o7”I didn’t think anything of the wall...

o7”I didn’t think anything of the wall until it was up. When I saw

what it looked like, I said, ‘We have to do something.’”f7

-- Peggy Gardner of Costa Mesa, who painted a mural on her side of

a 70-foot-long wall her neighbor built along their property line

o7”We immediately researched the matter, and following our

investigation, we promptly called the Costa Mesa Police

Department.”f7

-- Todd Bentjen, Orange County Performing Arts Center’s vice

president of marketing and communications, about the woman charged

with stealing more than $1 million from the arts center

o7”Knowing that Robinsons-May is being changed up to

Bloomingdale’s is a nice step up.” f7

-- Ed Fawcett, president of the Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce, on

news that South Coast Plaza’s Robinsons-May store will become a

Bloomingdale’s next year

o7”I’m a parent of a student at Adams Elementary and TeWinkle

Middle School. I’m volunteering this evening to ask for your support

of a critically important measure that will directly benefit our

local schools and students.”f7

-- Vicki Snell, reading from a script being used by a group

touting a proposed $282-million school bond, Measure F

o7”It’s not so much is it going to make money over time, is it

going to be profitable. I think what they are looking at is do we

have the money to build it in the first place.”f7

-- Debra Allen, a member of Newport Beach’s Marinapark ad hoc

committee, on how the city might pay to develop the site

o7”It’s totally inadequate. It will only catch people after the

fact.”f7

-- Linda Duffy, parent at Mariners Elementary School, on plans to

install security cameras on the school’s playground but not a

security fence