“She can’t just get by on...

“She can’t just get by on her looks anymore.”

-- John Matthews, a lifelong Newport Beach resident, on a 1941

Newport Beach fire boat he’s restoring

“We need to set a community standard that discourages hate crimes

from happening. They could be triggered off by incidents such as 9/11

or be caused by a change in demographics. But hate crimes largely

happen because of ignorance, and that’s why we need to help build

relationships between diverse young people at an early age.”

-- Rusty Kennedy, executive director of the Orange County Human

Relations Commission, on how to reduce hate crimes

“Dennis has worn out his welcome. It was totally unacceptable.”

-- Tod Ridgeway, Newport Beach’s mayor, on former NBA bad boy and

Newport Beach resident Dennis Rodman’s expletive-laced rap song at

the Taste of Newport’s opening night

“We’re trying to get back closer to our actual budget. We’ve been

in such a high growth mode that we’ve extended ourselves too far.”

-- Bob Dees, vice president of instruction at Orange Coast

College, on plans to cut the school’s spring schedule

“We’ve been working all year and the Senate has been sitting on

their hands. We should be able to complain if the Senate is not

acting on a bill.”

-- Dana Rohrabacher, Costa Mesa’s U.S. Representative, on trying

to overturn an 1801 rule Thomas Jefferson created that forbids the

House from criticizing the Senate

“It’s just another layer of government over us. I’m concerned

about what Newport Beach has in mind for the redevelopment money.”

-- Greg Carroll, an East Santa Ana Heights resident who opposes

the city’s annexation of his unincorporated island