Remodeling the hospital is unnecessary

So now- instead of asking the community for 10 million dollars to build a new facility, the hospital is going to invest 5 million dollars that they have in a savings account and ask the community for 6 million dollars to refurbish the old facility.

Ok now the big question. If the new 6 million dollar bond doesn’t pass, will the hospital close? No!

But the 5 million dollars will be used to bring the present facility up to state and federal standards, as they now require.

The standard response to this is that they are attempting to remodel the existing building to meet expected requirements. The...