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<p>Thank you Rose! My sentiments exactly!</p>
<p>Debi Robinson-Smith<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/3/2017 10:25 AM, Rose Huskey
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Darrell, I appreciate your tireless
contributions to the community and the support you have
organized and provided for many folks who have been
marginalized but I respectfully disagree with your
conclusions. It is courageous and honorable when
organizations goes awry, particularly when the leadership
is involved and profits financially from self-serving
behavior that the public is alerted. Surely you do not wish
this unsavory and reckless behavior to remain hidden.
Silence is assent – is that preferable to shining the light
of day on this conduct. Ignoring or covering up malfeasance
has a long and disgusting history in this county. It is a
practice that promotes and protects corruption. You would
not tolerate it in your organization and the community
shouldn’t tolerate from the Gritman Board.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Rose Huskey</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>From:</span></b><span>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Darrell
Keim<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 3, 2017 9:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Moscow Cares<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Moscow Vision 2020<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Gritman aims to oust
Swanson</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I wish all parties the best as they
move forward maintaining Gritman as a healthy and vital
community resource.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 12:45 AM, Moscow
Cares <<a href="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">moscowcares@moscow.com</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Courtesy of today's (July 3, 2017)
Moscow-Pullman Daily News.</p>
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<h1><span>Gritman aims to oust Swanson</span></h1>
<h2><span>Longtime board chair planning to resign
first</span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Besst's email - calling the
meeting for 5:30 p.m. July 12 at Gritman - was sent
Friday evening.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Swanson said Sunday by email that
she was writing her resignation from the board.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"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."</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"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."</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"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?"</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">She called for the meeting on
July 12 to be public since Gritman is a community
nonprofit.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"I am sure I will be the next
target, since anyone who challenges your actions is
removed," she wrote, addressing Besst.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"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."</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Seeya 'round town, Moscow,
because . . .</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"Moscow Cares" </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="http://www.moscowcares.com/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span>http://www.MoscowCares.com</span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tom Hansen</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Moscow, Idaho</p>
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