“It has to be done the...

“It has to be done the exact same way every year. If I did

something wrong or lost any of this, Jerry would be mad. He’d

probably punch me in the nose.”

-- Robert Borders, a Newport Coast resident who has exchanged the

same Christmas card every year for 52 years with a friend in Casper,

Wyo.

“The [California] Coastal Commission has made a great injustice to

the marine forest. This injustice has been stopped.”

-- Rodolphe Streichenberger, a Newport Beach resident, on a state

appellate court ruling that upholds his belief that the commission is

unconstitutional

“I think what people need to remember is, the reason they can see

the water from Corona del Mar to Laguna Beach is the coastal

commission. You go up and down the coast, and they forget that.”

-- Judy Rosener, a Newport Beach resident and original member of

the coastal commission, on the commission’s benefits

“If the people elect me, I’ll pledge not to run for [Rep.] Chris

Cox’s [congressional] seat. I’ll take that pledge. I’m challenging

John [Campbell] to do the same.”

-- Ken Maddox, Costa Mesa’s assemblyman, on running for state Sen.

Ross Johnson’s vacate seat in March 2004 and suggesting that Campbell

is running for the post as a stepping stone to Washington, D.C.

“The feeling is, if we have to spend that much money anyway, let’s

see if someone can use the house, and we’ll give them that amount of

money to help make it into something that someone can occupy and

use.”

-- William Morris, Costa Mesa’s director of public services, on

the city paying someone $30,000 -- the same price as demolition -- to

take the Huscroft House and move it to a lot on Bernard Street