Another town hall meeting on the hospital crisis was held on Monday, and many constituents blasted the assembled politicians for jumping on the bandwagon too late to save the hospitals.

NewsChannel5 reports that U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones held her first town hall meeting on the local hospital crisis.

"The easy issue is to talk about one hospital," Jones said. "The harder issue to talk about is this piece out here where we talk about health care delivery."

Annaliesa Henley gave birth at Mt. Sinai, the hospital in Jones' district that closed first.

Henley says that Monday's talk is "too little, too late."

"I am tired of speeches; I am tired of recognitions," she said. "That does not put hospitals back in our community."

Other politicians rode the wave of constituent anger with highly visible actions and words.

Cleveland City Council president Mike Polensek said, "We do not need a scaled-back facility."

In the words of Mayor Michael White, "Somebody better stop this insane competition."

According to U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich said, "We will keep this hospital open."

Hospital neighbors are holding marches and vigils, and Tuesday night they will board buses for a 10-hour trip to demonstrate outside bankruptcy court in Delaware.

Monday night's meeting has no posters, but plenty of statistics, which Jones liked.

"I'm a former judge, so I'm used to deliberating issues, researching facts and coming up with a response," Jones said.

Jones says that she has been at one of the big meetings, but didn't get as much coverage as the other politicians. She says that she doesn't feel that she has to get the publicity.

According to the congresswoman, she says that she's been doing more behind-the-scenes work and focusing on long-term solutions, WEWS reports.

Previous Stories:

• March 26, 2000: PHS Owes City Thousands Of Dollars
• March 26, 2000: Hospital Battle Will Be Decided In Courtroom
• March 25, 2000: Residents Continue To Talk About St. Michael
• March 25, 2000: Judge Postpones St. Michael Hearing
• March 24, 2000: St. Michael Workers Waiting On Ruling
• March 23, 2000: Mt. Sinai-East Ordered To Reopen
• March 22, 2000: Restraining Order Keeps Mt. Sinai-East Open
• March 22, 2000: Hospital Fight Hits Capitol Hill
• March 21, 2000: Priest Joins Fight To Save St. Michael
• March 16, 2000: Mt. Sinai-East Hospital Begins Shutdown
• March 16, 2000: Mt. Sinai, St. Michael Set To Close
• March 15, 2000: Mayor Spars With University Hospitals
• March 15, 2000: University May Buy St. Michael Hospital
• March 15, 2000: Residents Near Mt. Sinai-East Frustrated
• March 15, 2000: Hospital Employees Want Severance Pay
• March 15, 2000: Hospital Fight Has City Leaders Sparring
• March 14, 2000: Council Meeting Held To Save St. Michael
• March 10, 2000: Cleveland Clinic Wants Deal To Save Hospital
• March 10, 2000: Hospitals To Stay Open At Least Another Week
• March 8, 2000: City, County Join Fight To Save Hospitals
• March 6, 2000: Kucinich Leading Way To Save St. Michael
• March 6, 2000: Primary Health Systems In Financial Trouble
• March 6, 2000: St. Michael, Mt. Sinai East To Close
• January 2, 2000: Mount Sinai Closes Trauma Center