“We’re working with a contract from 1993....

“We’re working with a contract from 1993. Who would have seen 9/11

coming? Who would have seen this economy and all this competition in

Huntington Beach and Laguna?”

-- Marta Hayden, head of the Newport Beach Conference and Visitors

Bureau, on the group’s need for more funds from the city’s hotel

taxes.

“Please help us protect Newport Bay and be considerate of others

by: removing manure from streets, driveways, bridle trail, and

sidewalks; not littering; staying on trails where appropriate, and

reminding others to do so, too.”

-- A new, friendlier sign being proposed by Newport Beach

officials for the horse trails in Santa Ana Heights.

“We’ve gone through some challenging times, but we seem to have

gotten through most of it.”

-- Tom Lydon, president of Global Trends Investments in Newport

Beach, on the stock market closing up for 2003.

“At $5, Crystal Cove is still attractive. If it goes up to $10, it

would be more attractive to go up to Corona del Mar. We might have to

raise those fees to manage the crowds. But even if they went up to $8

or $10 [at Corona del Mar], that could send people into side streets

for parking.”

-- Dave Kiff, Newport Beach Assistant city manager, on news that

fees for state parks and beaches will rise in July.

“We need to educate children in schools about gun safety. It’s

like driver’s education classes. Just because you teach a kid to

drive, he’s not going to become a race-car driver, and just because

you teach a kid about guns, he’s not going to become a shooter.

Education is the most important thing here.”

-- Randy Gerall, owner of the Grant Boys, on new laws for guns and

what he thinks is the best path toward gun safety.