Initial Thoughts: Sunshine week …
With the return of Daylight Saving Time, I want to highlight the value of Sunshine Week, which begins Sunday, March 10, and continues through...
Initial Thoughts: Give thanks …
Happy Thanksgiving!!
I hope all our residents are enjoying a good day and time with family. For those who are traveling to family or...
Initial Thoughts: Three subjects: first one new, second two repeats …
Kudos to Idyllwild Fire
A year ago, Idyllwild Fire Commissioner Dr. Charles “Chip” Schelly proposed a resolution in response to the State Controller publishing salary...
Initial Thoughts: Political largesse, earmarks and public policy …
Sue Nash, the Press-Enterprise editorial board and the Town Crier have overlapping but dissimilar views of good government.
A once well-known Massachusetts Democratic Congressman, Tip...
Initial Thoughts: Every tree isn’t a forest …
This year — 2012 — has special significance, as does every year divisible by four.
First, yesterday, Feb. 29, only arrives every four years. I...
Initial Thoughts: Two subjects — public salaries and letters to the editor …
Special Districts compensation payments
Following the August 2010 revelations about exorbitant public salaries in the City of Bell, Calif., State Controller John Chiang requested that...
Initial Thoughts: Truth and dependency …
Last week was tumultuous. On Wednesday, the County Service Area 38 Advisory Committee recommended that Supervisor Jeff Stone support the termination of the county’s...
Initial Thoughts: Give and share; toys and more …
We’ve just begun the holiday seasons, Thanksgiving has passed, Christmas is only four weeks in the future, then the New Year arrives.
While I shared...
Initial Thoughts: Disappointment, now and then …
Happy Birthday wishes to Ernie Maxwell.
We’re only in the middle of celebrating Ernie Maxwell week. The county Board of Supervisors has designated the entire...
Initial Thoughts: Whose the lowest? only details …
The scrutiny of Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s commission will increase in coming weeks as the August election approaches. Two commission seats as well as...