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UPDATE! LAFCO  and the County 

STILL Need to Hear Your Voice!

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The Board voted to donate up to $200,000 before dissolving to a new nonprofit that is being established to support the local Health Action chapter and more. Like everything but the kitchen sink.  Read the draft proposals HERE. 

The one they submitted to the Board just omitted the detail.  Not a single question was asked.

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This is a concern for many reasons. Among them: 

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1.  Use of Measure W funds for general health-related grants was never approved by voters.  

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2. District residents will pay taxes for 14 more years on District debt accumulated over 18 years when the public could not convince the Board that it could not sustain Palm Drive Hospital. There is no extra money

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3. Once the District is dissolved, there is no accountability for those public funds. Let's face it. They aren't accountable now.

 

4. A special Board meeting can be announced at any time with only one day's notice

 

Please continue to watch for meetings until August to tell the Board NO on more spending. Tell them to spend all available money to pay off debt, not for new programs!

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Here are the email addresses of the board:

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Dennis Colthurst -- stsav8r@yahoo.com

Gail Thomas -- poohcornerfarm@comcast.net

Eira Klich-Heartt -- eheartt@icloud.com

Randy Coffman -- randy.coffman@winecountrygroup.com

Richard Power -- richardpower44@gmail.com

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We suggest you also copy the following people:

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Lynda Hopkins--lynda.hopkins@sonoma-county.org

Mark Bramfitt--Mark.Bramfitt@sonoma-county.org

Erick Roeser--Erick.Roeser@sonoma-county.org

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FROM THE
NEWS

June 19, 2020

Sonoma West Times and News

May 19, 2020

Palm Drive will dissolve, but it ain’t over yet ...

Sonoma West Times and News

 

May 12, 2020

Palm Drive board approves resolution to dissolve by July 1

Sonoma West Times and News

 

March 4, 2020

Put a Stake in It

Sonoma West Times and News

 

February 2, 2020

Close to Home: Time for west county health district to disband

The Press Democrat

 

January 30, 2020

Dissolve the District 

Sonoma West Times and News

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January 22, 2020

Time to dissolve the Palm Drive Health Care District

Sonoma West Times and News

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January 22, 2020

Palm Drive blocks release of Measure W legal opinion

Sonoma West Times and News

 

January 22, 2020

More Letters to the Editor 

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January 9, 2020

More Letters to the Editor 

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January 7, 2020

Petition afoot to dissolve Palm Drive Health Care District

Sonoma West Times & News

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January 5, 2020

Letter to the Editor 

Palm Drive Dissolution

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

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December 24, 2019

Letter to the Editor 

Organizations other than the health care district deserve our support

Sonoma West Times and News

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December 19, 2019

What's next for the Palm Drive Health Care District?

Sonoma West Times and News

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December 5, 2019

Health District Sells Hospital 

Sonoma West Times and News 

Why not give $200,000 for public health? 

NO VOTER-APPROVED PURPOSE

NO ACCOUNTABILITY

 

Power blew out all the stops in explaining his no vote.

 

“I have read the Hanson-Bridgett report,” he said, referring to a report the district ordered on the legality of giving grants for public health purposes, “and I think it tells us that we cannot fund this proposal,” Power said.

 

In addition, he said another board member (he didn’t say who) had told him they “‘didn’t give a damn what the report said because the money should be spent this way.’”

 

“That was a pretty shocking statement, but it tells me that in some ways, I’ve been playing against a stacked deck. And so I'm going to vote against this for these reasons,” he said.

  • No Hospital 
    The District sold the hospital to a private, for-profit corporation in December 2019. Our community hospital is gone.
  • No Emergency Room 
    The emergency room has been closed for more than a year, and there are no plans to reopen it.
  • No New Expenditures
    The District is still $20+ million in debt. All Measure W funds should be applied to the debt and 2014 bankruptcy. 

Draft

Proposal to Board as of Tuesday

UPCOMING
BOARD MEETING

Regular Board Meeting 

Monday, July 6, 2020
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