Compassion missing on Erlanger debt
As a Walker County citizen who has seen his property taxes rise this year, it seems Erlanger’s only concern is money and the hospital has no consideration when it comes to working with our commissioner to make it a little easier for us to pay this debt.
Erlanger did nothing to ensure that we would have a viable hospital from the start, and now its only concern is money. Shame! The hospital’s reputation as a reputable hospital is no longer true, and its greediness will be known all over this region by the very patients that it relied on for its livelihood. Compassion, a word that should be present in every hospital, is not a word that is used by Erlanger.
Jim Griffin
Chickamauga, Ga.
Where did Black get her money?
Re: U.S. Rep. Diane Black. How does one get from an emergency room nurse to a congressional representative with a net worth of $75-plus million?
It would be interesting to know her net worth in say, 2010, when she was elected.
Mel Price
Benton, Tenn.
Corker’s forthright words gratifying
I am a lifelong Democrat since my first vote in 1974. I’ve pulled the lever for Republicans exactly twice, voting for Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander in their most recent re-election efforts. I don’t mistake either for Democrats, but I admired both for their thoughtfulness, and I believed our interests were better served by these effective, thoughtful and well-placed Republicans than by their Democratic opponents, even though both were well to the right of many of my personal positions.
In another era, a time when our lawmakers engaged in at least occasional compromise and conciliation, I suspect that Bob Corker would have been an extraordinary senator, perhaps in the mold of Howard Baker. In our current climate, this role seems to be hopelessly out of fashion, and Donald Trump is the most grotesque manifestation of a system that seems to have gone off the rails.
Given the circumstances, I admire Bob Corker greatly for speaking out on behalf of truth, dignity and reason. He makes me proud to be a Tennessean.
Bruce Kaplan
Never too old to avoid flimflam
I am embarrassed because at the age of 80 one would think I would be wise enough to avoid flimflam. However, I was suckered into signing a very bad and costly contract without review. I gave the owner an opportunity to make it right; however, his best was, “You signed, sucker. Gotcha!”
Claude Miller