Notable QUOTABLES

“It was worthwhile because it was a new perspective of what’s going on

in the Middle East and the oil crisis.”

-- Travis Laub, a UC Irvine freshman, on a teach-in held at the

school.

“The people that we get are Costa Mesa citizens, and Costa Mesa is

trying to discriminate and get rid of them.”

-- Robert Tameny, owner of a Costa Mesa recovering home, who has filed

a federal complaint against the city.

“It’s no longer just a dream, but it is a reality.”

-- Roger Kirwan, chairman of the Orange County Performing Art Center’s

board of directors, after the Center unveiled plans for its $200-million

expansion.

“We’re going to go the other way and expand.”

-- Paul Kraft, vice president of operations for the Clubhouse

restaurant at South Coast Plaza, which has announced it has filed for

Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

“I don’t want people to think that I don’t like it here anymore. I

love this community.”

-- Allan Roeder, Costa Mesa city manager, who said he is interested in

an opening in Anaheim.

“The last thing people should be doing is to panic and come running

into our emergency room.”

-- Steve Moreau, senior vice president at Hoag Hospital, on the

anthrax scare gripping the country.

“We tried to negotiate with the city of Tustin and our landlords, but

after years of the back and forth they simply couldn’t give us enough

room to make the expansion we were hoping for.”

-- Doug Collins, project manager for the proposed Ikea at Home Ranch.

Tustin has asked for half the initial sales tax generated by the store if

it relocated to Costa Mesa.

“This county, they can’t do anything right. It’s a failed process.

That’s why it’s a comedy of the absurd.”

-- Meg Waters, the spokeswoman for South County airport opponents,

after the board of supervisors delayed a vote on the proposed El Toro

Airport.