[Vision2020] Gritman aims to oust Swanson

[Janesta]

Thanks for sharing, Tom.. I was curious as to what was going on.

On Jul 3, 2017 11:17 AM, "Darrell Keim" <keim153 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not surprising.  I'm not passing judgement on her claims RE Gritman.
> Right or wrong, she took issues outside of the board and has caused Gritman
> to lose face in the community.  It was nearly inevitable they
> would consider censure.
>
> I wish all parties the best as they move forward maintaining Gritman as a
> healthy and vital community resource.
>
> On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 12:45 AM, Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Courtesy of today's (July 3, 2017) Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
>>
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>>
>> Gritman aims to oust SwansonLongtime board chair planning to resign first
>>
>> Kara Besst, Gritman Medical Center CEO, has called a private meeting of
>> the 40-member general board of the community nonprofit and is asking them
>> to remove former board chair BJ Swanson from all her board positions.
>>
>> Swanson was board chair for about 16 years, before being replaced last
>> year by Greg Kimberling. She has been critical of the way he has been
>> handling two major conflicts of interest after taking over the chair.
>> Recently, she was also removed as an officer of the 10-member board of
>> directors.
>>
>> Kimberling is the broker for Gritman's hazard insurance policies, and his
>> sister owns Sprenger Construction Inc., the hospital's favored contractor
>> for several years.
>>
>> Besst's email - calling the meeting for 5:30 p.m. July 12 at Gritman -
>> was sent Friday evening.
>>
>> Swanson said Sunday by email that she was writing her resignation from
>> the board.
>>
>> "I can't compete with the money and expensive attorneys hired by Gritman
>> and am working on my letter of resignation," she wrote in an email to a
>> general board member Sunday morning. "I no longer want to be associated
>> with the Gritman Board and Administration's raping of the community to
>> enrich just a few individuals."
>>
>> "The request is following allegations by BJ Swanson against Mr.
>> Kimberling," Besst wrote Friday. "The Board has investigated the
>> allegations on several occasions and, each time, has concluded that the
>> allegations are unwarranted.
>>
>> "Instead of accepting the Board's decisions, Ms. Swanson chose to
>> publicly disparage Chair Kimberling, the Gritman Board, and Gritman
>> Leadership, and, in the process, has undermined the public's trust and
>> confidence in GMC."
>>
>> Some members of the 10-person board of directors listened to both Swanson
>> and Kimberling state their positions at a meeting Tuesday, Besst said. Then
>> all those present voted to support Kimberling. Besst's email did not say
>> they had voted to remove Swanson.
>>
>> A general board member who asked not to be named questioned whether the
>> general board had any authority under its by-laws to remove a member of the
>> board of directors.
>>
>> Another general board member reacted strongly Saturday evening. Sharon
>> Harris of Kendrick has been a critic of the way Greg Mann, another
>> Kimberling critic, was removed from the board of directors recently in
>> favor of Steve Busch, who had not previously been associated with Gritman.
>>
>> "Should we not address my concern over the way the last election was held
>> before we stack another election on top of an invalid one?" she emailed
>> general board members.
>>
>> "Come on, fellow board members, how can you keep sweeping things under
>> the rug? How long before the public notices that there is a lot of stuff
>> under the rug and it is bulging?"
>>
>> She called for the meeting on July 12 to be public since Gritman is a
>> community nonprofit.
>>
>> "I am sure I will be the next target, since anyone who challenges your
>> actions is removed," she wrote, addressing Besst.
>>
>> "As you are no doubt aware, Gritman Medical Center, Inc. ("GMC") has been
>> the subject of several articles in the local media," Besst wrote in the
>> initial email to general board members. The meeting would, she wrote,
>> "address the misperceptions and correct the record and answer any questions
>> that General Members may have."
>>
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>>
>> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>>
>> "Moscow Cares"
>> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
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