Measure C Truth Website

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The hospital board's scheme to railroad the voters: Last year the board paid consultants $83,000 to secretly plan an expensive campaign to pass Measure C. Their scheme included springing a special election on the community in hopes of catching any opposition unprepared. The board could have waited two more months for the general election in June. The consultants have pieced together a worse-case scenario to make it appear closing the hospital is a certainty if Measure C fails. The board has ignored all other options--they only want a big, new hospital complex!

The board's deceptive fear tactic that the hospital will close: The board's consultants are propaganda experts that specialize in scare tactics such as "the hospital will close if Measure C loses." Measure C doesn't finance the day-to-day operation of the hospital. In 2002 Sonoma Valley voters passed a parcel tax to subsidize their community hospital. If Measure C fails operating income continues and the hospital remains open.

The board's attempt to conceal the real costs of Measure C:

$148,000,000 principal (widely publicized)
$140,000,000 30 yrs potential interest (not discussed)
$288,000,000 of big debt, more taxes (that's more than 1/4 billion)

If the current small hospital is under utilized then how can we afford to operate a new hospital complex more than twice its size?

The current hospital is on 3.5 acres and the proposed complex would be on 16 acres with a larger hospital, an office complex, and parking facilities.



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