Opinion: Public should own and operate community center

To try for the big picture, I’ll jump around. The park was called Eleanor Park, in memory of Eleanor Johnson. The park had lilac bushes and rock-lined paths. It had a three-tier, green-tile fountain. In 1969, when I saw the fountain, the pipes and drains were rusted out and it needed some work. It was…

I have been a part-time resident of Idyllwild since 1969, and I can think of no other town that had a dog as mayor. It was wonderful! And although I never met Max, I followed him in the Town Crier. We need more four-legged friends in public office. My sincere condolences to his family and…

Editor: It is sobering to wake up in a bigoted, politically backward, rightist and racist country. The majority of people who elected Trump, by a very small margin, cannot see past their nationalist views. It is inherently healthy to be nationalist. But not to the detriment of today’s much larger context of the world scene,…