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Marion County quotables from 2007
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Location: Blogs Now We're Talking |
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| Posted by: Joe Byrnes |
12/26/2007 2:24 PM |
This is the Now We're Talking column from Wednesday, Dec. 26.
Your local news in 2007 has had tornadoes, financial woes, courtroom drama, quirky politics and a lot more. And, of course, the people in the news have had something to say about it all.
Here are a few of those lively quotes pulled from Star-Banner stories:
"I believe we made the devil mad. We finished our revival Wednesday night, and Thursday our church was torn down. We raised the roof for the Lord."
- Paula Countryman, of the Lady Lake Church of God, which was destroyed in a tornado on Feb. 2
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"We're all in shock. I've lost family members before, and I've never had to bury a child. ... This is the hardest thing that any of us will have to do."
- Lisa May, the stepmother of tornado victim Brittany May, 17
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"I love you. Thank you for coming out on such a rainy night. Kelly and I love living in Ocala, and we love being here with you. ... We just want to hang."
- Actor John Travolta at the March 2 benefit for tornado victims and The Marion Theatre
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"Tonight, John really became a part of our community. He's lived here for years, and we've always been proud of him, but tonight he's giving so much of himself to the community."
- Ocala Mayor Randy Ewers
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"The project is going to go forward, and it's going to be beautiful and successful."
- Jorge Gutman, builder of the failed City Shops & Walk development, speaking to Star-Banner
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"He said more than once when he gets to heaven he'll tell Jessie he's sorry. I've got bad news - I don't think he'll make it."
- Mark Lunsford, the father of murder victim Jessica Lunsford, at an Aug. 24 news conference after John Couey was sentenced to death
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"John Couey is an animal. He is the worst of all kind that is made in this country or in this world. ... Worse than a savage, he's an animal."
- Citrus County Sheriff Jeff Dawsy
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"Please get me out. I'm ready to go to jail, just get me out."
- Burglary suspect Jeffery W. Mumani, to rescuers while stuck in a vent at a CVS store in Silver Springs Shores
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"I get to start my life over."
- William P. Nichols Jr. He was acquitted of DUI manslaughter charges in connection with the deaths of Nancy and Holly Cummings
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"I think I owe you and my fellow commissioners an apology and the members of the public. I should have shown leadership and I didn't show it."
- County Commissioner Jim Payton. Commissioners, including Payton, voted 4-1 to reject a springs-protection ordinance years in the making
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"I go back there. I don't think nothing about a damn bear. ... I noticed the hair on the back of the hog is long. I don't have no long-haired hog. ... My son says, 'That's a [expletive] bear!'"
- Herman Horton, who raises pigs near Ocklawaha
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"Do I want to exclude people who have no money? No. Do I want to attract them? No. ... We're going to make those folks better people by having affluent people come into town like the think tank [IHMC] that have money to spend, not by inviting a bunch of trailer trash that comes here from Alabama with more dogs than teeth."
- City Councilman Charles Ruse Jr., at a Nov. 28 workshop
Joe Byrnes may be reached at joe@ocala.com or 352-867-4112.
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