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answer to their problem, particularly when the population
in Mooresville is on the decrease and in Statesville,
it is on the decrease. Jobs are unavailable, and companies
are closing their doors.
The doctors in Mooresville do not want this project.
They indicated this at a meeting last evening. They asked,
and I join them in asking, and I quote: Is this time
the taxpayers should burden themselves with a potential
tax increase and should we even ask them to even run that
risk now with a terrible economy and a most recent $100
billion federal tax increase.
Unnecessary spending of millions of dollars must stop,
and we can and must begin on the local level, Iredell County.
The least we can hope for from our hospital is that it
pay its own way. Additional unbiased feasibility study
might provide conclusions different from that commissioned
by the hospital board.
I would like to just quote from a letter that Mr.
Nunnery has sent out to the hospital people which I think
is very revealing and should be to you.
"This hospital could easily make $4 million to $5
million a year, if that was our goal."
If they can make $4 to $5 million a year plus the
money they say they already have on hand, why should we
even need a bond? I believe that they are smart enough business
men and women on the board that they can figure out a way
to pay their own way. I say to you as responsible elected
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