Voices

“As long as we have the overwhelming support of the citizens of Orange

County, we are still very confident that in the long run there will never

be an airport at El Toro.”

-- Paul Eckles, executive director, El Toro Reuse Planning Authority

“We viewed Measure F as deceptive, a ruse upon the public, and the

court agreed.”

-- Dave Ellis, consultant for the Airport Working Group

“When you have 67.3% of the people against the airport and

overwhelming public sentiment against an airport, there is no way that

three people on the Board of Supervisors can force it down their

throats.”

-- Meg Waters, a spokeswoman for the El Toro Reuse Planning Authority

“They drafted an initiative using polling data and focus groups. They

weren’t concerned about developing good public policy. It was confusion,

at best, and it took a judge to expose their irresponsible behavior.”

-- Bruce Nestande, president, Citizens for Jobs and the Economy

“The judiciary should generally not involve itself in the initiative

process. However, courts are sometimes compelled to do so when measures

such as F are so fundamentally flawed and in violation of the

Constitution and laws of this state.”

-- Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Otero, in his ruling

on Measure F