A friend of mine said to me recently that I don’t have a dog to run in this race anymore and that may be true, though I expect my family will participate in recreation in this community for years to come. As a former editor of this newspaper, I had a lot of insight into…

Editor: Editor’s note: This letter was sent to the Idyllwild Water District board: I am sending this email to let you know effective today, Sept. 16, 2016, I am retiring from the water district board. I have had a health issue since the beginning of the year, which has gone on until maybe now, but…

Those who criticize the Tea Party need to be sure of their facts. The letter in the Oct. 13 issue [of the Town Crier] is a good example of this failing. To go through all of the purported facts in the letter would be well beyond 400 words. So, I will demonstrate its fallacy with…