Comments on: Assembly looks at wasteful health care district spending

By: RR, Senile Columnist

RR, Senile Columnist — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:35:36 +0000

I’d rather have a committee of garbage men reviewing “waste” in gov’t than a panel of politicos.

By: Lisa Vorderbrueggen

Lisa Vorderbrueggen — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:28:56 +0000

Thanks, Karen. Should be very interesting!

By: Karen Mitchoff

Karen Mitchoff — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:01:26 +0000

Lisa, I will also be speaking on Panel 3 addressing best practices on allocating grant dollars.

By: Elwood

Elwood — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:00:17 +0000

“I don’t hold out much hope for a productive outcome.”

Of course not. It’s the CA leg.

By: Kris Hunt, CoCoTAX

Kris Hunt, CoCoTAX — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:55:46 +0000

I was asked to speak and they are concerned about what can be done to help LAFCO’s regarding these districts. I am confident that if LAFCO had not been afraid of being sued they would have done the right thing and shut MT Diablo Health Care District down. Since MDHCD has a record of litigating (with taxpayer dollars of course) it was a real possibility.

I will proudly be attending this session.

By: JAFO

JAFO — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:32:15 +0000

Scheduled to testify before the Assembly Committee are three health care district representatives, including one from the now totally discredited Mt. Diablo Healthcare District, as well a representative from the Association of California Healthcare Districts. Gosh, I wonder what they’ll have to say? Talk about a stacked deck! The committee chair is the Assemblyman who recently sponsored successful legislation intended to limit the effectiveness of civil grand juries in California because he didn’t like the critical findings of a Sacramento grand jury regarding an agency under his supervision at the time. Ironically, readers may recall that four Contra Costa County grand juries recommended the dissolution of the Mt. Diablo Healthcare District. It’s probably unfair to conclude this in advance of the hearings, but this seems like a whole lot of window dressing. I don’t hold out much hope for a productive outcome.