“I think it’s making a mountain...

“I think it’s making a mountain out of a molehill. These

candidates are absolutely true Greenlight candidates.”

-- Phil Arst, Greenlight spokesman, on Greenlight-endorsed Newport

Beach City Council candidates Richard Taylor and Madelene Arakelian

“We will simplify it by complicating it.”

-- Howard Tucker, UC Irvine professor, on a complex equation while

teaching a linear programming class

“He found a fund that could be in fact safe from the budget

environment back there. Believe it or not, we’re excited about that.”

-- Tod Ridgeway, Newport Beach’s mayor, on $1 million Rep. Chris

Cox secured in Washington, D.C. to help cover the Big Canyon

Reservoir

“I thought I was on the wrong channel.”

-- Paul Bunney, Costa Mesa resident, to City Council members about

a city TV ad in Spanish on Channel 74

“Everybody has enough money to get their message out if they use

it wisely.”

-- Gary Monahan, Costa Mesa City Councilman, on the five City

Council candidates as they near the Nov. 5 election

“It’ll take longer to build, longer to test and longer to finalize

than we thought.”

-- Jerry Mandel, Performing Arts Center president, on delaying the

opening of the center’s concert hall and music theater from the 2005

to 2006

“I think this is a spectacular structure and will be another

landmark for Costa Mesa.”

-- Linda Dixon, Costa Mesa’s mayor, on Emulex’s new headquarters

approved for the Home Ranch site on Monday