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“I’ve spent a great deal of time and effort on assisting the
[Bush] administration to help the people of Iraq liberate themselves
from a horrible gangster.”
-- Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (Costa Mesa), who was in Russia this
week, on removing Iraq leader Saddam Hussein from power
“Taking back the word is very important; it takes the venom out of
it.”
-- Orange County Dyke March organizer Lori Hutson, on the group’s
efforts to end slurs toward and misunderstandings of lesbians and,
particularly, the word “dyke”
“It’s been quite a lifestyle change. You go from living in a place
where you have to worry about things like traffic to living on a
boat, where you have to worry about bears.”
-- Newport Beach resident Melissa Fischer, on sailing around the
world on her 72-foot yacht with husband Chris for their television
show “Offshore Adventures”
“We’re meeting our disinfection goals.”
-- Bob Ooten, the Orange County Sanitation District’s director of
maintenance and operations, on using chlorination to clean up the
coast
“I think we can do a whole lot better.”
-- Costa Mesa Councilman Chris Steel, on replacing a Kohl’s retail
store proposed for the Mesa Verde Shopping Center with something more
recreative, such as a skateboard park
“It’s like a squawk and a high pitch, and he trolls up and down in
front of the houses here. I know he’s calling for her.”
-- Balboa Peninsula resident Gay Wassall-Kelly, on Rupert the
swan, who’s been lonely since mate Pearl suffered a leg injury that
landed her at a wildlife care center
“It’s a miracle she’s with us today.”
-- Amanda Arthur, a Newport Beach coma survivor, on Leilani
Gutierrez, a 4-year-old Costa Mesa girl who, too, emerged from a long
coma
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