The Eminent Domain Façade of PPH
The following is taken from the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Board of Education for the Escondido Union School District on October 14, 2004 (less than 3 weeks before the election for Proposition BB). The Minutes are available at:
http://www.eusd4kids.org/board_agds.htm; the particular document is at:
http://www.eusd4kids.org/Board_min/
101404_Board_MN.pdf
Quick Quote from Minutes:
"Proposition BB for Palomar-Pomerado Health.
[Escondido Union School] Board members asked what assurance the hospital could give that the new hospital would stay in Escondido. [Lorie Shoemaker presenting on behalf of PPH] said the hospital board is committed to relocating within Escondido and may have to invoke eminent domain to find the 40 acres they will need."
Lorie Shoemaker is the Chief Nursing Officer for the Palomar Pomerado Health (PPH) District. See her name on the Executive Management Team list for PPH at:
http://www.pph.org/body.cfm?id=187
Longer Quote Version:
"Proposition BB for Palomar-Pomerado Health.
Dr. Caston introduced this presentation. He informed the audience that the Palomar-Pomerado Health Care system is a public entity and eligible to seek a general obligation bond. Laurie Shoemaker, a nurse administrator at Palomar Medical Center, made the presentation on behalf of Palomar-Pomerado Health and the Citizens for Better Health Care in support of Proposition BB. By 2008, all hospitals in California must be seismically compliant, and Palomar Hospital’s original building will be out of compliance. Retrofitting the existing facility is too expensive and would severely reduce patient capacity during the construction, making this an unacceptable option. In addition, this facility handles more than double the patients annually than it was built to accommodate. Pomerado Hospital has likewise outgrown its service area, which is 850 square miles being serviced by both hospital facilities.
Prop. BB is seeking $496 million, which would cost the taxpayer $17.75 per $100,000 assessed value or approximately $50 per year per household for the next 30 years. The money will be used to build a state-of-the-art hospital and trauma center in Escondido, health clinics in Valley Center and Ramona, modernization of existing facilities, and expansion of services.
Board members asked what assurance the hospital could give that the new hospital would stay in Escondido. Laurie said the hospital board is committed to relocating within Escondido and may have to invoke eminent domain to find the 40 acres they will need."
http://www.eusd4kids.org/board_agds.htm; the particular document is at:
http://www.eusd4kids.org/Board_min/
101404_Board_MN.pdf
Quick Quote from Minutes:
"Proposition BB for Palomar-Pomerado Health.
[Escondido Union School] Board members asked what assurance the hospital could give that the new hospital would stay in Escondido. [Lorie Shoemaker presenting on behalf of PPH] said the hospital board is committed to relocating within Escondido and may have to invoke eminent domain to find the 40 acres they will need."
Lorie Shoemaker is the Chief Nursing Officer for the Palomar Pomerado Health (PPH) District. See her name on the Executive Management Team list for PPH at:
http://www.pph.org/body.cfm?id=187
Longer Quote Version:
"Proposition BB for Palomar-Pomerado Health.
Dr. Caston introduced this presentation. He informed the audience that the Palomar-Pomerado Health Care system is a public entity and eligible to seek a general obligation bond. Laurie Shoemaker, a nurse administrator at Palomar Medical Center, made the presentation on behalf of Palomar-Pomerado Health and the Citizens for Better Health Care in support of Proposition BB. By 2008, all hospitals in California must be seismically compliant, and Palomar Hospital’s original building will be out of compliance. Retrofitting the existing facility is too expensive and would severely reduce patient capacity during the construction, making this an unacceptable option. In addition, this facility handles more than double the patients annually than it was built to accommodate. Pomerado Hospital has likewise outgrown its service area, which is 850 square miles being serviced by both hospital facilities.
Prop. BB is seeking $496 million, which would cost the taxpayer $17.75 per $100,000 assessed value or approximately $50 per year per household for the next 30 years. The money will be used to build a state-of-the-art hospital and trauma center in Escondido, health clinics in Valley Center and Ramona, modernization of existing facilities, and expansion of services.
Board members asked what assurance the hospital could give that the new hospital would stay in Escondido. Laurie said the hospital board is committed to relocating within Escondido and may have to invoke eminent domain to find the 40 acres they will need."
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