Portraits of the Stalwarts: Martha Owen

Brad V: How did you get involved in the Charity Hospital fight?

Martha O: It was one of my customers. An LSU representative had come on her property and flung his finger in her face and said "You're going to have to move." And I had no idea that that was the way the business was going to be conducted. I mean, the only way that I would describe it is: disgraceful. It was outrageous. Now it's outrageous and disgraceful.

Letter to the UMC Board

Martha Owen, a small business owner, staunch advocate for good government, and supporter of the Charity Hospital alternative site for the UMC sent this timely letter to the UMC Board recently.

I share it here with her permission (click on any portion to enlarge):

Note especially the attachments listed - like the inclusion of the over 10,000 petitions delivered to Mayor Landrieu last year calling for the building of a modern hospital inside Charity Hospital according to the RMJM/Hillier study.

The UMC Board is scheduled to meet on September 8.  I wonder if they'll finally have a business plan - now that the LSU Footprint has been almost entirely destroyed.