SAY AGAIN

“If this amount of noise was happening on Balboa Island or Lido Isle, I

doubt it would be accepted. How much can we tolerate?” -- John Fransen, a

Newport Coast resident who lives near the construction site where

scheduled rock blasts went wrong last week, injuring six workers.

“The program sounds like the best avenue for her, not only to help her,

but to prevent the further killing of animals.” -- Deputy Dist. Atty.

Michael Lubinski on Costa Mesa resident Debra Kinkaid, who was sentenced

to two months in jail for allegedly cooking her pet cat, Beauty.

“I’ve just heard that [argument]. I don’t know that for a fact. Maybe I

shouldn’t have said that in the first place.” -- Chamber of Commerce

President Richard Luehrs, on his explanation for how the Traffic Phasing

Ordinance relates to the Greenlight initiative.

“This is the highest I’ve ever seen it, but I don’t think it’s going to

put a dent in the pockets of people who live around here.” -- Shell

station manager Al Talebi, on rising gasoline prices. Super premium at

his store was listed at $2.05 a gallon.

“There are probably 10,000 pages of stuff in there.” -- Newport Harbor

High School Principal Bob Boies, on the school’s “evidence room” that

officials showed off to accreditation and Blue Ribbon teams visiting last

week.

“We would like to bring everyone together into a park-nership.” -- Bob

Fisher, on newly unveiled plans for an Orange Coast River Park along the

Santa Ana River.

“As the El Toro scenario becomes more and more difficult, there comes a

point where you say, ‘Let’s go to Plan B.’ ” -- Former Newport Beach

Mayor Tom Edwards, on a blueprint he devised for a pact with South County

to prevent expansion of John Wayne Airport and stop plans for a new

airport at the El Toro Marine base.

“He was truly one of the more important watercolor painters of our time.”

-- Orange County Museum of Art Director Naomi Vine, on the passing of Rex

Brandt, a local artist who painted the Newport Beach city seal.