Wendi Thomas did say a few nice things about Joe Ford in her column today, but let's just say the Ford campaign will not be excerpting much from her take on the Democratic county mayoral primary (but the Deidre Malone campaign certainly will). The headline: 'Let's just say Joe Ford is as good as his word.' The interim mayor is hoping to win what is known in the political business as "earned media" when he holds a press conference this afternoon to focus on the results from the task forces he created as soon as the county commissioners appointed him mayor in December.
Also of note in the county mayor's race is Daniel Connolly's story today on how the budget Ford's administration recommended -- with raises, increased services and no tax increases -- obscures a greater long-term financial situation that would likely lead to a deficit as early as next year.
And from Nashville comes word from Gov. Bredesen that The Med which Ford insists he "saved" in fact will likely not make it if the Republican-controlled legislature does not approve of the bed-tax plan that Tennessee's private hospitals are begging it to implement. And Bredesen, too, hinted that The Med must find ways to attract non-indigent patients, something that county commission candidate Dr. Albert Maduska is emphasizing in his campaign. Maduska told us that he believes The Med could flourish as a hybrid facility with public and private patients if a smaller, modern, more efficient hospital can be approved.
Also of note in the county mayor's race is Daniel Connolly's story today on how the budget Ford's administration recommended -- with raises, increased services and no tax increases -- obscures a greater long-term financial situation that would likely lead to a deficit as early as next year.
And from Nashville comes word from Gov. Bredesen that The Med which Ford insists he "saved" in fact will likely not make it if the Republican-controlled legislature does not approve of the bed-tax plan that Tennessee's private hospitals are begging it to implement. And Bredesen, too, hinted that The Med must find ways to attract non-indigent patients, something that county commission candidate Dr. Albert Maduska is emphasizing in his campaign. Maduska told us that he believes The Med could flourish as a hybrid facility with public and private patients if a smaller, modern, more efficient hospital can be approved.
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