text: Cherry : Please don't paint all Democrats with a wide brush.  I've been a liberal Democrat all my life, while, at the same time, employing common sense......they shouldn't be mutually exclusive.  
  
  The JC State Hospital is a huge, huge fiasco.  I applaud Governor Brown for having the guts to recognize that fact and propose its closure.  Those legislators who pushed it through the legislature (in the face of unanimous opposition from all mental health professionals) will, hopefully, acknowledge their mistake instead of trying to defend it.  The idea of a mental hospital operating at a cost of $425,000 per patient per year boggles the mind.    
  
  I suggest those specific individuals who "ramrodded" the hospital construction should be the ones held accountable.  regards, Gary