Don Crosby Quotations

The other step would be just to start reducing the ambulance staff, even the full-time staff and then cutting down even further the availability and the response time.

There is no money in the budget and the district cannot afford this action. The district, likewise cannot afford to loose any more paramedics or continue staffing with overtime.

We're going to keep answering calls, we're going to still provide care to the citizens of Adair County. Whether the tax passes or not, we're going to still offer the best quality care that we can afford.

There are some things they've asked us to do as part of the new cardiac specialty care that we can't do because we don't have the equipment.

Even though we're really concerned about money, even though we've been cut by Medicare, we still need to continue operations.

A lot of those older guys abused us.

There seems to be a whole lot of life at Twin Pines.

In some ways, the sales tax is fairer. A retired person living on a fixed salary, their property tax appreciates while they don't spend much on sales tax.

These are maintenance expenses, just like changing the oil on the car. You've got to change the oil on the car, you've got to change the mattresses, you've got to replace the carpet.