"We certainly have an abundance of apartments online or coming online and there is not a need for any more," said Maxime, vice president of property management at Delaney, which has more than 2,000 apartment units.

The board has approved a $172 million budget for the fiscal year, which began July 1, and hospital administrators laid off between 65 and 70 full-time employees in July to reduce its personnel expenses.

“He started running his mouth at me,” Pate said, “and that’s when I went to my truck and got my shotgun, requesting strongly that he should leave my property.”