The jerky response of Governor Gibbons to the medical crisis is characteristic of the man.

Another example occurred at a town hall meeting at the Durango Drive headquarters of the then Congressman Gibbons of the then second district. It was at the time of the Panama Canal Giveaway at the turn of the century.

The U.S. Canal in Panama, one of the world's most strategic waterways — and a target of Communist conquest since the Bolshevik Revolution — passed from our hands when the clock struck midnight at the close of 1999. The vast majority of the American people have not the slightest idea that Russia, China, and Cuba had been positioned to take control of this critical choke point of world commerce that was so vital to U.S. economic well-being and national security.

Several of us concerned citizens at that town hall meeting cried out against this treasonous act to Congressman Gibbons.

His response was to tell us to stop talking about it and to be quiet.

We were stunned by his jerky response.