SAY AGAIN

“I’m highly skeptical that [Newport Beach] needs $1.2 million more. It

conveniently matches the Dunes’ projected revenue stream.”

-- Bob Caustin, president of Defend the Bay, on the city’s projected

shortfall of funds in the coming years.

“We don’t want any more tragedies in our neighborhood. It’s a very

frightening effect to hit a child.”

-- Patricia Duvall, who lives near the Southcoast Early Childhood

Learning Center, on neighbor concerns about traffic in the area.

“We don’t know how high the chlorine levels were, if there was any there

at all.”

-- Larry Honeybourne, of the Orange County Health Department, on an

accidental spill into Los Trancos Creek by the Irvine Co.

“I couldn’t just walk away and leave animals to be abandoned. I know a

lot of things can happen to cats.”

-- Patricia Hotz, who faces fines for violating Costa Mesa animal control

laws.