answer when he was asked during a 2004 White House news conference to name his biggest mistake. Almost two years after leaving office, the former president readily lists his mistakes. He recites a litany of errors in an interview and in his new book, Decision Points: He didn’t act swiftly enough after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
LETTER: What if austerity turns into a crisis?
With the purposefully (or ignorantly) misplaced, “mad as hell”, Tea Party ascendancy, together with the partisan channeled anger of conservatives and disappointed liberals, the Republican Party has succeeded in advancing its cause. If I thought for a moment that their success would be good for ordinary folks (70% of us) I would be the first in line to joyfully shake their hands.