The following is posted on the City of Woodstock’s web page. Considering it is not just Woodstock residents who will be negatively affected by Centegra Health Systems’ abandoning most of its hospital services, the information is being published on McHenry … Continue reading
Category Archives: Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board
Here’s the headline from the Cook County Reporter article on the Ottawa Appellate Court decision giving Centegra final approval to build its new hospital in Huntley: In an Illinois replication of the Stalinist approach to economic growth, those wishing to … Continue reading
I thought CBS Channel Two had the best coverage of the Rod Blagojevich verdict reading. An employee was texting from the courtroom. Viewers could see in real time what the talking heads saw. In covering the Health Facilities Planning Board … Continue reading
In the 1970’s, my colleague Bill Kempiners was the sponsor of the Certificate of Need legislation. He wasn’t getting enough votes to pass the bill and came over to ask me to change my vote. (There was an opportunity for … Continue reading
A politician can probably be best judged by the depth he will sink to get elected. I remember Jack Franks once being outraged that someone had put up a sign identifying his religion on Route 31 right before or on … Continue reading
First, the disclaimer. I ran as the Libertarian Party candidate against Jim Ryan and Rod Blagojevich in 2002. I got so few votes that it did not affect the outcome. Ryan would have lost whether or not I had been … Continue reading
Ever wonder what it looks like when an attorney has his license revoked? Below you see what the State of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court did to Nick Hurtgen, a Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson “wuderkind,” who ventured too far into Illinois politics, … Continue reading
One of former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson’s “Wunderkinds” has plead guilty to federal charges concerning the Edwards Hospital Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board scandal. Nicholas Hurtgen, who at the time was Managing Director of the Chicago office of Bear Stearns, … Continue reading
Let’s assume everything is on the square at the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board. OK. Forget about the fixing of the new hospital that Wisconsin’s Mercy Health Care System wanted to build in Crystal Lake to compete with local biggie … Continue reading
Let’s assume everything is on the square at the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board. OK. Forget about the fixing of the new hospital that Wisconsin’s Mercy Health Care System wanted to build in Crystal Lake to compete with local biggie … Continue reading
Woodstock lawyer-lobbyist Jeff Ladd finished his testimony on Monday and didn’t say enough new to make the nightly TV news. He ended Thursday’s time on the witness by admitting he was a “Lobbyist” with a “capital ‘L’” and that he … Continue reading
Woodstock lawyer-lobbyist Jeff Ladd finished his testimony on Monday and didn’t say enough new to make the nightly TV news. He ended Thursday’s time on the witness by admitting he was a “Lobbyist” with a “capital ‘L’” and that he … Continue reading
In the Crystal Lake Mercy Hospital fight, Woodstock attorney and former Metra chairman Jeff Ladd was, of course, on Centegra’s side. Centegra had been dealt a losing hand. Ladd had apparently convinced Governor Jim Edgar and Senate President Pate Philip … Continue reading
Associated Press is reporting that Governor Jim Edgar appointed Tony Rezko to the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board in 1998, near the end of his term. The GOP-controlled state senate rejected it, along with 100+ others because they wanted incoming … Continue reading
In the Crystal Lake Mercy Hospital fight, Woodstock attorney and former Metra chairman Jeff Ladd was, of course, on Centegra’s side. Centegra had been dealt a losing hand. Ladd had apparently convinced Governor Jim Edgar and Senate President Pate Philip … Continue reading
Associated Press is reporting that Governor Jim Edgar appointed Tony Rezko to the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board in 1998, near the end of his term. The GOP-controlled state senate rejected it, along with 100+ others because they wanted incoming … Continue reading
The press from the U.S. Attorney’s Office about the indictment of Nick Hurtgen follows: HURTGEN RE-INDICTED FOR ALLEGED ROLE IN AIDING PAY-TO-PLAY FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING WILL COUNT HOSPITAL PROJECT CHICAGO – A former executive in the Chicago office of Bear … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune wrote yesterday that the U.S. Attorney’s Office is seeking “to compel Jeffrey Ladd, a heavyweight lawyer for health-care companies who has dealt with the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, one of two boards (Ron Blagojevich rune raiser … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune wrote yesterday that the U.S. Attorney’s Office is seeking “to compel Jeffrey Ladd, a heavyweight lawyer for health-care companies who has dealt with the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, one of two boards (Ron Blagojevich rune raiser … Continue reading
In 1993, I introduced a bill to abolish the Health Facilities Planning Board. It was a guilt reflex. In the 1970’s I was one of the deciding votes, if not the deciding vote, when my colleague and bill sponsor Bill … Continue reading