Notable Quotables

“We all have to run scared when the state’s in this kind of a situation because, as they proved last year, there’s almost nothing they won’t turn to to try and shore things up.”

— Glendale City Manager Jim Starbird, who feared state lawmakers would suggest taking funds from local governments to help close a $21-billion budget shortfall by mid-2011.

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“In the near term it looks like the foreclosure climate has quelled a little bit.”

— Paul Habibi, professor of real estate finance at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, referring to a statewide drop in foreclosure filings during October. Habibi feared that high foreclosure rates could be on the way in the long term.

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“I know that we need to be very careful about inviting homeless population into the city, that has its negative effects as well. However, when you get into a cold-weather shelter, you are talking about specific health issues and sometimes life and death issues.”

— City Councilman John Drayman on the Los Angeles County-funded winter shelter set to open Dec. 1 at the National Guard Armory on Colorado Street.

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“Traditional classical music is wonderful music, but it doesn’t have mass appeal. It doesn’t have to be what some people call a ’tuxedo experience.’”

— Rick Lemmo, senior vice president of community relations at Caruso Affiliated and chair of the executive council of the new Glendale Renaissance Orchestra.

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“Police are just one part of the solution.”

— Glendale Lt. Ian Grimes of getting the community involved in stopping drug use in La Crescenta.

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“We can’t afford to miss anything.”

— Physician Lance Lee, stroke program medical director at Glendale Adventist.

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“We have to have all of our ducks in a row and show we are making every effort to serve our students, especially English language learners.”

— Glendale Unified School District Board of Education member Joylene Wagner on the district’s need that 130 veteran teachers be fully certified to teach in a diverse classroom.