Same old stuff, expecting different results

There is a Board of Supervisors' Meeting tonight at 5p.  Not many Tunicans showed up at the last meeting.  The audience seems to be getting smaller and smaller.  What happened to all of those candidates for Beat 2?  Still not showing up.

There was an appointment with former head of the Clinics, Dr. Gene Osborn.  It seems that there was a meeting held with Osborn, someone from Methodist and James Dunn.  It also seemed that none of the other Supervisors were informed or invited to the meeting.  So, why didn't the other four Supervisors call him on it?  Guess Dunn thinks he is the County Administrator.

So...Osborn's presentation was to get approval to be paid to run a survey about medical and health needs for our County.  Maybe we need this survey and maybe we don't.  What bothers me about this deal is not necessarily the survey but the person the Board keeps hiring to help fix our financial dilemma with our clinics.  Osborn is the same person who ran our clinics and couldn't make them profitable.  He's the same person who was called back to train the two present managers.  So, why do we have to keep turning to this person for help?  My take is that this is just another way for Osborn to earn money from Tunica County.  I sure hope that this survey will yield some actionable information and that the Supervisors will act accordingly.  I'm not holding my breath.

During the above presentation and discussion, both Supervisors Nickson and Williams asked questions and then voted against hiring Osborn to conduct this survey.  Dunn asked Nickson if he had a better idea.  I have an idea.  Has anyone run the numbers to find out what monies could be saved by closing one of the clinics?  How about trying to sell them?

Here's another question I have: Methodist is required under their Certificate of Need to provide some resources to Tunica County.  Will this survey satisfy their certificate of need requirement?  Hmm, now let me think: Survey or Service for the people to Tunica County?  I pick services the people could use.  Dunn, Johnson and Pegram picked Survey.  That dear friends is your vote at work.

Oh, and your County Administrator has yet to comply with the Freedom of Information letters from January.  Dunn said it was the policy of the Board of Supervisors to comply.  I'm not going to go away and you should know this by now.