Opinion: Precautions to avoid the flu
OK, I’m not a doctor, a nurse practitioner, a nurse, or a paramedic. In fact, I don’t even have a valid first aid card....
Opinion: Need more than one donor
Benevolence should only be given to the point a community can match and sustain its benefit. To do otherwise places unreasonable expectations on the...
Opinion: A special place
Editor’s note: Peter Hermanson shared his daughter Clare’s essay about Idyllwild with the Town Crier. She is a 5th grade student in San Diego.
My...
Opinion: Gun insanity
I never cease to be amazed by the gun lobby. They want restrictions on marijuana, prescription drugs, straight sex, gay sex, alcohol, pornography and...
Opinion: Local weather data
Since important weather and related articles use the moisture statistics from the reports of the Idyllwild Fire Department, it would seem that steps should be taken to assure that the figures representing totals from those reports are correctly described.
Opinion: Anonymous commentary
I am wondering why people don’t have to identify themselves and be checked out when responding to Town Crier articles online. I don’t think...
Opinion: Home cooking businesses face new law
A new California law allows people to prepare certain food in their home kitchen and sell it either directly to a consumer...
Opinion: Dissolve IFPD?
What makes the United States Armed Forces the greatest government entity in the world and is the very reason why Idyllwild Fire should be...
Opinion: State Fire fee — no
Up till the current Town Crier (the Dec. 6 issue), [there’s been] not a whisper nor a whimper about the new assessment by CAL FIRE. To those of us who received this double billing at the time of regular tax notices, it was a jolt.
Opinion: State fire fee — yes
Reflecting on the recent article advising residents how to challenge the Fire Prevention Fee, I would hope that Hill residents would consider that it is CAL FIRE that has the major responsibility in fighting wildfires.