INSIDE SCOOP

It’s a good thing Costa Mesa City Councilman Gary Monahan is deciding

to hang up his council hat because it sounds like he’s going to be pretty

busy at home -- with his wife pregnant again, and all.

Deborah Monahan said the family is expecting yet another boy in late

February. The Monahan clan currently consists of one 8-year-old girl and

7-, 2- and 1-year-old boys.

The mother-to-be joked about being grossly outnumbered in the

male-dominated household. She and her only daughter will have to stick

together, she said.

Once her husband has left the City Council, she said the family will

have to apply pressure on the Planning Commission to allow them to build

a bigger house.

“Since we’ve taken it upon ourselves to overpopulate the earth,” she

said.

Evident in her good humor, you could hear the happiness in her voice

while discussing their newest addition.

Will this be the last?

Who knows, Deborah Monahan said.

“I thought the second one was the last one. I obviously don’t make

these decisions no matter how much I try,” she said, and then laughed.