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The TEAM of  HICKEY, GRAHAM & STOGNER
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    Jack Hickey       Fred Graham     Michael Stogner

was seeking control of the 5 Member
Sequoia Healthcare District
Board of Directors
In the November 2, 2010 Election

This was our plan:

When elected, we will act upon the findings of TWO San Mateo County Civil Grand Juries (2000-2001 & 2001-2002),by reducing tax collections originally intended for construction and operation of Sequoia Hospital, no longer owned by the District, and terminating the philanthropic activities never approved by voters.  Ultimately there will be a  dissolution of the District. See: Hudak Dissolution Memo and SHCD Minutes from 15 October 2008.

The Results Are In!

WHAT NOW?

Jack Hickey is taking the initiative to further our goal by sending a request to the new Assembly Republican Leader. 

Public Records Act Request

On 2/17/2011 @ 3:26 PM I e-mailed the following PRA request to the Sequoia Healthcare District:

Documents provided by the District in response are stored here.

Here are some District activities which are wasting your tax dollars;

Membership in ACHD, a lobbying organization. $20,000/year plus the cost of Board Member junkets.   BRANDING activities, i.e. promoting the image and name recognition of the Sequoia HealthCare District

Search the SHCD Check Register to see who costs the most. Hint: try a search for Faro, or MTK.  If you find an expenditure and want more information, try a PRA request for invoices behind the checks, e.g. here is one of many Calpers invoices which show how much I and Katy Kane cost the District for Health Insurance.  Here's another which shows some HeartSafe expenditures.

Have you noticed how the Check Register gives a breakdown of accounts from which the check is drawn, but doesn't give the amount?  It used to be worse. 

First meeting of the SHCD Board in 2011

See Agenda  See Shoecraft Press Release

Kim Griffin of Menlo Park is our new President, while Dr. Jerry Shefren is V.P.   Katie Kane was elected Secretary in spite of my effort to obtain that position. My effort to get the audio recordings of Board meetings up on our website is a work in progress. Here is a sample of one such audio which I produced from the recording of a meeting made by Janeene Johnson.  Click on SHCD5Aug2009.WAV.  Kim Griffin is supportive of the idea.

Sequoia Hospital District History
1946 Election establishes Sequoia Hospital District
See The Local Hospital District Law circa 1945
CEO Art Faro nearly bankrupts District  - Sequoia Hospital sold! - 1996 Bailout Election
Post 1998: Hospital District "morphs" into Healthcare District

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Candidate Videos - Campaign Postcard - Campaign Flyer

Our TEAM has the  endorsement of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association PAC, and
MyLiberty

Pre-election PR excesses of Sequoia Healthcare District

Powerpoint presentions are being made to the Chamber of Commerce, Rotaty, Kiwani's, etc. by CEO Lee Michelson with Don Shoecraft, the Board's $4,200/month PR guy running the computer.  My request for an electronic copy of the Powerpoint presentation was denied based upon a claim that it was the property of the PR guy.  Originally these presentations included photo-ops of Board President Horsley (candidate for Supervisor in this November's election) and other Board members serving food at St. Anthony de Padua's Dining Room.  At our last Board Meeting, I pleaded with President Horsley to postpone this activity and mailing (shown below) until after the election.  He refused, but did say that the photo-ops of Board members were removed from the Powerpoint presentation.

Click on the below image to view their 17" x 22" glossy, double-sided pre-election mailing.

How much did this cost the taxpayers?

Sequoia Healthcare District Kicks Off $4.5 Million Healthy Schools Initiative.  View a bloviated, self promoting presentation to San Mateo County Board of Supervisors by Don Horsley and read the hyped up reporting by Don Shoecraft, the Board's $4,200/month PR guy and compare it to the video.  Then check out Jack Hickey's response in SHCD Minority Report .
Watch Board President Don Horsley receive praise from SMC Board of Supervisors (Oct. 19) as they acknowledge his generous donation of your tax dollars (>$9,000,000).

In my opinion, this activity is clearly aimed at influencing the election.
Use of public funds for this purpose constitutes misappropriation of public funds, a felony.

Other questionable actions of the District

Why did they contribute $2,900 to the Brittan Acres PTA two months prior to a parcel tax election? (That PTA made a $999 monetary contribution to the YES on "S" campaign).
Why did the District hire former Atherton Police Chief, Glenn Nielsen to head up the HeartSafe program without Board approval?  The HeartSafe program was initially intended to be a "turnkey" operation, not an ongoing enterprise.

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Hickey, Graham and Stogner for SHCD 2010
243 Ferndale Way  Emerald Hills, CA 94062