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GEORGE JOHNSON,,STATESVILLE, NC
Mr. Chairman, members of the board, ladies and
gentlemen:
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 have 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 their families, their own
health care.
We are pleased to have this opportunity to provide
facts and answers, 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 few months taking the 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