In their words

“I don’t even know why anyone would even misunderstand why it wouldn’t be appropriate.”

– Lake City High School Principal John Brumley, regarding the off-color language for which he punished a student who had used it at school.

“This is not the end of the property tax discussion; it’s really kind of the kickoff.”

– Washington state Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, D-Spokane, promising that the 2008 legislative session that will open in January will go beyond the property tax deferral bill passed during last week’s one-day special session.

“I am a father of four children. For that, I stayed. I never could have left him. Never.”

– Illegal immigrant Manuel Jesus Cordova Soberanes, who had been walking for two days across the Arizona desert on his way to Tucson when he came to the aid of a 9-year-old boy whose mother had died in a motor vehicle accident.

“We told him after two years that he had one more chance to make it turn out right.”

– Rosalia Chamber of Commerce executive Bonnie Stites, saying her organization is not sad to see organizer Josh Bryan move his summer motorcycle rally, which drew an estimated 20,000 visitors to the Whitman County community last July, to Spokane.

“We have been at stalemate for some time. We’ve just been miles apart on property value.”

– Executive Director Kevin Twohig, of the Spokane Public Facilities District, about the inability to negotiate a deal for parking property that now will be sought through eminent domain across the street from the INDB Performing Arts Center.

“Why don’t we do a 1 1/2 percent cap? Anything but what he designed, so it’s our plan instead of saying Tim Eyman’s running the state.”

– State Rep. Alex Wood, Spokane Democrat, objecting to a hasty legislative reinstatement of the property tax limits embodied in a Tim Eyman initiative that the state Supreme Court invalidated.

“Tonight, I accept my responsibilities as a molecule among 100 bazillion.”

– Spokane Mayor Mary Verner, after being sworn into office last Tuesday.

“It’s overly complicated for a trivial benefit. People are not losing their houses because they can’t pay a quarter of their property taxes. They’re losing their homes because their mortgage payment went from $900 to $1,300.”

– Whitworth University economics professor Richard Schatz, about a legislative proposal, backed by Gov. Chris Gregoire, allowing low-income home owners to defer a portion of their property tax bill.

“I want to go out loving what I do.”

– 55-year-old Mike Pearson, upon his retirement as superintendent of Central Valley Schools after 31 years in education, all but one in the CV district.