Liberty Dispatch and Ray Akins foretold the eventual collapse of the Liberty Hospital years ago. Liberty Hospital's financial fraud, tax fraud, payoffs, lack of oversight, profiteering, kickbacks and lack of accountability doomed the hospital long ago.
09/18/2009- Liberty County Tax collector, Mark McClellan filed documents with the Liberty County 75th Court to seize the Liberty Hospital. Taxes, along with electric bills have been unpaid for several years. Unlike the typical consumer, Liberty County has allowed the hospital to operate unhindered and without oversight.
It is believed the Liberty Hospital owes the IRS more than $1.5 million dollars in back taxes and is in the process of being levied. In an attempt to take control of Hospital assets before the IRS, Liberty Tax Collector, McClelland and Judge, Carroll Thomas "Rusty" Hight of the 75th along with others decided to seize the hospital and the associated assets.
The real question is, where has all the Liberty County and Hospital district tax money we have paid, where has it gone?
It was apparent, the fraud and waste of money at the Liberty Hospital would soon amount to the current claimed four million dollar loss - all unpalatable and unaffordable debt for a county already in budget trouble.
5 comments:
A big big thanks to Bruce Stratton and Ed Picket and all the others that forced the hospital district on voters that finally lost to their over the top efforts to tax "we the people" inspite of being beaten at the polls only a few months earlier. Now what you got planned for us as you continue to think you are better and smarted than all of the rst of us? Please apply for an ego transplant and help us alll out by leaving "public service" to people who want to serve the public.
Too bad we have all grown weary of politics and voting or maybe the Picketts would have lost their secong attempt at this taxation hell hole known as "the hospital district". The voter turnout was historically low. Perhaps someone who is well respected will run against the Pickett machine in the next mayor's race and we can leave them to go down and take over the VFD bingo game instead of our town and our county.
What I struggle with is the lack of perception by the leaders that forced this hospital district on us. Some have already pointed out that these Liberty bigshots actually insulted the potential customers the hospital would need, but they also lacked perception on what kind of people they were negotiating with. I don't really know Bruce Stratton but I am told he is a nice guy. I don't know Mayor Pickett or his brother very well either, but we have recovered from the highest utility rates in the state that you three are given a great deal of credit for to perhaps the largest delinquent utility bill on recrd plus a huge unpaid tax bill that you three could be credited with. Please enjoy your old age and retire from community improvement projects that you dream up as you count your money and take ours.
The old moldy Hospital back on the siezed list and the Sheriff Sale is back on for 10-13-09. What a fiasco this has turned out to be. I think this would make a good movie some day. we could call this movie, The Days of our Life in Liberty County or Trinity Valley Mafia. "The Three Stooges Plus" would also be a good hit.
I hear the old Hospital is back open as 10-13-09. I wonder what happened to the sheriff sale that was supposed to be on 10-13-09. I guess this is some more under handed scams with Liberty County officials and this Scamming Hospital District. I hear our beloved Hospital District now owns this run down old building,they call a Hospital. Be on the Lookout for your next TAX STATEMENT next year. I will never use this run down old Hospital, but i guess I will be paying for it until I die. But I sure wont die in this rundown piece of crap.
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