Notable QUOTABLES

“I learned that people that are less fortunate deserve to be able to

learn in school with the same kind of supplies.”

-- Amy Penner, a 12-year-old Newport Elementary School student, who is

doing volunteer work in preparation for her bat mitzvah.

“We want most of our scores to be above the 50th percentile, and

that’s a good target.”

-- Peggy Anatol, director of curriculum and assessment for the

Newport-Mesa Unified School District, on the latest round of Stanford 9

achievement test scores.

“If we knew, we could have made some adjustments. The problem is we

were blindsided.”

-- Jim McIlwain, Orange Coast College vice president of administrative

services, on Gov. Gray Davis’ surprise cuts to the state education

budget.

“It’s gone so far. Anything can happen now.”

-- Chris Steel, Costa Mesa City Councilman, after pleading not guilty

to felony perjury charges again last week.

“I’m happy to hear they approved it. The intent is to create a

pedestrian- [and] visitor-friendly area for people to walk around.”

-- Tod Ridgeway, Newport Beach City Councilman, on plans to revamp

Balboa Village, just approved by the California Coastal Commission.

“He was a one-man, vertically integrated industry. He grew the coffee,

imported it himself, roasted it -- in a roaster that he invented -- and

sold it to the end user.”

-- Martin Diedrich, on his father, Carl, who passed away late last

month.

“I’m getting a beating up here, and that surprises me. The fact that

so many people got up to discuss this shows that it should be put to the

people for a vote.”

-- Gary Monahan, Costa Mesa City Councilman, during discussion of

several proposals to redo the way the city elects its leaders. The

proposals didn’t pass.