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My name is George P. Johnson, and I, too, live in
Statesville but only for twenty-five years. I have never
seen such a dedicated group of people like our hospital
board of trustees, our hospital administrators, our
hospital employees, and our hospital volunteers. I've
never seen people have to work so hard for a worthy cause.
The cause tonight is pretty simple, the people of
Iredell County should have the right to vote on whether
or not the hospitals should have bonds for improvements.
I, for one, do not understand any justifiable reason that
the people should be denied the right to vote on what
clearly concerns them on one of the most basic issues of
their lives and the lives of the families, their own health
care.
We're pleased to have this opportunity to provide
facts and answers to any and all questions about the
hospitals' needs, the amount of money they will borrow and
how the hospitals will pay it back, without a tax increase.
We will spend the next two months taking advantage
of every opportunity like this, but the only reason for
this public hearing is to decide whether the people of
Iredell County should have the right to vote on hospital
improvements, and I still have not heard a single reason
why so many dedicated people should have to work so hard