SAY AGAIN

A collection of the best quotes from recent news stories.

“I just feel in my heart that a wall is going to protect the children.”

-- Pamela Weinstein, whose 3-year-old son, Brandon Wiener, was one of two

children killed on a day-care playground in May, at a meeting concerning

the removal of a protective wall built around the school.

“I’m not against the church, the children, the preschool or the day care.

What I am against is people getting hurt -- children, adults, anybody.”

-- Catherine Smith, a neighbor of the preschool, explaining why she wants

the wall removed.

“This is the beginning of what should be a great addition to the

library.”

-- James Wood, president of the Newport Beach Public Library Board of

Directors, on the beginning of a $12-million plan to build a cultural

arts center.

“If this initiative went through it would be a great concern to our

business community.”

-- Doug Stuckey, a spokesman for the Newport-Harbor Chamber of Commerce,

on an initiative to overturn Newport Beach’s traffic phasing ordinance.

“I think the name turned a lot of people off.”

-- Helen Wick, a Balboa Island resident, after Bad Ass Coffee Co. closed

its island store.

“There is no way we can live with this industrial-type building ruining

our home an its value.”

-- Martin Brower, a Corona del Mar resident, on recent construction at

Harbor Day School.