“I think the Newport Beach mom is...

“I think the Newport Beach mom is looking for something really

special. She doesn’t want what the neighbor has.”

-- Jacqueline Chase-Nemerofsky, owner of All the Rage Baby at

Crystal Cove Promenade, on the business of baby retail.

“I’ve never felt that our invocation has been a problem to this

date. No harm, no foul at this point. I’m definitely open to see what

he’s bringing up.”

-- Costa Mesa Mayor Gary Monahan on a proposed change to the

city’s invocation policy.

“It was a long five months. I’m very grateful to be going back to

work.”

-- Tamara Davis, a checker at the Balboa Boulevard Albertsons,

about the end of the strike.

“We’re exposing kids to as much as possible to find something they

have a knack for. That way they can find something they’re good at

and feel good about themselves.”

-- Dan Monahan, director of the Save Our Youth center, on a

student movie project being done with a new camcorder the group got

through a grant.

“They were all worthy opponents. We just focused all of our effort

on Ms. Cristich and she on me, so I think both of us had opinion

polls that showed we were each other’s main rival.”

-- Chuck DeVore, the victor of the race for the 70th Assembly

District seat, on the heated race against opponent Cristi Cristich.

“I got hit by a freight train. A lot of it just came down to some

real big-money special interests, aligned with the new governor

weighing in against me.”

-- Assemblyman Ken Maddox on his Republican nomination race, which

he lost, against Assemblyman John Campbell for the 35th District

state Senate seat.