Notable Quotables

Show off and they will come

“All the research shows in terms of student success and recruitment

that students make their decisions based upon what they can see and feel

and touch and look at. They don’t like to make decisions from a

distance.”

-- Jim Carnett, Orange Coast College spokesman, on the school’s open

house for high students, where an obstacle course was part of the fun.

“I proposed the city build a skate park. It would reduce property

damage.”

-- Cage Morgan, a member of a local Boy Scout troop, asking Newport

Beach officials to build a skateboard park.

“I would love to host a Botox bash. “It’s like having a support group.

If it’s something everybody loves and wants, why not do it with class?”

-- Veronica Thomas, a Newport Beach resident and physician at UCLA,

who has taken the age-defying treatment for the last five years on what’s

turning into a growing phenomena.

“When my children were in school, I focused my attention on the school

board. But now that they are older, it’s time to give back to the

seniors.”

-- Linda Dixon, Costa Mesa mayor, during a fund-raising breakfast at

the Costa Mesa Senior Center.

“I was a staunch supporter of annexation, but now I have reservations:

What are we getting into with these people who look at us as a poor

relation and a stepchild?”

-- Barbara Venezia, Santa Ana Heights resident, on a breakdown in

Newport Beach plans to annex the area.

“They threw the baby out with the bathwater because the right way to

fly it, which is far, far superior, was never given to people as a

choice.”

-- Robert McGowan, a member of the New Millennium Group that which is

leading an effort to get a new airport initiative on the November ballot.

“She obviously did not know what ‘primary’ and ‘contingent’ meant. She

just went ahead and filled in the blanks provided in that form.”

-- Michael Lawler, an attorney involved in a dispute between the

Salvation Army and Orangewood Children’s Foundation over a Newport Beach

woman’s $1-million estate.

“I’ve gotten a lot of complaints in my district from people getting

held up in the building permit department and not being able to get

permits expeditiously. This is a basic city service. The city needs to do

a better job.”-- John Heffernan, Newport Beach City Councilman, as

efforts have begun to streamline the process.