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Hospital District 3/4 candidates spar over grants, funding and PeaceHealth contract at League forum
Summary
In a League of Women Voters forum, candidates for Hospital District 3/4 commissioner position 5, Dr. Ellen DeYoung and Germaine Kornegay, discussed reliance on grant funding, the district’s contract with PeaceHealth and outreach to residents.
Dr. Ellen DeYoung and Germaine Kornegay, the two candidates for Hospital District 3/4 commissioner position 5, debated the district’s heavy reliance on grants and whether the United General–PeaceHealth relationship can sustain local services.
The candidates spoke at a Skagit League of Women Voters candidate forum organized to give voters a chance to compare platforms and ask questions about district priorities.
Most of District 3/4’s community programs are grant-funded, the candidates said, and both warned that federal and state grant streams are uncertain. Germaine Kornegay said an impact report shows grants fund about 55% of United General’s programs and praised the district’s grant writer; she noted many prevention and…
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