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: I commend Mountain Disaster Preparedness for helping to prepare the community to deal with a wise policy of preventive power-grid shutdowns during hazardous fire weather. The recent community meeting (“MDP meeting covers, purchase, use of generators,” Town Crier, Nov. 22, 2018) focused on using fossil-fuel energy sources, but I would strongly encourage most Idyllwild…
Editor: I appreciate you, Jack, for your eloquent contribution to the difference between a free press and silly rants about “fake news.” Diann Coate Idyllwild
Recently, while painting the laundry room, I moved items from a shelf to the floor. Bad move. You see, one of the things I moved was rat poison. If I open a bottle of aspirin, I have to fumble with a child-resistant cap. But rat poison comes in a flimsy plastic container whose lid has…
Editor: My wife and I are campground hosts at Mt. San Jacinto State Park Campground. This is our fourth year here during the months of March and April. First of all, we enjoy reading the Town Crier and the great town of Idyllwild. One of the reasons we come back every year is that we…
Last week saw the governors of two states back-peddling furiously regarding laws that would have allowed members of the LGBT community to be discriminated against. What caused these two politicians to shift into reverse so quickly? It wasn’t letters from voters. It wasn’t marches or demonstrations. It wasn’t an election or a referendum. No, what…
Editor: For the second year, Idyllwild Fire Protection District personnel — those we depend on for our safety — put people in danger in three ways. 1. Riding large, motorized vehicles in our Halloween parade that, in the past, was absolutely unnecessary and is dangerous with children running back and forth across a closed-to-traffic street…