06/09/2025 PT Leader email to Matt Ready

Good Evening Matt,

I’ve reviewed the detective’s report you sent. Thank you.

I’d like to hear what you’d like to achieve with carrying this complaint forward. What’s the best possible outcome?

Will you seek relection?

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,

James Robinson

6/9/2025 Matt Ready Responds to PT Leader James Robinson inquiry

Hi James,

Thanks for reviewing the detective’s report and for reaching out.

My goal is a healthy, well-governed hospital district—led with integrity, intelligence, wisdom, creativity, and compassion. When I realized that the board and CEO appeared to be coordinating a public deception around the Peninsula Health Alliance proposal, I believed it could rise to the level of fraud. When the board chair muted me repeatedly at the March 26 meeting as I attempted to speak about the proposal, it became clear that the wrongdoing had gone too far. At that point, it was both my fiduciary duty and my duty under oath of office to report the matter to the sheriff (and other authorities such as the Washington State Auditor) for review.

My first and most immediate goal was to disrupt the illegal process and prevent the proposal—crafted and advanced without public debate or board authorization—from being adopted without a valid democratic process. That said, I remain open to building alliances, as long as they are pursued with transparency and full public participation.

Detective Allen’s in-depth investigation and written report have now provided the community with a clear legal analysis showing that the February 5 executive session and the submission of the proposal violated the Open Public Meetings Act. This recognition of wrongdoing should serve as a foundation for Jefferson Healthcare to begin the internal work necessary to understand what happened, why it happened, repair any damage, ensure it never happens again, and work to restore public trust.

I’ve emailed my fellow board members and the OMC Board of Commissioners, informing them of the detective’s findings and requesting a public meeting between our two boards to reestablish legal communication and coordination. If our two districts want to transform our relationship, then let’s do it in the open, in full view of the public, as the law requires.

Yes, I am seeking re-election. Our public hospital district is one of the most positive and valuable institutions in our community, and it remains my continued honor to serve on its board of commissioners.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

Kind regards,
Matt Ready
Public Hospital Commissioner, Jefferson Healthcare