14 Quotes by John Pinkerton

What they said in that bill is we're going to close the regional centers and we're going to establish community-based services.

The problem with respite care is that since the regional mental centers are closing, we are asked to take people who are too unstable and increasingly violent.

So I asked Larry to write a letter to the proper authorities that more psychiatric services are needed. He refused.

Larry has refused my pleading to help nice people who are very sick. People whom we considered to be at great risk to themselves or others.

I tell people it's like playing golf in the middle of the Super Bowl.

I think maybe that might be where Larry became misguided. He's trying to protect the organization and not help mentally ill people.

To be truthful, I don't even know why it's so necessary to close the regional centers. It's going to end up costing us more money to close them than it would be to keep them open.

There is about to be a big calamity if something isn't done soon. Without the regional centers, we are dead in the water.

At the 15th he led the crowd in a chant when I was teeing off. But he was very gracious and affable. He's just a regular guy, not pretentious at all.