Quoted from GrahamBonnet

Yeah, one costs 12 million a year and one costs $230,000 a year. I thought conservatives were against equivalency? And conservatives I know understand basic math.

So  you are saying that rems is ok cause even though the end result would be identical to glendale, it's just doing it with a smaller amount of tax payer's money in comparison? Nonsense.

What about private industry? What about job creation through capitalism?  What about government being in the health care industry? What about votes garnered through union jobs? What about smaller government?

Basic math you say? What about basic common sense?

Quoted from CICERO

Face it, Suhrada was for privatizing the County nursing home because the County nursing home's unionized employees were already in the pocket of the County Democrats.  So proposing to privatize the nursing home didn't harm him politically. The Republicans were looking to get some public employees in their pockets in Rotterdam, but I think they miscalculated politically.  

EXACTLY!!!

How is (1) creating a tax district to support a government sponsored service without soliciting
the private sector for bids, (2) building a government owned and financed nursing home without
investigating privatization, and (3) awarding no-bid contracts to Metroplex contractors any
different?

How are they the same?

None of the three scenarios encourages competition.

Quoted from 251

How is (1) creating a tax district to support a government sponsored service without soliciting
the private sector for bids, (2) building a government owned and financed nursing home without
investigating privatization, and (3) awarding no-bid contracts to Metroplex contractors any
different?

How are they the same?

I can tell you how they are the same.  Government bureaucrats, elected official and party bosses are able to court political support though their ability to negotiate favorable contracts with public unions in return for union controlled party endorsement like the SCCP and the endorsement from the public unions.  By having a County run nursing home, elected officials can also appoint directors to oversee these county run operations, an example of that would be the appointment of Democrat crony Ed Kosiur to the County youth director position at $80K per year.  By the way, another government run program that competes directly with the non profit YMCA.  Awarding no bid contracts, and selling buildings under market value to private companies like the Galesi Group though the political arm they call Metroplex, helping the party in power secure large dollar political contributions from these companies.  Giving that company favorable status when looking for tax dollars.  And the cycle continues.  

The grassroots movement that has started with the NO NEW TAX party is the only hope of overcoming the current power structure in Schenectady County.  The Democrats control Schenectady County, and the Republican Party offers no real opposition, just more of the same.

Even though surrounding counties are finally seeing the light about privatizing their nursing home, I doubt we will ever see our local government let go of it. There are just too many votes there.

It's the unions--contracts---arbitrators---votes---politicians-----and---ready for the biggie------$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

wait----that's not the biggie----this is the biggie


----------------------------------------------POWER-----------------------------------------------------

Obama is 'courting' the unions for a 'new healthcare'-----give 'em enough rope and THEY WILL HANG THEMSELVES.....
unfortunatly the sheeple will all baaaaaaa, at the 'fear' of no healthcare(healthcare always exists-even without $)........
it's the money everyone is avoiding and what it can buy for votes.......no different than REMS

but, besides that----the union workers should be pissed off at their union bosses for the lies and the money they took/take....

the only civil war that will happen will be the one the government sets up between union workers and non-union workers
racism doesn't matter here.......

SHOW ME THE $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ TRAIL

Quoted Text

Home health care not a substitute for local nursing home

    I have written before in regard to the need for adequate local nursing home beds. Now I would like to affirm the comments made by Eileen Comley in her Oct. 5 letter regarding home health care.
    I wonder if any of the officials recommending it as an alternative have ever had any experience with it themselves. In an eight-month period of trying to have consistent help with my husband, we had eight different women in our home, and at one point I had to change agencies because no one was available. Often there would be a day when no one could come, and once we were on our own for three weeks between helpers. Fortunately, I was able to cope. I maintain that home health care is not an option unless there is a capable person in the home to take over if necessary.
    My complaint is not with the workers, who certainly did their best, nor with the agencies, which have a variety of difficulties to overcome. Our women left because of problems with child care or transportation, or for the need of fulltime employment. One new worker walked in the front door, received a call on her cellphone that her child was ill at school, and left immediately.
    After my husband was hospitalized for a week, he lost so many skills that he was sent to a nursing home. If one had not been available locally, I don’t know what I would have done. Bringing him home would have meant round-the-clock care, special equipment and modifi cation to the home. I would not have been able to cope if a helper did not come as scheduled.
    I urge all involved officials to think carefully before limiting nursing home beds and recommending home health care.

    SHIRLEY THOMAS
    Scotia

http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r03204&AppName=1

See, this is a perfect example of what happens when the government runs health care. Glendale was told to downsize. While Kingsway, a private sector nursing home is expanding.

But then again, Kingsway nursing home doesn't have to worry about those union votes!

And Baptist Home in Scotia is expanding-Meanwhile in Albany County the County Executive {who is trying to reduce spending} has tabled the construction of their new Home. Like Montgomery County done did.

  Only Schenectady County refuses to rethink-or should I say think about the taxpayers.

NOt so fast Bennie.  You can only look more critically at the nursing home situation if th government is going to give more money to organizations to help seniors age in place.  You will always need nursing home beds for those who need a high level of care.  You would be unhappy if your family member needed a home and then got sent to Ohio because that is where a bed was ready for them.  Has that happened.  Yup already right here.

Agreed but something could have been done with Baptist, with Kingsway, with Dutch Manor, etc.

  The answer is NOT always big government and building new-with the usual grease, kickbacks, political contributions-which nobody here wants to know from nuthin about.

  The Berger Commission was ignored by SS Savage. Nobody cares about the seniors at home, struggling and failing to pay exploding property taxes? Their dividends are down, their interest income is way down and they are leaving this socialist County, that they built-in droves. Its a bizzaro County. Even Albany County is rethinking.....

Yes and I am cautiously backing Breslin.  But I did not protest with ADAPT on Thursday.  There are still some real issues that need clarification.  I met with Breslin a couple of weeks ago re: this issue.

Mike Breslin has more sense then all the DEMS on our County Legislature. Throw in the County Manager too.

I will admit, they even give this Democrat pause to think.

Another convert. Now vote for Brad Littlefield-ONLY. Had enough YET?