The governor pays a visit to Great Barrington to take questions and trade jokes. Derek Gentile, Berkshire Eagle, August 6, 2008 Great Barrington - He cracked jokes. He waded into the crowd and got up close and personal with the people who asked him questions. ... Patrick told Ronald Patenaude, head of the local chapter of the United Auto Workers, that he agreed that there should be a "reasonable" ratio of nurses to patients in hospitals, just as there is a mandated ratio of teachers to students in schools. "We need to find a way to (do that)," he said. ... They