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: You have done a grave disservice to this mountain. You allowed the firefighting and water services to pat each other on the back, yet not highlight the broken hydrants and no hydrant maintenance on this mountain. Each hydrant could have been serviced at this point but nada. Shame on you. Jeff Smith Pine Cove
Editor: I couldn’t agree more. Every word you wrote is exactly how I feel. Your points are all very well made. Given your field, I’m sure you’ve also noticed this: totally un-proofread mainsteam media news articles. The reporters write, submit and move on. Typographical errors, subject-verb misagreement, errant word choices (they/them, in/is, an/as, it/is,…
Editor: We discovered the bees swarming in our backyard on Sunday, Aug. 5. There were hundreds of them flying wildly below the branches of a cedar tree. Knowing that bees are so endangered, we watched through the evening hoping they would move on. Monday morning, I discovered a small blob of bees in the branches….
Editor: There are 60 nonprofit organizations/districts on this mountain. Most have an agenda serving a target audience. It might be businesses, homeowners, artists or children. It’s offensive when they step to the plate claiming a hill-wide service model and in fact have allegiance to just a few. It’s even more offensive when they manipulate funding…
Editor: Richard started Community Lumber in 1979 with an idea of how to bring reasonably priced building materials to Idyllwild and make a living here. Richard and Karin met in 1980 and joined together in life and in business. We met Eduardo in 1984, and together over more than three decades nurtured that seed of…
To my town: I joined the chamber because I was involved in the business community and I love this town. I wanted to bring town businesses together, I wanted it to be fun like it used to be, where the business owners were a close-knit community who looked out for each other and worked to…