NOTABLE QUOTABLES

“We’re trying to do everything we can to get the job done and do everything we can to minimize the noise to the residents.”

? Marcus Puglis, a Newport Beach city inspector, on work at Corona del Mar State Beach that is spilling over to Saturdays because the project is behind schedule; residents are upset by the weekend work.

“We’re very pleased with the ruling they made. After reading the report the [county] staff put together, we believe it was made for the right reasons.”

? David Brooks, Newport-Mesa Unified School District board of trustees president, on the county rejecting a proposed charter school in the district

“I still believe that there is support for putting utilities underground, and some of the survey questions indicated that. The real question is how do we pay for it, and the survey indicated that people were not willing to go with a utility-user tax, and I respect that.”

? Allan Mansoor, Costa Mesa mayor, on the results of a resident survey that listed burying utility lines as a low priority

“With that number, it doesn’t even make sense to consider a $48-million project here.”

? Stephen Brahs, a member of the Newport Beach city committee investigating where to build a new city hall, on the Balboa Peninsula site where City Hall now stands

“The next thing I know, this guy’s running down the stairs, yelling ‘Help! I’ve been shot. ‘“

? Everett McQuillin, who witnessed a shooting Wednesday morning in Newport Beach