Paul-Hus Needs a Good Talking To
Hi- it's me Millie Mushroom Again!
And today....
I can't tell you how proud I am to be a member of the North Broward Hospital District Family (dba Broward Health), home of Powerful Profits.
Especially the way we are always so totally THERE for each other when doo-doo happens and things fail to go according to plan.
Which has been happening a lot lately.
Like yesterday marked the first official meeting attended by the District's four new Commissioners – each one having been appointed last week by Florida Gov. Charlie Crist following Broward Lobbyist Jim Blosser's instructions.
Now, with each of the District's seven commissioners a devout New Republican, your Broward Health Family can look forward to a future marked by carefully scripted Commission meetings and plenty of lucrative contracts for anyone ready to help make Charie Crist our next Senator and Florida Attorney General Bill (Mr. Smoothie) McCollum our next Governor.
But speaking of yesterday's landmark Commission meeting, I have to admit there really IS something comforting about a dais filled with New Republicans hand-picked by Charlie Crist and his fund raisers.
For example, all seven of our New Republican Commissioners have that very special look that only comes from never having been forced to ride a Broward Transit bus, sit on the toilet in a gas station, or shop at Walmart.
But I digress.
Because what matters is how well everyone quietly handled the one one dark moment that marred yesterday's otherwise immaculate inaugural meeting of the District's four freshperson Commissioners and the three old timers who have been through and suffered so much from bad PR brought on by the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune from New Times.
Frankly, yesterday's District Culture of Cool reminded me of the Japanese' flawless response when Bush the First tossed his cookies at a Tokyo Dinner of State.
In case you missed it, the latest in flagrante delicto for Broward Health occurred just after the Commission unanimously approved the agenda item containing the Detailed Financial Report for the first six months of the current fiscal year – without realizing what it had voted on.
Ever the undisputed Mother Superior when it comes to a miscarriage of Roberts' Rules, Chairperson Rhonda “Help Me” Calhoun brushed the faux pax aside – blithely urging her fellow Commissioners to move on to the next item on the agenda after some a busybody pointed out the minor fiscal flubb.
Which is when the new Commissioner Richard Paul-Hus spoke up.
After which, as some might say a bit crudely, the stinky doo-doo hit the fan.
“I'd like to hear an explanation of the Financial Report,” the new Commissioner said, causing the soft sucking sound of several dozen contracting sphincters to whisper through the Community Meeting Room at Coral Springs Medical Center.
Truly, it was a classic el momento de las verdad!
Naturally, I knew the sickening thought that was racing through so many Broward Health minds:
Like, OMG, here we go with another Commissioner trying to jump off the script and ask questions designed to make everybody upset right after we got rid of the nasty little Bernstein person who was anything but a team player and always persecuting that poor dear Frank Nask.
Naturally, there was a full blown pregnant moment marked by much paper shuffling and chair scraping as all of us held our collective breath waiting to see what would come next.
And then – dare I say it – like a Bridge Over Troubled Waters, or a Balm in Gilead, the heavy set lady (I can never remember her name) who handles financial stuff for Frank stood up like this sort of procedural boo boo happens all the time and began going over all all kinds of numbers that nobody in the room understood or gave a flying toot about anyway. Especially when the heavy set numbers lady concluded by saying the District's bottom line profits are way more bigger than last year's.
Which made everyone feel real nice and comfy just like before Commissioner Paul-Hus went totally inappropriate.
Anyhow...
You can bet your best bedpan that Commissioner Paul-Hus will get a good talking to from someone like Bill McCollum's key fund raiser Jim Blosser or his partner Justin Sayfie about how being a good Broward Health Commissioner means being a good team player and not making any waves by going off script – especially in public when strangers who don't work for the District are around.
So you and I both know Commissioner Paul-Hus will never step out of line like that again.
However...
The good news is that nasty Thomas Francis from that hippie New Times paper was at the meeting and like TOTALLY missed Paul-Hus embarrassing display of curiosity, which means it was like when a tree falls in the woods and there's no one around so it doesn't make any sound..
By the by and on a happy note....
As an interesting bit of trivia, the District Commssion has two new members with hyphenated last names: Richard Paul-Hus and Jennifer O'Flannery-Andrews.
Which is like pretty way cool and unusual when you think about it.
Happy Trails,
And Powerful Profits!
Millie Mushroom.
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