NOTABLE QUOTABLES

“We are not doing a good job of communicating to our constituents all

those things that we’re doing.”

-- Newport Beach Councilman Tod Ridgeway on the need for the city to

hire a public information officer.

“They are also fascinating issues because the lack of a body always

leaves open questions about the wounds and manner of death. There’s no

way to prove that without the body or blood.”

-- Lloyd Freeberg, an Orange County defense attorney, on the arguments

of jurisdiction and lack of proof used by attorney Lloyd Barnett in his

plans to appeal the murder conviction of Eric Bechler. Bechler was found

guilty of murdering his wife, Pegye, off the coast of Newport Beach.

“He’s my interior designer.”

-- Kevin Finegold, owner of Josh Slocums Restaurant in Newport Beach,

on the role Dennis Rodman is playing in the eatery. Rodman loaned

Finegold money for the restaurant’s renovation.

“I had a nightmare that the kitten was crying and couldn’t find its

food bowl or litter box, and I couldn’t find it either.”

-- Ginny Nelson, office manager of the Costa Mesa Animal Shelter,

explaining her concern for the quality of life of Patches, a blind kitten

in need of a home.

“Ronald Reagan was a real human being. He understood people. He knew

how to inspire them.”

-- Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, whose district includes Costa Mesa, praising

Reagan in honor of the former president’s 90th birthday. Rohrabacher

spent seven years as one of Reagan’s chief speech writers.

“The residents of Costa Mesa deserved better than what happened last

night.”

-- Tom Sutro, a Costa Mesa planning commissioner, on Monday’s frantic

City Council meeting at which council members appointed a new slate of

planning and parks commissioners. Council members lost track of the times

they voted, mis-voted and struggled to get the floor for nominations.

Sutro did not get reappointed.

“There are some that have been working in those buildings for years,

one man for 10 years. We had to send a message that it’s not OK to

contract with others . . . .”

-- Aida Cardenas, a senior organizer for the Service Employees

International Union Local 1877, on Thursday’s rally protesting building

management in Newport Center’s move to replace a union-backed cleaning

company with a nonunion one.