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rockstar (Anonymous) says…

What is overwhelming to me is that the fire department hasn't done a very good job of educating the public. The attitude of “we will do it whether you like it or not” is the wrong approach. I believe a training facility is necessary. Like any other business, the people who run the business successfully day-to-day are the people best qualified to make the major decisions. But when the decisions involve taxpayer dollars, a little bit more care and concern should go into making the lay person understand. Our community has proven over and over that they will support necessary projects. C'mon fire board - set your egos aside and do your due diligence. A little explanation and a few facts (that don't come from Just The Facts) are what we need.

rockstar (Anonymous) says…

This questions makes the assumption that the VNA even wants the whole building. Without the federal funding they had hoped for, purchasing the old building hasn't even been put on the table as an option.

rockstar (Anonymous) says…

 CindyLou:

I can see the connection that people could draw between the newspaper and an ex-employee working at the hospital, but it takes a lot more than one person. Beyond that, I don't know what the paper could write about the finances beyond what they have already written. There were so many layers of financial review, that it's hard for me to believe it is fishy or a scam … I don't believe that five or six layers of accountants had anything to gain by fudging financials if, in fact, they would end up owning a failing proposition. That remains to be seen and we'll know soon enough.

I think asking the tough questions is the right thing to do and the hospital should be accountabel for answering those. But, as far as I can tell, it doesn't matter what they say, the nay-sayers won't believe it anyway. It's a lose-lose for everyone.

I would like to think that the people working on this project are working hard … the success of this project will determine the success of their careers in a lot of ways. And, some of those administrators - the quality officer is one - have been there for 20+ years.

rockstar (Anonymous) says…

 CindyLou:

First you call for the administration to leave or for changes to be made in administration, and now the changes you asked for start happening and you don't like that either.

You've complained a lot about the doctors in the past, too. I wonder if changes get made there if you'll find a reason for negativity about that, too.

rockstar (Anonymous) says…

I think it's unfortunate that this became headline news when this candidate had to be chased out of his campaigning location on multiple occasions becuase he was campaigning too close to a polling place. Not only that, citizen after citizen was harangued by him near the doors of the mall on election day. The other thing I hope the City considers is the amount of money Reina spent on his campaign. I guess the $500 cap doesn't matter if you don't report it and don't care.

rockstar (Anonymous) says…

 taxslave:

Moffat County never has an accurate census because of reponses like that. Income, family status, age, etc. are important demographics for Moffat County to have its best shot at grant money and funding for programs that reflect our true community.

I don't think it's a conspiracy - I think it's important to actually know what the make-up of our area truly is. Right now, I doubt that illegal aliens are represented accurately, but if everybody's afraid to give any information to the bureau, then we'll continue to live here thinking our Hispanic population is a third of what it really is.

Why do you think it's such an evil project?

rockstar (Anonymous) says…

 Marvin:

You said your experience was several years ago.

The staff may not even be the same and many of the doctors are absolutely not the same.

I agree - one bad healthcare experience can certainly taint a person's viewpoint of a hospital.

But as community members and taxpayers contributing to this project, I think we either need to give them another chance or stop complaining about things that happened in the past. The current staff can't do anything about yesterday … only today and tomorrow.

Everyone can change. I have read what David Moore wrote and I think we owe it to ourselves and to the staff at TMH to let them put their money where their mouth is.

rockstar (Anonymous) says…

 CindyLou:

Call me crazy, but why are you mad at the hospital again? The hospital is reacting to community needs - they said they wanted a family practice, not a sexual assault clinic. The hospital is making the decisions it has to make in order to do what the community is asking them to do - provide doctors for patients.

Maybe you have a solution that's better than what they came up with.

But I am really curious as to what I am missing here. Maybe you can enlighten me - what were the alternatives?

rockstar (Anonymous) says…

Amen citizensforgrowth!

We only get one chance to make a first impression.

Residential eyesores are certainly an area to improve, but I'm not sure that should be the first priority. My understanding is that the City is getting ready to hire (or maybe has) another full-time code enforcement officer to clean up trashy places.

I'm all for residential clean-up, but in my opinion it doesn't do one bit of good to have our neighborhoods look fantastic if newcomers to town can't get past what the drive in looks like.

I know it's easier said than done, but I would rather see us put our money into making the curb appeal of Craig spectacular. Leadership starts at the top - if the City is beautiful, the residents will care more.

I don't have a great solution for how to make it all happen, but I know that I and others would probably be willing to step up and serve in a volunteer role to make necessary changes happen.

rockstar (Anonymous) says…

freeman:
DOLA offers funding for lots of projects. I believe the school district got money for a roof project this year; the county and city have both gotten money to repair roads; fire district gets money for fire trucks; hospital got money for the hospital.
In my opinion, it only makes sense to ask for the money. So we get more new things … I don't think that's such a bad thing, especially since if we - Moffat County - don't apply for funding, then the money gets doled out somewhere else.
I don't see a downside to asking.