“This thing had the makings of...

“This thing had the makings of a civil war, but in the end, it did

not go there. Everybody has taken the high road.”

-- Steve Bromberg, Newport Beach councilman, on the city’s 6-0

vote to approve a Mormon temple with a 90-foot steeple on Bonita

Canyon Drive

“We only own our homes, not the whole street. We don’t get to mark

where we park.”

-- Bill Folsom, recreational vehicle owner and activist, on the

problems created by Costa Mesa’s new ordinance, which bans RV parking

on city streets, with a 48-hour exception for loading or unloading in

front of the owner’s home

“At my age, I think a lot about how lucky I am not to have gone to

war. I’m lucky I didn’t have to face the horrors of war -- you can

get shot at, step on a landmine. Not many people think of that.”

-- Christopher White, Corona del Mar resident, on offering a

screening of his film “Missing Brendan,” the saga of a family that

travels to Vietnam to bring back the remains of its lost son and

brother, to veterans on Veterans Day

“She was a second mom to everybody who passed through the

newsroom. Any journalist who worked there quickly learned that she

was the most intelligent and well-read person in the place.”

-- Bill Lobdell, former editor of the Daily Pilot, on former Pilot

librarian and history columnist Anne Spinn, who passed away at age 71

“It’s really a matter of principle. The critical victory for us

here is the jury spoke out strongly about contractual obligations.”

-- Leigh Steinberg, Newport Beach sports agent, on winning his

breach of contract suits Friday against former partner David Dunn,

who started a competing agency, taking many of Steinberg’s clients.

Juries in the two suits awarded Steinberg $44.6 million.