The independent monitor over HCA continued its tour of Western North Carolina at the Robert Carpenter Community Center in Franklin. T he meeting was held in the middle of a work day, something that frustrated the almost 50 people that gathered in Franklin to ask questions and air their concerns to Gibbins Advisors . Ron Winters is with the independent monitor overseeing HCA. “What we aren’t charged with, and what we don't have the authority to do is to chase down individual issues. But what we