[Vision2020] Selling Latah Health Services

[J Ford]

Not to be ornery, but what if the County and Gritman don't come to terms and 
Gritman does NOT buy the building?  What if the property just sits there for 
years and years, which property in this town is want to do at times?  What 
then?  What has Moscow/Latah gained?  NOTHING...just an empty building whose 
business went under and not due to anything that Gritman did/did not do.

Again I ask, where was all this concern BEFORE they went down in flames?  
Where was all the concern when at LEAST a year ago rumors that Latah Care 
was not making ends meet?  The families of the people there were warned and 
told that they may and probably should look for other situations for their 
family members...where were all these "concerned citizens" and "friends of 
Latah Health" then?

Sentimentality just really does not have much to do with this - or at least, 
should not.  Things change.  People move on, businesses close down, others 
move in and take over.  ITS CALLED LIFE!

Let's get on with it and let Gritman at least follow-through with their 
intentions to the best of their ability.

J  :]





>From: Craine Kit <kcraine at verizon.net>
>To: vision2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Selling Latah Health Services
>Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:35:21 -0800
>
>My concern is that the property is a wonderful location for
>development. That is a two edged sword.
>
>Side one: the county sells to Gritman for $1. At some time in the
>future, despite Gritman's best current intentions, circumstances make
>sale of the property to a private developer in their best interest.
>The county (i.e. each of us taxpayers) will have given away something
>that could have provided money for other uses (perhaps buying land
>for a new fairgrounds).
>
>Side two: the county decides not to sell to Gritman, instead taking
>the biggest offer (which will probably be far less than market
>value). The building is torn down and the site developed. We, the
>people, lose a place that has more than monetary value.
>
>I'd feel more comfortable with this deal if there is a written
>contract or something in the deed that addressed potential sale of
>the property to the private sector.
>
>Kit Craine
>
>On Jan 4, 2007, at 9:23 PM, Debbie Gray wrote:
>
> > So what are the main complaints against this proposal?
> > That Gritman might change their mind and not provide
> > the services they are intending? That Latah County is
> > somehow going to lose out by letting this happen
> > because....?
> >
> > Too tired to devil's advocate myself,
> >
> > Debbie Gray
> >
> > --- "B. J. Swanson" <bjswan at moscow.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Visionaries,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Gritman Medical Center's Proposal to Purchase and
> >> Letter of Intent regarding
> >> Latah Health Services can be found by visiting
> >> Gritman's website (the front
> >> page) at www.gritman.org <http://www.gritman.org/> ,
> >> and clicking on the
> >> "Proposal to Purchase and Letter to Latah County
> >> Regarding Latah Health
> >> Services" link in the bottom right hand corner.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Gritman will continue to update the website with
> >> more information and plans
> >> as they become available.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thank you.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> B. J. Swanson
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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