You either love him or you don’t. When it comes to former Ripon mayor, councilman and pastor and current Manteca businessman Curt Pernice, his personality – anchored by an unwavering dedication to what he believes in and accented by an unwillingness to compromise his values in any situation regardless of politics – can be hard for some to take. But that doesn’t the stop the man that delivers sodas for his employees and beams when somebody mentions his beloved San Francisco Giants from carrying on the same way that he always has.