“There are definitely worse jobs in the...

“There are definitely worse jobs in the world.”

-- Shawn Steele, on getting to spend all day around beer, mixing

the ingredients, brewing the beer, making sure it’s ready, tasting

it, and finally, kegging it for Karl Strauss Brewery Restaurant at

Metro Pointe in Costa Mesa.

“She was screaming in her car when she got the call. She never

wanted me to play, growing up, because she didn’t want a skinny

little kid like me to get hurt. But, now, she’s pretty excited.”

-- Andre Sommersell, on his mother’s reaction to his being the

255th and final selection in the National Football League’s draft --

and by virtue becoming Mr. Irrelevant XXIX.

“I’m just going to still be out talking to people and trying to

find what is most important to the voters. And right now, I think

what’s most important to the voters is making sure the city coffers

are protected so we can continue to enjoy the services and programs

that we believe our city governments should provide.”

-- Katrina Foley, Costa Mesa Planning Commissioner and City

Council candidate, on her strategy for the November 2004 elections.

“There’s been a lot of discussion about so-called moderate

Republican groups wanting to reach out, and I think a lot of

mainstream Republican groups don’t accept that there’s something

wrong with the Republican Party.”

-- Kurt English, the president of the new club Newport Beach

Republican Assembly, on the various GOP organizations in the area.

“We’ve really not had many applicants for [general plan]

amendments in the recent past, and I think that’s because of

Greenlight.”

-- Bob Burnham, Newport Beach city attorney, on the fact that

developers are apparently daunted by the possibility of pitching a

project to every voter in the city, as required by the Greenlight

Initiative.