“I thought, doggone it, I was...

“I thought, doggone it, I was just glad I was here at OCC during

the time it passed because it will have such an incredible impact on

the future of the place. I would have hated to miss it.”

-- Gene Farrell, interim president at Orange Coast College, on the

$370-million facilities bond that passed Tuesday

“It was like David and Goliath. I was the outsider and a longshot,

yet I won over the incumbent mayor. I attribute it to all the

grass-roots support.”

-- Allan Mansoor, who was elected to the Costa Mesa City Council

on Tuesday

“We’ve been attacked by wild packs of dogs at least a dozen

times.”

-- Andy Mandell, AKA Mr. Diabetes of Florida, on the down side of

his national walking trip that began in Pensacola in January to teach

the public about the disease

“But I chose, rather than taking the easy way out, to continue one

last time to represent a viewpoint that I’m sorry will no longer be

represented.”

-- Wendy Leece, outgoing Newport-Mesa school board trustee, on why

she ran for reelection

“My goal was to have a successful campaign, not an interesting

one.”

-- Glenda Sanders, a Corona del Mar attorney, who was successful

in filling county Judge Office No. 27

“The election just topped off a day that started with some really

great waves.”

-- Dana Rohrabacher, Costa Mesa’s congressman, on Election Day

“I don’t want to get too excited, but I’m reminded of Egan’s first

law: If the salad is good, then the rest of the dinner is good.”

-- Tom Egan, school board trustee-elect from the Westside, on the

preliminary results from Tuesday’s election that showed him winning