“It ranged from 0 to 8 out...

“It ranged from 0 to 8 out of the west. We certainly are hoping for

more breeze.”

-- Len Bose, part of the Governor’s Cup staff and fleet captain of

Balboa Yacht Club, on the disappointing wind that greeted the

first-day of the four-day event.

“Peter has incredible credentials. Unfortunately, he is facing a

candidate [in Arnold Schwarzenegger] who has sucked the oxygen out of

this race.”

-- Buck Johns, a GOP fund-raiser, on Peter Ueberroth

“This was a very tough decision for us because of Peter Ueberroth.

He’s known by the New Majority.”

-- Larry Higby, chairman of the New Majority in Newport Beach, on

the group’s decision to endorse actor Arnold Schwarznegger for

governor during the recall campaign

“We will still have our day in court. The lawsuit is designed to

settle this matter once and for all.”

-- Tricia Aynes, spokeswoman for the Gay & Lesbian Community

Services Center of Orange County, on the ongoing lawsuit against the

city of Costa Mesa alleging the city hampered the group’s 1st

Amendment rights to gather publicly and express its views

“I fear that by giving power over this park to an agency in

Sacramento for 20 years that we’re doing ourselves a big disservice.”

-- Debra Allen, a Newport Beach parks commissioner, on a deal with

the state Coastal Conservancy that would require the city to preserve

sedge grass at Castaways Park instead of her preferred option, to

have turf grass

“No parents intentionally harm their children, or kill them, but

the result is the same.”

-- Sally Kanarek, director and founder of Parent Help USA in Costa

Mesa, on a baby’s death that occurred at UC Irvine last week when the

infant was left in a car for several hours