Our View: Hospital vote was a tough decision

Serving on any governing body, be it on the city council, board of county commissioners or state legislature, is a tough gig.

Occasionally, elected officials are tasked with making decisions that could drastically impact their constituents. The Sweetwater County Commissioners made one of these decisions last week while debating and ultimately refusing Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County’s request for revenue bonds. The bonds would have been used to pay for an ambulatory surgery center expansion.

We believe the area needs a surgery center and it would do a lot toward helping attract surgeons...