On Monday, September 10, VISN 23 of the VA administration told our steering committee for Save our VA that they were going to submit their original proposal as is, along with their insights about our proposal. If they don't accept key elements of our proposal, they will be rejecting our veterans, native American veterans from the Pine Ridge reservation, the citizens of this area and our congressional representatives, Republican and Democratic, and the governor of our state of South Dakota. Our community has fought long and hard to keep this very special facility open to serve our veterans who have fought for this country. We are angry, frustrated, disappointed, but committed to fight on for the cause of our veterans from all wars and branches of service.
Our proposal beats the VA proposal hands down and our representatives are going to Washington to discuss it with General Shinseki who heads up the VA. We have reason and numbers on our side. Our proposal will not only serve the veterans who have served us, but it will benefit the taxpayers in the long run. You can check it out on our web site, theveteranstown.com. The proposal is there for all to read.
What I have come to realize through all of this long, stressful battle, is that we have a group of ordinary citizens in Hot Springs, who are not only talented and thoughtful, but who are hard working, resourceful, resilient, hopeful and definitely determined to keep this the town for veterans forever.
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