Letter to the Editor: Art Lange Can Be Trusted

— from Thomas and Karen Ritter —

Hello friends and citizens of Orcas Island

Please take a few minutes to learn about Art Lange, who is an ideal candidate for commissioner of the Public Hospital District [PHD]. This is not a program for a hospital, but it is a program to ensure that citizens of Orcas Island have primary and urgent care health services in the future.

Art will work to ensure that all members of our community have access to high quality primary and urgent care medical service. Art is dedicated to being fiscally responsible with taxpayer money. Art has earned a solid reputation of responsible fiscal management working for many organizations in our community. He will work with all existing and future primary/urgent care practices that meet the needs of Orcas Islanders.

Art Lange is a reliable and dependable member of the health team that will resolve problems and reach a responsible consensus.

This gentleman has superior knowledge of the Orcas Island health care program and a solid relationship with other organizations. In the past he owned a management consulting company for 35 years. He has worked with many hospitals and healthcare organizations to develop strategic plans and annual budget plans.

Art is currently on the finance committee for the Orcas Island Community Foundation. He is also a member of Coalition for Orcas Healthcare, the citizens group that supports approval of the PHD. He has worked for 8 years as volunteer to assist three chiefs of Orcas Fire-Rescue-Emergency Medical Service to prepare strategic plans and operational plans. He was on the Orcas Medical Foundation Board for 8 years and served six years as Trustee on the Orcas Center Board.

We have known Mr. Lange during the 13 years that he has lived and worked on Orcas Island and strongly support his election as a commissioner of the Public Hospital District. You can trust Art.