O.C. AFTER THE BANKRUPTCY : VOICES

“I don’t know what there is to celebrate. They lost a lot of money, right? They haven’t gotten it back.”

--Arturo Ruiz of Santa Ana, walking by Wednesday’s ceremony during his lunch hour.

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“The supervisors are certainly not blameless. There is enough blame to go around.”

--Renee Biltstein of Seal Beach, who happened upon the ceremony while visiting the courthouse for a marriage license.

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“They say the bankruptcy is over, but we will still be paying for it for years to come. This bankruptcy was good for attorneys but bad for the public.”

--Carole Walters, president of the Orange Taxpayers Assn.

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“When everything looks rosy, be skeptical. There’s no sin in being a doubting Thomas.”

--Roger R. Stanton, chairman of the Board of Supervisors, on one of the lessons of the bankruptcy.