Interview 16470 – Caption Index: 691
What would you say is, at least one, of your proudest accomplishment?… Read More
What would you say is, at least one, of your proudest accomplishment?… Read More
No, it angered me, made me angry. Not surprised, I was angry. I was angry at myself for bringing him aboard, and I was right. Read More
Was that a surprise to you?… Read More
They were doing things that didn’t work. Read More
I didn’t lose it. He didn’t. The society lost it. The society lost it. They lost it because they were hiding venomous snakes. The director there was hiding venomous snakes they weren’t supposed to have, no anti-venom. And he lost accreditation and that’s what happened. I didn’t lose accreditation, we… Read More
The museum, the museum. One of the things I, yeah, that’s true, thank you for that. One of the things I really wanted to do and I really wanted to do it, and I never did it, lazy I guess, is I wanted to build a museum for blind and… Read More
Were there things when you left the zoo that you felt you wanted to accomplish that you haven’t?… Read More
Yes, thank God. I think Eric bought it in 2009. Read More
Now, has the zoo gone back to being private then?… Read More
Have you been to our zoo?” And everywhere I go, I talk about it. He loves Eric and he’s got a good relationship with Eric. Eric Murphys has done a good job there, he’s a good guy. I’m really happy with what he’s doing. I trust him. The whole family,… Read More
Other than talking about it and giving out brochures when I go to places and restaurants and things like that and talk to people, “Have you been to the zoo?… Read More
Are you still involved with the zoo in any way?… Read More
When Eric said, “I went over these books. When Diana had it and you had it, I could see where every dollar went. But when I looked at these books that the society had, I could make tails of what was going on.” There’s no way you could keep books… Read More
It’s difficult to explain, that’s difficult to explain. It shouldn’t be said. Turned out not to be the right person for the job. He was very creative and he wanted to just be out in the park building exhibits, but he- Just wanted snakes. Puts someone in charge, a woman,… Read More
Can you explain that, why?… Read More
Yeah. Yes, he was, he hired him. Grave mistake. Excuse me. Grave mistake. Read More
Were you involved in hiring the new director?… Read More
I don’t do well with a committee designing camels, particularly if they’re not in this industry. So I’m a little hardheaded about things like that. I don’t have a lot of patience. You had no desire, they wanted to… I remember Bobby Switzer, I believe, wanted to actually move you… Read More
What were the reasons?… Read More
But why did you feel was time to retire when the Zoo Society took over?… Read More