o7"When we started this station, we had limited funds, so we used
second- and third-hand equipment. Our professionals went out looking
for hand-me-downs so we could go on the air."f7
-- Norman Watson, the first chancellor of the Coast Community
College District who was in office when KOCE-TV started; Watson is
not pleased with the Fourth District Appellate Court's June decision
to cancel the sale of KOCE to the KOCE-TV foundation, the station's
fundraising arm.
o7
"The Brown Act is not implicated when the city neither creates the
committee, pays for its operation, or appoints its members, and the
committee meetings do not include a majority of the council
members."f7
-- Kimberly Hall Barlow, Costa Mesa city attorney, denying a
resident's claim that city involvement with a Costa Mesa Chamber of
Commerce group looking into the future of the city's Job Center
violated the state's open-meetings law
o7"This will be more effective with voters than it will with
fundraising because the governor doesn't work in Washington -- he
works in Sacramento. It just gives further assurance to voters as to
my abilities and prospects if they're not familiar with what I've
done in the last five years."f7
-- John Campbell, Newport-Mesa's state senator, on an endorsement
he received from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
o7"We were disappointed that the governor didn't even bother to
sit down with Marilyn, and we were somewhat confused because
Marilyn's positions on issues are exactly the same as the
governor's."f7
-- Harvey Englander, campaign consultant for former Assemblywoman
Marilyn Brewer who is in the race with Campbell, on the governor's
endorsement
o7"It's an important mile marker because it hasn't been done
before."f7
-- Becky Bailey-Findley, chief executive officer of the Orange
County Fair, on the fair topping 1 million visitors for the first
time.
