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Leon Page said on: April 25,
2010
--- On Fri, 4/23/10,
leonjamespage@yahoo.com wrote:

From: leonjamespage@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: CHARLENE MARY
ANDERSON LICENSE# 46128 DCA
SearchResults:461728
To: charlenefortricity@cox.net
Cc: "Lawson Chadwick" , "Logan
Jenkins" , "Paul Sisson" , "Michael
Burge"
Date: Friday, April 23, 2010, 3:24 PM

Ms. Anderson,

In what way(s) am I misinformed?
Seems to me, I did little more than
pose to you four simple questions. I
find it absolutely astonishing (but
also quite revealing) that you cannot
even bring yourself to say,

• "I did not take the 23 Percocet, 6
hydrocodone, and 3 Tylenol with
Codeine from Scripps Encinitas for
my personal use," or

• "I am not addicted to Percocet,
hydrocodone, or Tylenol with
Codeine," or

• "As a registered nurse, I do not
agree that my recent behavior is
consistent with the behavior of a
person addicted to pain-killing
narcotics such as Percocet,
hydrocodone, and Tylenol with
Codeine."

Help me out here. In light of your
non-denials, what am I supposed to
think?

Look, I have no ill will, here. I don't
even know you personally. I just
have high standards and high
expectations for folks who hold
positions of public trust. Seems to
me, you can hunker down and
prepare for your hearing and not
answer questions, or you can be a
proper public official able to account
for and explain your own conduct.
But you can't reasonably expect to
do both.

So how am I misinformed?

LP

-----Original Message-----

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:05:34
Subject: Re: CHARLENE MARY
ANDERSON LICENSE# 46128 DCA

Mr. Page, You are misinformed.

---- leonjamespage@yahoo.com
wrote:

>Ms. Anderson,

It is my understanding that, in the
Monday closed session that led to
Larry Anderson's since-aborted
ouster, you left after only a few
minutes, and contributed nothing to
the discussion. By leaving the
meeting, you seemed to be either
unwilling or unable to perform your
duties as an elected member of the
District's Board of Directors on a
matter of extreme public
importance. I note that you were
also absent from Wednesday's
Board meeting, and have also
failed/refused to return telephone
calls from local journalists.

As we both know, the pain killers
that you have been accused of
mishandling - 23 Percocet, six
hydrocone, and three Tylenol with
Codeine tablets - are all narcotics
that are extremely habit-forming.

That leads me to ask you the
following questions:> > 1. As a
registered nurse, would you agree
that your recent behavior, i.e., your
inability to (1) attend Board
meetings, (2) perform your duties
and (3) explain your actions, is
altogether consistent with the
behavior of a person addicted to
pain-killing narcotics such as
Percocet, hydrocodone, and Tylenol
with Codeine?> > 2. Are you, in fact,
addicted to the narcotics that you
are accused of having mishandled?
> > 3. Did you take the 23 Percocet,
6 hydrocodone, and 3 Tylenol with
Codeine from Scripps Encinitas for
your personal use?> > 4. If you do
have a dependence on Percocet,
hydrocodone, and Tylenol with
Codeine, would you agree that it
would be best, in all respects, and
for all concerned, if you resigned
from the Tri-City Board and promptly
sought medical treatment?> > LP>
> > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T> >
-----Original Message-----> From: >
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 6:54:38 > To:
> Subject: Re: CHARLENE MARY
ANDERSON LICENSE# 46128 DCA
Search> Results:461728> > I will
not be put on trial here.> My vote
was not affected by anything.> I am
not being tried a a board meeting.>

---- leonjamespage@yahoo.com
wrote: > > Ms. Anderson,> > > >
Your feeble response is entirely
unpersuasive. If you truly wish to
talk, then talk, explain yourself, tell
us what happened with the
painkillers, and let the chips fall
where they may. You control your
actions, not your lawyer. If you have
committed no wrongdoing, if you
have not engaged in malpractice or
otherwise violated the conditions of
your license, then the truth cannot
possibly place you in jeopardy. On
the other hand, if you have
committed wrongdoing, then why
not simply admit to the misconduct,
resign from the Tri-City Board of
Directors (if you haven't yet done so)
and take responsibility for your
mistakes? You'll be a better person
for it.> > > > In any event, what I want
to know is whether the amended
accusation, or the allegations
contained therein, have in any way
affected your votes as a member of
the Board of Directors of the Tri-City
Hospital District. Were you
pressured in any way, by any
person, to vote in any particular way,
because of the filing of the
amended accusation or because of
the various allegations contained
therein? Seems to me, you can at
least answer that question without
underming any defense your lawyer
might wish to present at the May 27
hearing.> > > > LP

-----Original Message-----> > From:
> > Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:02:52
> > To: > > Subject: Re: CHARLENE
MARY ANDERSON LICENSE#
46128 DCA Search Results:> >
461728> > > > Leon, I wish I could
talk about this and give my side of
the story but my attorney says no at
this point. In the meantime I am
holding my head high and waiting it
out. Jst FYI> > ----
leonjamespage@yahoo.com wrote:
> > > Lawson,> > > > Well said. The
phrase "innocent until proven guilty"
is used in connection with criminal
proceedings, where it is the
prosecutor's burden to prove the
criminal defendant's guilt beyond a
reasonable doubt.> > > > To my
knowledge, no one has accused
Ms. Anderson of a crime. As I
understand the process, the
Department of Consumer Affairs
has determined that there is
sufficient evidence to move forward
with an amended administrative
accusation regarding Ms.
Anderson's alleged mishandling of
some fairly serious painkillers. Like
you, I would welcome Ms.
Anderson's explanation regarding
the events alleged in the
administrative accusation. As
interested members of the pub lic,
concerned with the welfare of our
local public hospital, neither of us
are precluded from asking about
what happened, particularly as the
filing of the accusation (and the
misconduct alleged therein) may
relate to recent action taken or votes
cast by Ms. Anderson as a member
of the Tri-City Hospital District's
Board of Directors.> > > > So
Lawson, good work - and keep at it!
> > > > LP

------Original Message------> > From:
Lawson Chadwick> > To:
charlenefortricity@cox.net> > Cc:
Paul Sisson> > Cc: michael.
burge@uniontrib.com> > Cc: Logan
Jenkins> > Sent: 22 Apr 2010 08:
00> > Subject: Re: CHARLENE
MARY ANDERSON LICENSE#
46128 DCA Search Results:
461728> > > >

Hello Charlene~I didn't say you
were guilty........I just said EXPLAIN
the > > disciplinary action.......if you
have> > more info......let Paul
Sisson of the North county Times
know or Michael > > Burge of the
UnionTrib......I hope> > it's all not
true.....Lawson>

----- Original Message -----

From: > > To: "Lawson Chadwick"
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 11:
22 PM
Subject: Re: CHARLENE MARY
ANDERSON LICENSE# 46128 DCA

Have you not heard of innocent until
proven guilty Lawson?> > ----

Lawson Chadwick wrote:> > Hello
Charlene~Can you explain this
disciplinary action?......Lawson> > >
> CHARLENE MARY ANDERSON
LICENSE# 46128 DCA Search
Results: 461728> > > > > > http:
//search.ca.gov/search?
q=461728&submit.x=9&submit.
y=7&site=ca_dca&client=ca_dca&ou
tput=xml_no_dtd&proxystylesheet=c
a_dca > > > > > > > Sent via
BlackBerry by AT&T> > >

EDITORIAL: Tri-City board's
theatrics play out
OUR VIEW: Hospital directors
perform week-long 'show'
By the North County Times
April 25, 2010
...
-- On Monday night, steely-eyed
board members voted 4-3 to oust
CEO Larry Anderson (actually, the
vote was to give him 60 days'
notice of termination of his
contract). What exactly the four
had against their top executive is
a little unclear. Board member
Ron Mitchell noted that the
sometimes-blunt Anderson had
a style more suited for a private,
for-profit company. The plot
thickens.

-- On Tuesday, somebody began
circulating a complaint by the
California Board of Registered
Nursing against board member
Charlene Anderson (a registered
nurse who used to work for the
Scripps Encinitas hospital),
accusing her of mishandling
prescription painkillers while
employed by Scripps. Who
knows where that storyline goes.

-- On Wednesday, the board said
in a 5-0 vote, "Oops," and took it
all back, leaving Larry Anderson
still holding the ring and
scheduled for another personnel
evaluation in August.

Charlene Anderson left the
closed meeting before the vote,
as did board Chairwoman
Madeline Rodriguez, who said
she'd had enough and was
through with the board. Exit stage
left.

-- On Thursday, Rodriguez
confirmed that her part was
ended: She had resigned.

The same day, Larry Anderson
sat down and talked with us
about the events and his
15-month tenure at the hospital.
He attributed some board
members' angst to his work in
getting hospital contracts in
order, particularly with some of
the doctors (that's a must for any
hospital) and to unease by some
with his moves to open up new
revenue streams, particularly
seeking to attract now patients in
need of orthopedic and
neurologic surgeries and cardiac
care.

We don't know what the future will
hold for Tri-City or what storyline
the board will choose to follow.

But we agree it is necessary for
the hospital to survive ---- and as
with so many other organizations,
it is necessary to innovate to do
that.

And if Larry Anderson can lead
the institution back from the
precipice, pulling together all the
principal players, plots and
subplots, then he may indeed
deserve the fame of a Wagner or
Verdi.

April 2010
Temporary take-over
by the ousted faction
of Tri-City Hospital is
stymied: allegations
about board member
Charlene Mary
Anderson

Blog posts about Leslie
Devaney, Tri-City Hospital

Complaint against Tri-City on
behalf of seven administrators

Comparison of Tri-City and
Carolyn Walker (SEDC) cases

Attorney Leslie Devaney

3 Leslie Devaney cases--
including Tri-City Healthcare

Tri-City Healthcare

Two of the Tri-City Hospital board members are in line to
have their nursing licenses revoked.
These are NOT the two board members banned from closed-door meetings. It would
seem that the wrong people are running the show.

1) Board member Charlene Anderson
See stories below
June 2011Board of Nursing complaint against Charlene Mary Anderson

2) Board member George Coulter
See stories below
BOARD OF VOCATIONAL NURSING AND PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIANS
Licensee Name:        COULTER GEORGE WILLIAM
License Type:            Psychiatric Technician
License Status:         DELINQUENT
Expiration Date:        June 30, 2010
Actions:                     Yes
Citations                    March 30, 2009:         Citation Issued

San Diego
Education Report

Fellow director's credentials questioned in Sterling case
A question over a colleague's credentials is the latest wrinkle to surface in the legal battle
surrounding Tri-City Healthcare District director Kathleen Sterling. Sterling's attorney, public
defender Sherry Stone, is asking the court to force hospital director George Coulter to
produce a diploma showing he has earned a doctorate in clinical psychology.

Court records indicate that Coulter testified May 27, during a deposition in a separate case
involving Sterling, that he "had a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Gold Coast University in
Orange County."

Stone says in court documents that Gold Coast does not exist in Orange County or Ventura
County.

According to a transcript from a court hearing June 30, Stone's request for the diploma calls
into question Coulter's credibility.

"We've found no evidence that he does possess that degree," Stone said at the hearing.
"He's stated in depositions, as well as at the preliminary hearing, that he had obtained it at
two different universities, neither of which exists," she added. "So he's given conflicting
testimony. His credibility is at issue."

Political integrity of Tri-City director is a matter of degree
In 2008, a slate of four candidates was elected to the Tri-City Healthcare District’s board of
directors. Once in office, this group immediately forced out the hospital’s CEO and eight
administrators in a 4-3 power play, unleashing furies that turned a troubled hospital board
into a bedlam in need of psychiatric help.

Coulter won a board seat — and tipped the balance of power into a revolutionary delirium —
with the help of two plausible misperceptions.

The first was that Coulter, now 63, is a medical doctor. After all, his profession was listed as
“psychiatric therapist,” which a hurried voter might construe as the cerebral couch work
Freud or Jung performed.

In reality, Coulter is a retired “psychiatric technician,” a job that would in everyday English be
called a psychiatric orderly, not a therapist and certainly not a doctor.

Despite the misleading ballot statement, Coulter readily concedes he’s not a medical doctor
but, rather, a proud Ph.D., the holder of an advanced degree that confers upon people the
right to pump themselves up with the title “doctor.”

It’s likely that a second batch of misled voters, in addition to the ones who assumed Coulter
was a “real” doctor, thought to themselves, “Well, the guy has a Ph.D. At least he’s well-
educated. I’m voting for the brainy guy.”

In recent court hearings, however, Coulter’s doctorate has been exposed as a probable
fake. Best case, it’s a bought degree granted by a defunct diploma mill nobody has heard
of. At worst, it’s a fraud so total that as proof there’s not even a bargain-basement fig leaf of
sheepskin.

Coulter, I gather, is looking for his diploma from “Gold Coast University,” an institution that
has left no footprint in Southern California. He’s not responding to repeated emails seeking
an explanation.

Tri-city board member's degree is at issue
George Coulter, a director on the Tri-City Healthcare District board, displays "Ph.D." after
his name on his placard displayed at board meetings. The abbreviation appeared by his
name on the 2008 election ballot. In at least two court proceedings involving infighting at the
board - most recently in May - Coulter was asked about his education.

In at least two court proceedings involving infighting at the board — most recently in May —
Coulter was asked about his education.

“Where did you obtain your Ph.D. in clinical psychology?” an attorney asked him during a
2009 deposition.

“That was Gold Coast University,” Coulter responded.

“Did you say Gold Coast?”

“Yes.”

“Where is it located?”

“It was in Orange County.”

In the May hearing against fellow board member Kathleen Sterling, Coulter made the same
claim. He also says he got his bachelor’s degree from Gold Coast.

Sterling is being prosecuted for a possible conflict in voting to oppose sanctions imposed on
her by other board members. Prompted by Coulter, Sterling’s colleagues censured her a
year ago, saying she made a scene at a restaurant over a committee assignment.
Superior Court Judge Robert J. Kearney today will consider Sterling’s effort to subpoena
Coulter’s degree, in an effort to discredit him.

Sterling’s attorney, Deputy Public Defender Sherry Stone, said she has been unable to find
a Gold Coast University in Orange County.

The Watchdog sought to find information about the university.

Gold Coast is not listed as a previously or currently accredited institution by the Western
Association of Schools and Colleges or on a larger database maintained by the Council for
Higher Education Accreditation.

Cities in Orange County had no records of a Gold Coast University, nor does the school
come up on that county’s online business search.

There was an organization called Gold Coast University in Honolulu, which opened in 1989
and closed in 1992. Authorities found its address was a mailbox, and its operator was
arrested for mail fraud and later sentenced to 43 months in prison. The Watchdog could not
determine whether that university issued Coulter’s degree.

Approached at a board meeting on Tuesday, Coulter said he couldn’t comment about the
situation because it involves an active case. His made one brief comment about Sterling,
which was, “Her attorney can lie all she wants.”

Oceanside, California