Notable quotable

“This has been the most heated issue I’ve dealt with in my year and a

half on the council.”

-- John Heffernan, Newport Beach City Councilman, on the proposed

construction of a Mormon temple.

“We take full responsibility for what happened, even if we weren’t

aware of it. The only unanswered question now is: Did anybody know? And

we’re investigating that.”

-- Tod Ridgeway, Newport Beach mayor, on revelations that the city for

12 years was wrongly dumping sewage debris in an Irvine landfill.

“This is the stuff that would settle to the bottom of the wet well.

We’re not going to landfill it anymore. We’re going to take it to the

sanitation district.”

-- Dave Kiff, Newport Beach assistant city manager, on the wrongful

dumping.

“On Feb. 21, it will be our 60-year anniversary, can you believe it?

And we still really like each other.”

-- Natalie Mandel, on her husband, Leonard, on the day the Newport

Beach woman was honored as the Jewish Federation of Orange County’s Woman

of the Year.

“I want to win so that I can buy a house on Lake Como in Italy and

live next to Versace.”

-- Brian Como, one of many trying to win Saturday night’s SuperLotto

Plus drawing.

“All matters in the dispute have been settled. We are happy all the

matters have been resolved without further court proceedings.”

-- Ron Rus, attorney for former Orange County Chief Executive William

Popejoy, on the end of a lawsuit between his client and Balboa Bay Club

owner Beverly Ray.

“They’re an eyesore. They’re old and decrepit. And more for a safety

issue, we decided to clean the jetties up.”

-- Chuck Lindsey, Coast Guard executive officer, on poles removed from

near the Wedge.