“To say I’m angry is a...

“To say I’m angry is a gross understatement. Anyone who knows me

knows that I would never have any part in such a thing. If the

election outcome had been such that if a significant amount of [Ron]

Winship votes would have pushed Taylor over the edge, I would call

for a reelection. That’s how much I think this is not right.”

-- Gary Adams, a Newport Beach councilman reelected Nov. 5, on

hearing about a phone message sent out by his campaign manager that

claimed that Winship, who is not a Greenlighter, is indeed a

Greenlighter

“This is our fifth house fire in three days. And it’s only

Wednesday.”

-- Bruce Hinkle, lead operations coordinator for the American Red

Cross of Orange County, on the “crazy week” he and his colleagues

were having while at a Costa Mesa house fire

“I was going to paint that house next week. Not anymore.”

-- Luis Pineda, while painting a home across the street from a

burning Costa Mesa house on Wednesday

“We really wanted the community to feel that it was a project they

could support. If dropping the steeple a little over 9 feet can bring

a community together, we were willing to make that change.”

-- Weatherford Clayton, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of

Latter-day Saints’ Newport Beach stake center, on making compromises

to get the City Council and community to accept a Mormon temple

“We just wanted to get on the bandwagon. We feel that we don’t

want to drag our feet.”

-- Arlene Shafer, president of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District,

on joining other agencies in requiring that restaurants install

grease traps to prevent spills that can close beaches