* AIRPORT STRATEGY: “The first thing...

* AIRPORT STRATEGY:

“The first thing we need to do is to find out everything that was

done, agreed to and executed in closed session. We need to find out

what exactly we’re committed to, then we can start working toward

regional solutions to air traffic.”

* PLAYING FIELDS:

“We have five and six teams at a time competing for space on

soccer fields. There are opportunities for more park space in West

Newport. We also need to look at allowing winter play, possibly

lighting some fields for a little while in the winter, after it gets

dark at about 6 p.m.”

* IMPORTANT INFLUENCE IN LIFE:

“My father-in-law, Nathan Reade, was like a father to me. From the

time my wife and I first started dating in 1978, he treated me like

his son. He was a man who always did the right thing and who always

gave me guidance.

* GREENLIGHT:

“Greenlight is not no growth. Greenlight is about how much growth

you and I and the citizens want, instead of what some outside

developers want.”

* FAMILY:

“They are the essence of what I am,” Taylor said of his wife and

three children. “Becoming a father changes how you see everything. It

makes you a better person. They’re the most important thing to me.”

* DEVELOPMENT:

“Newport Beach is a patchwork of charming, unique communities.

That’s the reason so many businesses want to come here. But that’s

also why you can’t just plop them down anywhere. I think that

businesses that want to come in should adapt to the charm of Newport

Beach instead of us having to adapt to them.