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Dear Editor:
I had occasion to spend the day at the new Franciscan Hospital in Carmel this morning. Since they still have stupid mask rules, I availed myself of the opportunity to stay outside for part of the time by reading next to a beautiful statue of a praying nun, hard by the vacant Meridian Suburban neighborhood.
I was reading Once in a Great City about Detroit in the early 1960s, when I read “Now the Gotham [hotel] was designated for demolition to make way for a hospital parking garage.”
I gazed upon the parking garage of the hospital, which was paid for by diverting taxes from the rest of the local governments’ regular spending on items like schools, parks, police, and fire. But Carmel is different, right? It will never be like corrupt Detroit, where the Gotham was raided for illegal gambling.
Except, still unreported by the local media, Brainard’s favorite ‘rona testing company has been charged with fraud by the Massachusetts Attorney general:
Will our new DA have the courage to look into Brainard’s dealings? Probably not.
Eric Morris
Carmel
Mr. Garrison, Brainard used the police to intimidate nursing homes into using Aria tests:
https://readthereporter.com/mayor-brainard-says-carmels-elder-care-facilities-must-test-employees-for-covid-19/
“But several facilities which Brainard declined to name have hesitated, forcing ‘strongly worded’ follow-up emails.
The price for the test is $175.
Brainard even had a police officer hand-deliver a letter to ManorCare Assisted Living at Summer Trace because he said the executive director of the facility did not reply to his email.”