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“We have a really warped sense of humor. We make it fun for adults

and kids and try to get some messages out when we can.”

-- Colleen Hanson, on her Halloween-decorated Costa Mesa house

“I’m always surprised with the amount of diversity in our schools.

And seeing the statistics for the rest of the county and how well the

students are achieving and learning, to me, it’s an affirmation that

we’re on the right track.”

-- Dave Brooks, Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board of

Trustees member, at a meeting the state of education in the county

“I don’t understand why they have to have such a huge concrete

capacity in the Santa Ana River as it goes through Orange County and

why they can’t do things like create a soft river bottom so that

water has a chance to seep into the river.”

-- Jan Vandersloot, Newport Beach environmental activist, on a

plan to dredge the Santa Ana River

“It’s hard to get people involved. This is your government in

action. Government is people. So when the bulldozers come to plow

over the daisies, [people] can’t complain.”

-- Randy Garell, of the Grant Boys store, on a poorly attended

meeting on plans to widen Newport Boulevard

“I don’t believe it will happen. I don’t understand what they’re

doing. I don’t think they would destroy this beauty.”

-- Avo Kilicarslan, owner of Avo’s Bistro, on possibly losing his

business to the CenterLine rail

“We need that bridge.”

-- Dick Nichols, Newport Beach City Councilman, on a bridge at

19th Street in Costa Mesa, a position shared by the other council

members, who voted unanimously to keep the bridge plan alive

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