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lation needed for owner-occupied
primary residences.
For these, assessed values need
to be adjusted down about $10,100
([assessed value-105,000] *1,000X
tax rate). This will provide a fairly
accurate read on the total due for
the current fiscal year.
To determine what the spring
bill will look like, simply subtract
what's already been paid since
July from the total, remember-
ing to differentiat e between fire
district and town taxes, and to
tack on another 3 percent on the
town portion for the Community
Preservation Act.
Taxbills are expected to be issued by the
end of the month with a May 1due date.
FY'06 Tax Rates
Town: Residential , 6.31; commercia l/
industrial , $6.54; personal property,
$6.49.
Fire District Rates
Barnstable FD: Residential , $1.90; C1P,
$2.51
COMM FD: All, $1.06
Cotuit FD: All, $1.33
Hyannis FD: Residential , $1.61; C1P,
$2.50
W. Barnstable FD: Residential , $1.60;
C1P $2.46.
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town is a better place to live
because of him.
May he rest in peace.
Tom Holmes, Sr.
Hyannis
Editorial rule #1:
Know the facts!
Editor 's note: This letter
was addressed to columnist
Paul Gauvin. A settlement of
the nurse 's contract was an-
nounced this week.
My name is Dianne Desruis-
seaux, R.N., and I'm proud to
be an educated, experienced,
professional nurse. I have
worked at CCH for almost 34
years in both critical care and
endoscopy. I also serve on the
negotiating committee for
MNA. I can only tell you that
I have never experienced an
administration such as the
current group in power at
CCH. They are liars and I am
convinced they believe they
can break the nurse's union at
CCH.Wehave been innegotia-
tionsfor over sevenmonthsand
though I am prevented from
going into details, they have
been obstructive and mislead-
ing all the while.
Staffingatthehospitalisdes-
perate. Night nurses routinely
have eight to nine patients to
take care of.Thehospitalisnot
even staffed to the ratios the
hospital published as its own.
If only we (and the patients)
could be so lucky.
Bythe way,have you spoken
to patients who have recently
been hospitalized and asked
them about their experiences?
They willtellyou over and over
that they seenursesconstantly
on the run and striving to give
the best care possible. Rarely
do nurses take out their own
stresses and problems on the
patients they care about so
much.
How dare you cheapen us
that way. My son is a police
officer and I know many fire-
fighters and they all support
us because they are there on
the frontlines with us, seeing
what we do. We have turned in
scores of unsafe staffing forms
to administration and they
are just the tip of the iceberg
because nurses are often too
tired and frustrated and busy
finishing their work to fill out
the forms. We can show you
those forms.
Florence Nightingale would
be proud of us. We are fight-
ing to protect our patients
and our profession. This has
never been about the money.
The hospital administration
has been asked over and over
to prove how they would save
money by eliminatingthisvery
important weekend package
and they have failed to do so.
They make all kinds of claims
that they cannot prove. Many
ofthose 60 nurseshave applied
for positions already atBoston
and off-Cape hospitalsthat are
delighted to have them. Cape
Cod patients are the onesmost
hurtbythis,because asstaffing
levels continue to drop, more
nurses will continue to leave.
After 34 years, even I am con-
sidering my options.
It's also time to look at why
CCH is losing money.Could it
be because ofallthephysicians
who have left this hospital
because of problems they had
withtheadministration?Could
it be because of some ofthe ill-
timeddecisionsadministration
has made? If we don't have
enough money to operate the
current hospital and we are
closing beds because we don't
have enough patients, then
where are they going to get
enough money to operate this
multi-million dollar building
that'sgoing up? Talkabout an
albatross!
Your column does the pa-
tients and nurses of Cape Cod
a huge disservice and I, for
one, demand an apology.
Dianne R. Desruisseaux,
RN
West Yarmouth
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