Instead of embracing people in SMC who are working to eliminate corruption and enhance the quality of life for residents, entrenched officials like Kim Griffin, Steve Wagstaffe, Greg Munks, Carole Groom, and Don Horsely attack them. Stogner, Hickey, and anyone else who might stand in their way.

I support the 2000-01 San Mateo County Grand Jury Recommendation re: Sequoia Health Care District.

That is what upsets Kim Griffin

Interesting that both Stogner and Hickey refer to a 2000 Grand Jury report and not all the subsequent Grand Juries which support the work the Sequoia Health Care District does.
Why don't they recognize the results of the Districts work and the many people who benefit from it?

Art Faro said: "Why don't they recognize the results of the Districts work and the many people who benefit from it?"
We do. So did the latest Grand Jury.
The District's Nursing Program,which has cost more than $10,000,000, benefitted 350 nurses, most of whom do not work in the District or surrounding areas. The District attempted to get preferential treatment for resident applicants for the program. The latest result shows the following applicant statistics; "...32 students of which 12 live in District and another 12 are other San Mateo County residents."
The District's AED program, which places defibrillators in schools and other places, is used strictly as a PR tool to promote the District. The function should be handled by San Mateo County EMS. Or, better yet, by the state which has passed legislation mandating AED's in gyms, etc., and has legislation pending which would expand that mandate to department stores. Many other states have already mandated these in schools, and have obtained funding from insurance companies.
The Children's Health Initiative receives $1,350,000/year from the District. This is a County operation which should be funded equally by all County taxpayers. That would happen if the District were dissolved.
The District also acts as a philanthropic organization, a function unintended by voters when they established the Sequoia Hospital District in 1948.
The Sequoia Healthcare District should be dissolved. Michael Stogner supports that goal. Don Horsley does not.

I would at least want the voters to determine this issue. Put it on the ballot.

I always hesitate, and usually don't click on the hickey posts, for obvious reasons having been in the area awhile. As someone pointed out a couple years ago, the 'donkeyhottie' quests get old.

Arthur Faro - do you have links or other substantiation?

Art Faro is one of the three Sequoia Healthcare District Directors who I asked to resign, because they refused to return $1,800 each in benefits for which they voted.
Web Link
He was CEO of Sequoia Hospital in 1996 when it was sold to Catholic Healthcare West. Glenna Vaskelis took over after the sale.
Prior to that,
"Sequoia lost more than $29 million in its most recent fiscal year, after Faro had pegged its losses at around $5 million." See:
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Director Faro was a leading advocate of the plan to relocate Sequoia Hospital. See:Web Link
Here are two links to information on the District: Web Link Web Link

James, here are links to the San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury reports:
2000-2001 Web Link
2001-2002 Web Link
2004-2005 Web Link
2008-2009 Web Link
2012-2013 Web Link
The following is from the 2012-2013 report:
BACKGROUND
Health care districts, formerly called hospital districts, have been authorized in California since 1945. Recently, taxpayers across the state have questioned the need for health care districts since many districts no longer operate hospitals. California Grand Juries have questioned health care district practices and LAFCos in other counties have dissolved or reorganized five districts since 2000.
In the County, four previous Grand Juries have conducted investigations of SHD.
The 2000-2001 Grand Jury recommended that SHD reduce property taxes for its residents and limit its expenditures to those purposes previously approved by voters since it no longer operated Sequoia Hospital.
The 2001-2002 Grand Jury recommended that SHD correct misinformation previously disseminated to the public, and disclose plans for its allocation of tax revenues and reserves.
The 2004-2005 Grand Jury questioned whether SHD continued to represent the health care interests of its residents. The Grand Jury recommended that SHD develop an investment plan for its reserves and pursue a merger with the Peninsula Health Care District.
The 2008-2009 Grand Jury evaluated whether SHD had complied with the 2004-2005 Grand Jury recommendations. The Grand Jury recommended that SHD create an annual mailer to its residents, decline a share of its property tax revenue, proactively identify pressing health care needs of its residents, explore ways to support services outside the district that impact its
residents, and enhance community input and involvement.
With previous Grand Juries reaching a variety of conclusions, the Grand Jury decided to investigate SHD again, but focus on where SHD’s tax dollars are spent as opposed to whether SHD should exist. Specifically, this investigation focused on how SHD identifies, funds, and evaluates the programs and initiatives it supports, and the transparency of its operations.

Sounds like apples and oranges, Jack.

Are we talking about the district or Faro's management of the hospital prior to the sale? "Sequoia lost more than $29 million in its most recent fiscal year, after Faro had pegged its losses at around $5 million."

This is why not a lot of folks seek to follow you on your quest for windmills.

The original topic is "Kim Griffin attacks Hickey and Stogner". Art Faro has launched similar attacks in the past. The credibility of these Directors, particularly after their refusal to pay back the $1,800, is questionable. And, Katie Kane and Art Faro, who both sit on the Sequoia Hospital Board, have a conflict of interest. The hospital is owned by Dignity Health yet continues to receive grants from the District.
Re: "Sequoia lost more than $29 million in its most recent fiscal year" that was "...Faro's mismanagement of the hospital prior to the sale."