SAY AGAIN

A collection of the best quotes from recent news stories.

“I was furious. I specifically wanted to go to this meeting to voice my

opinion and concerns -- and I feel I’ve been excluded.”

-- Howard House, a West Side business owner, on the city’s oversight in

inviting business owners to a meeting on the area’s revitalization.

“He stood on the edge of the cliff and did a swan dive. He went headfirst

into some brush that broke his fall.”

-- Mike McDermott, of the Newport Beach Police Department, describing a

chase that ended in a 17-year-old burglary suspect being caught.

“My heart cries for these people because I know firsthand how these

people feel.”

-- Sheryl Hawkinson, director of Southcoast Early Childhood Learning

Center, on a shooting at a L.A. Jewish Center.

“The California laws are much more strict than in other areas of the

country. The things we’ve been doing in California go above and beyond

what is being considered at the federal level.”

-- Tracy Olcott, with Crossroads, which is promoting this month’s gun

shows at the Fairgrounds.

“We think about going other places, but we always come here.”

-- Judy McCarthy, who vacations with her family on the Balboa Peninsula

every summer.