The Observer: Johnny Pinches – ‘Knocking ’em in the head’

The Observer: Johnny Pinches – ‘Knocking ’em in the head’

I have some very sad news. My good friend John Pinches passed away on May 17. Johnny had been hospitalized for a week. Johnny was a good, good, good man who always cared about and represented the best interests of working people and salt-of-the earth ordinary folks who had no one fighting for them. And he accomplished it all with old-school charm, down-home witty humor, and fierce commitment to finish what he started, even if he didn’t always wi…