"They want what they want, and they're going to get what they want."
-- John Fitzgerald, a salesman with Connell Chevrolet, said
regarding car buyers and their lack of concern in paying a few
hundred more dollars in sales tax when shopping for a new car.
"Most of these rapes are not stranger rapes. It's not some guy
jumping up from behind the bushes. Most of them are acquaintance
rapes, and many of them involve alcohol and possibly date-rape
drugs."
-- Costa Mesa Police Sgt. Bob Ciszek said about a 340% increase in
rapes in the city from the same period last year.
"Every day is a good day to thank a veteran for fighting for our
country so we can live the American dream."
-- Costa Mesa Mayor Gary Monahan said at a Veteran's Day Service
at St. John the Baptist Church.
"Sometimes we forget each one of us here in Corona del Mar touches
a whole other world. We see a small part of everyone every day, but
we never see the rest of their lives. We don't understand that unless
something like this happens."
-- Principal Sharon Fry said regarding a memorial service at
Corona del Mar High School for Matthew Ramirez, 17, who was killed on
Halloween in an off-road vehicial accident.
"I finally got my dad to come to church with me today.... But I
always thought it would be for my wedding. Not for his funeral. It's
too soon."
-- Vallyn Hatfield said at a memorial service for her father,
musician Bobby Hatfield part of the Righteous Brothers duo.
"I feel helpless because I don't know anything. And I feel
frustrated as a mother because officials tell me I won't know what
caused his death for at least five months."
-- Pam Toulouse said regarding the mysterious death of her son,
Adam Casler, who died in a Costa Mesa trash bin after allegedly
trying to carjack a woman, according to police.
