With greater populations come greater needs for services.

I can walk ten blocks in most any direction and see multiple needs firsthand. Not for me, but for many, many who need help. The OP needs to get out more.

Perhaps the able-bodied seniors given a $12 round trip Lyft to Little House, courtesy of Sequoia Healthcare District property owners, would do better to walk?

If the Sequoia Healthcare District were dissolved, the money it collects would be placed in the hands of other agencies of government(school districts, cities, the county, etc.) who are well versed in the needs of the community. Why do we pay a CEO with 3 employees more than $200,000/year to write checks?

Perhaps a better way to have the Sequoia Healthcare District save would be to have a certain member of the board walk to the board meetings from their home in Woodside...

Stop/trolls: To clarify, Emerald Hills is mostly Redwood City, even though they often write their return address as Emerald Hills. Their kids go to Redwood City School District schools. see: Web Link look at the map.


Any time you see someone write Emerald Hills as their address, just tell them you will meet them in front of the Emerald Hills City Hall.

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@real needs: Thanks for the clarification.

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Oy.

>> where one's life would be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short

Sort of the type:, vote for Brexit, then realize, "whoops! there was a lot of good we just voted down!"

Are his favorite Brits the Boris Johnson types? And the other one who pulled the "pitch it then ditch it" fiasco where they lied about funding the HNHS? Once they finally screw things up royally, they run away and claim it wasn't their fault!

In short: Trumpian

Boris Johnson? THAT would make interesting company.

Still remember when Master Johnson was elected to the House of Commons, and the BBC interviewer asked him, "How can you possibly take care of your constituents if you can't take care of yourself?"

Classic.

And it does remind me of our elected gadfly in question.

Those interested in the history of Sequoia Hospital(alias Healthcare) District can find the 1946 election material here: Web Link

Notable is the petition used to request the Board of Supervisors to place the measure on the ballot.Web Link Included in that link is a campaign document with the question: "Should the Sequoia district hospital be self supporting" Answer: "It should be."

Message form CEO Lee Michelson: "We have most of the numbers and it looks like our income will be $14 million compared to our budgeted $13 million. Our expenses will be in line with our budget of $13.4 million .. though we had anticipated needing to use $536,000 in reserves to cover expenses, we will instead end the year with a positive balance. Our current cash reserves are around $15 million….as a District Board/staff we are pretty good at most things just not good at losing money…but we did not anticipate a 10% increase in property tax income..."