And that’s what life’s all about. All I know is what’s worked in Columbus. All I know is no one loves, or not say loves, respects the AZA and it’s, in my own certain ways as I do the AZA, because of that thing they did. Not because of what… Read More
I’m just saying we have to start working closer together. We have to start agreeing. We have to stop thinking that Jack Hanna’s wrong. Or I’m sitting here talking about maybe San Francisco having all the unions. But I do know that that can’t continue, you know, for this zoo… Read More
I would give anything to AZA that I know what they do. I also know the problems they have. Read More
We have problems here at the Columbus Zoo too, all right?… Read More
“Because we’re not much of anything right now, “to anybody, you know?… Read More
“We’re a pain in the ass, it seems like to everybody.” You know, he just went on and on. I didn’t even told Steve, this. Someone told me “Don’t be mad at Steve, Jack. “‘Cause he didn’t vote against you.” That’s not the point. I’m sure, I don’t know what,… Read More
And I told you that was like me, Do I owe the AZA?… Read More
“This is not fair. Read More
“What happened to other zoos “that had these animals on the, on the short term loan?… Read More
“You know why? I know why. Read More
We sat in a little boardroom at that, I forget, I think it was the Marriott, who cares?… Read More
In that boardroom there. I brought up Mel Dodge here at the Parks and Recreation, Ken Cook, who’s now rose to be one of the top vice presidents of Price Waterhouse. Pretty bright guy. I brought, I dunno, myself, I dunno, about five of us, that’s all went. And Steve… Read More
“Pack your bags, get the you-know-what out of here. “Now, everybody with me in this room, bam, big deal.” Slammed it down, walked and slammed the door. Steve’s there just sitting there. Got in the car, Ken didn’t say a word all went back to Columbus from Cleveland. Then we… Read More
Yes, we were happy. You kidding me?… Read More
What did, now what’d I do wrong?… Read More
All of a sudden I get kicked out of the AZA, the zoo does. They take away our newsletter for one year, or whatever it was. I don’t remember, take away whatever my membership was. I don’t remember that. But before they did that, we went to Cleveland and I’ll… Read More
And he went on to what he was saying. Maybe some of it was right. You know, maybe they are, excuse my language, bastardizing the panda. Read More
To me that wasn’t happening, okay?… Read More
That’s just me, Jack, Hanna. Others zoos probably thought that, or the guys at AZA board, whatever, big deal, okay. It didn’t take one hour. He slammed his thing down. The pandas are coming, period. That’s the end of the story next. You know, get the hell out of the… Read More
He goes, “Pack your bags, we’re done.” Like that, you know?… Read More