“People see a noticeable change in day...

“People see a noticeable change in day laborers loitering around, the

shopping carts issue and catering trucks. We don’t hear many of those

complaints in City Council meetings these days.”

-- Police Chief John Hensley, after one year as chief.

“I’ve always been interested in space development and space

exploration. This was a potential to get close to the best

possibility of bringing space into reach of the common man.”

-- Robert Scherer, who flew one of three chase planes that

followed SpaceShipOne and the plane that carried it up to the edge of

Earth’s atmosphere above the Mojave Desert on Monday.

“We feel like we’re being railroaded on the issue.”

-- Gregory Brown, a resident of the Tesoro gated community, that

sits on a bluff overlooking the Newport Coast Elementary School and

proposed access road in question.

“We’re the policymakers, and I think we blew it with respect to

putting [property owners] on notice.”

-- Newport Beach Councilman Steve Bromberg, on residents’

complaints about how the discussions about the Newport Coast

Elementary School access road were handled.

“It is significant to realize that there were a tremendous number

of colorful displays on Saturday. It was quite a potpourri of festive

regalia.”

-- Randy Lewis, UCI’s executive associate dean of students,

commenting on the controversial green stoles some Muslim students

wore at UCI’s graduation ceremonies.

“They’ve worn it the same way as the Hamas has worn it. We have

great respect for the cross as well. But when you look at a group

like the Ku Klux Klan that has subverted its meaning, it’s placed in

a different context.”

-- Kevin O’Grady, associate regional director of the

Anti-Defamation League’s Orange County chapter, about the same green

stoles.