The Bastrop Advertiser and County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 95, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1989 Page: 3 of 28
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Thursday January 26, 1989
THE BASTROP ADVERTISER AND COUNTY NEWS
Section I, Rage 3
Commissioners turn away from hospital tax
Bastrop County commissioners
refused Monday to call for a
referendum on creating a hospital
tax district in the Bastrop school
district.
Organizers of the effort to get the
issue before voters conceded the
action probably ends hopes of re-
opening the Bastrop Hospital with
tax support by August.
Supporters of the closed hospi-
tal now must look for private in-
vestors or other aid to reestablish
a hospital in Bastrop, said Susan
Cartelli, a members of the Bastrop
Hospital Authority board and a
spokeswoman for the tax district
effort.
Monday's court action followed
a series of speeches on both sides
of the controversial proposal.
Precinct 1 Commissioner John-
ny Sanders urged adoption of a
resolution favoring a referendum.
His motion did not receive a
second.
Two weeks ago Precinct 2 Com-
missioner Robert Seidel voted with
Sanders for a resolution asking
legislative representatives to spon-
sor a special bill authorizing voters
to decide on a hospital district.
The earlier motion failed when
two commissioners voted no and
County Judge Jimmy Copeland re-
fused to break the tie.
Sanders said he will not urge the
resolution again.
State Rep. Robert Saunders of
La Grange and Sen. Ken Arm-
brister of Victoria have said they
will not sponsor the special legis-
lation without support from county
commissioners and the Bastrop city
council.
The city council voted its back-
ing last fell. About the same time
commissioners also endorsed the
move unanimously.
However Sanders and Precinct
3 Commissioner Pat Meuth joined
the commissioners court in Janu-
ary and Rep. Saunders asked for
a new resolution.
Speaking to commissioners
Monday, Mrs. Cartelli said other
possibilities for reviving the hospi-
tal are being pursued actively and
a tax district is "a last line of
defense" if other efforts fail.
"It may not be the best solution,
but it may be the only one," she
said.
If approved by voters the hospi-
tal district could have collected a
property tax up to 10 cents per
$100 value for medical services.
Gordon Rosanky of Bastrop,
who actively opposed the district
plan, urged commissioners.
Historical
society meets
"Coal Miner's Daughter" will
be the topic of discussion at the
January meeting of the Bastrop
County Historical Society.
The group will meet Thursday,
January 27 at 3 p.m. at the Socie-
ty's museum on north Main Street.
The public is invited to attend.
"please don't put a burden on tax-
payers."
"Four hospital administrations
failed (at the Bastrop facility)," he
said. "What makes you think it
won't fail again?"
Bastrop physician Dr. George
Talley urged commissioners to put
the issue before voters. "A small
minority is being vocal and the
majority is being denied the right
to vote," he said.
Allan Marburger of Paige said
he too opposed the hospital tax dis-
trict. "It's unfortunate we can't af-
ford a hospital every five miles in
the county," he said.
Marburger charged that Bastrop
residents would benefit from re-
opening the hospital but rural resi-
dents would be unfairly taxed to
support it.
District supporters said records
of the Bastrop Hospital before it
closed Aug. 30 showed the emer-
gency room was used frequently by
patients from rural parts of the
county.
Commissioner Sanders said resi-
dents of the proposed district
should be allowed to decide the
"We need a hospital but not this
big a tax increase," said Commis-
sioner Seidel. The county may
need to rai$e taxes itself for future
needs, he said.
He implied that would be more
difficult if voters approved a hospi-
tal tax.
S
Bastrop Primary School students
show off a new film strip viewer
in the new primary school
Delegates report
The Alum Creek Extension
Homemakers Club met in the home
of Joy Caffey on Jan. 16 with 22
members, including two new
members, Irma Carpenter and
Lucille Boothe, and two visitors
present.
The program was presented by
TEHA Delegates, Ivy Ann Cronin,
Nell Carter and Frances
McGilvray on the different
workshops each attended at the
state meeting in Abilene. Lucille
Boothe won the door prize.
Refreshments were served by the
hostess and co-hostess Martha
Fryer. The next meeting will be at
Helen Nelson's home on Feb. 20.
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