Say Again

“I want him to be president because he loves me and plays hide and seek.”

Sarah Shriner, whose father, Joe, stumped in Costa Mesa last week for his

darkhorse Republican campaign.

“No one has come close.”

Newport Beach Police Sgt. Mike McDermott on the 106 drunk-in-public

arrests of Mark David Allen.

“I knew this was coming. I think we’ve got to be open to some new ideas.

To be aggressive.”

School board trustee Wendy Leece on the rankings of Costa Mesa schools in

the statewide Academic Performance Index.

“I have a yard. I have a pool. I felt that strongly about him.”

Gloria Kelly, a volunteer docent at the fair’s Centennial Farm, who vowed

to take Hector the hog home rather than see him killed.

“We are really hurt by this. Honestly it’s like a family member suing

me.”

Sheryl Hawkinson, owner of the Southcoast Childhood Early Learning

Center, regarding the lawsuit filed by the parents of Brandon Weiner, a

child killed when a car, driven by a man intent on harming children, hit

him at the school.