As the mystery continues, and with so much money allegedly unaccounted for at IFPD, at what point does the audit clarify these issues or does the grand jury need to become involved?
M. Farrell
Idyllwild
Opinion: Audits without answers
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As the mystery continues, and with so much money allegedly unaccounted for at IFPD, at what point does the audit clarify these issues or does the grand jury need to become involved?
M. Farrell
Idyllwild
Editor: We are members of the Mountain Community Patrol, Idyllwild, a group of senior volunteers, ranging in age from 65 through 81-plus, and volunteer for the Riverside County Sheriff’s office in Hemet. On Friday afternoon, Feb. 13, we received a telephone call on our home phone from a man claiming to be with the IRS…
Editor: Aaaah, Jeff Smith of Pine Cove … Bless your heart. Thank God that the mountain community has access to his superior pedagogical knowledge and expertise. What would Idyllwild do without his wealth of information and humor? I just wish that the Town Crier allowed Jeff to contribute every week instead of every 28 days…
Editor: A couple months ago, my wife and I moved from the dirty dirty of Hollywood to the mile-high mountain town of Idyllwild. The difference has been night and day, both mentally and physically, and my daily dog walks are no longer of an anxiety-inducing nature because, duh, I was now in rural nature and…
Editor: We asked the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council Board of Directors some questions about the radical new fire-abatement laws being worked on at their last meeting. We are hoping for answers. Have you done a cost assessment? Have you analyzed the project to determine its total cost to this community? A large expense will…
Hey, folks, lighten up! As I walk from our post office to Fairway Foods and other Strawberry Creek Shopping Plaza businesses, I often — make that usually — hear derogatory comments about the new library building. The color, the doors, the parking, the cost of construction — everybody seems to have an opinion, and I…
Editor: I was very surprised to read about the new Art Alliance board authorizing all five officers to sign checks. The treasurer should not be signing checks if they are “keeping the books.” That way the treasurer is the oversight for checks being written. The person doing the books should not be the person signing…