Remarks to Dallas County Commissioners’ Court
May
4, 2004
Judge Keliher, County
Commissioners:
My name is Sandy Stuart, and I live at ... I am here today as co-chair of the Health
Care Committee of Dallas Area Interfaith.
Again, we come before you to raise our concern of our
county hospital system. As you draw
nearer to selecting four new members of the Parkland Board of Managers, I urge
you to remember what we have said before:
- The
citizens of this county and the principles of democracy demand that the
public’s business be done in public.
Appoint board members who understand and value this most basic
tenet of public service.
- Appoint
board members who value the mission and vision of the Parkland
System. This means individuals who
are willing to support a budget which will restore and grow the services
of our hospital district, and who will put quality first.
- Appoint
board members with the courage to present to this body an adequate budget,
even if it requires an increase in the Dallas County Hospital
District tax rate.
We welcome the opportunity to work with the new Board
members, and will schedule meetings with each of them within the first 30 days
of their tenure. Dallas Area Interfaith
will continue to support a healthcare system that meets the needs of the public
it serves.
We urge you to do the same.