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seeweed,

It was the "not for profit" hospital that lawyered up and tried to prevent the new hospital from being built.  Meanwhile, the "for profit" entitity is paying taxes to the local government, and operating in the black, while trying to build something that will benefit the whole community. When the whole thing started RegionalCare attempted to buy HKH and form a single entity that would be a regional healthcare center built on the TVA property.  They offered HKH about $35M more than the total debt on the hospital, so the community would have seen a $35M profit and the hospital built on the south side of the river.  Instead HKH and the BoD went to bed with HH and took a $10M line of credit and gave HH first right of refusal if they decided to sale. They continue to fight a battle to keep ECM from building a new hospital north of the river to replace the 60 year old facility (even if it is licensed for 350 beds and now approved for 280).  The current suit is to prevent ANY hospital from being built if you read the court documents. Now they have filed a suit against a local doctor who moved his practice after his contract was up. 

It is not a challenge of the 280 beds, it is a challenge to everything. I used to support HKH's endeavors, but this is total lunacy, and I hope it falls flat on its face.

The people of Colbert county deserve better than what they are getting and what being told. There was much more to the proposed composition of the the two (three when you count Shoals Hospital) entities but it is not worth getting into it here.

Needless to say if the City of Sheffield can spend money putting a lighted sign on the river, and support attempting to stop the building of the hospital, they have plenty of money to go around.  hell, put up three or four more signs, it's just money

Last edited by teyates
Originally Posted by unclegus:

Lets not forget that the Colbert county commission has opposed the hospital be built also. That is just not right!

When election time comes, and these politicians come around asking for your vote, we all need to ask them how they stand on that issue. If they oppose the new hospital, I will tell them in  a heartbeat they will not now, nor will they ever get my vote. How they answer that question can determine the character of that person; is he a greedy self-serving bas**rd, or does he represent the best for the local people.

 

What has the sign being put up got to do with the hospital being built? ECM seems outdated and dirty, so maybe something new is needed. HK is the same old H/K. Slow and steady. Sheffield lost out years ago. They have no place to grow and nothing to attrack new business. Empty buildings, vacant lots, don't do much to encourage new tenants/

I hate to think this but it smacks of an in-yer-face to Florence attempt by somebody nuts and Ian wasn’t thinking when he agreed. The River Front is a long way from Florence and it would encourage a thought of turning right into disaster on submerged boulders. Anyone traveling the river knows all about the Shoals. The Shoals is well advertised in many publications from brochures to hardback books and does not exclude Sheffield.           If I was Sheffield I would seriously consider hiring NashBama to talk to nasty building owners. Possibly Sheffield Power & Light owns some ROW at Woodward, 133 and second street. Those two places are where Sheffield needs a sign not on the river.

UNA runs a shuttle to downtown Florence for students at night. If there is something worth-while at night in Sheffield that is a possibility.

Reopen the “Grant Hotel” put some game machines down stairs, a nice restaurant, some music with floosy waitresses dressed in bunny outfits and you won’t need a sign on the river.

Bill could come back and run it.

Originally Posted by pooh's dad:

What has the sign being put up got to do with the hospital being built? ECM seems outdated and dirty, so maybe something new is needed. HK is the same old H/K. Slow and steady. Sheffield lost out years ago. They have no place to grow and nothing to attrack new business. Empty buildings, vacant lots, don't do much to encourage new tenants/

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ECM dirty?

 

Come ON! They have an admirable record for infection control, the most significant index  of hospital hygiene.

 

Where you comin' up with this snide comment from? You from Shurfiel'?

Originally Posted by Quaildog:
Originally Posted by Contendah:

What ever happened to the grandiose plan that surfaced a few years back--that plan for a resorty golf course in Shurfiel'?

they are fighting the new hospital with the money that would have built the golpfh course.

 

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Worse than that, they are fighting the new hospital with money that in the end will have been used to the detriment of the whole area if they succeed, or just plain wasted if they don't.

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