When I was in grammar school in the ’50s, we were supposed to hate Russia because “their government spies on their own people.” Given the situation with the NSA spying on us, exactly how are we different?
Michael Rasson
Santa Monica/Idyllwild
Editor: Are the citizens of Idyllwild willing to stay silent while a handful of Pine Cove residents and this newspaper does everything in their power to replace our own Idyllwild Fire Protection District with Cal Fire? I would hope not, but it sure seems that way. These aforementioned people, for reasons known only to them,…
Stringent local ordinance proposed by the IFPD The Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) is Idyllwild’s own local government organization. It has the authority to adopt ordinances and requirements stricter than those required by the state or county.They are currently proposing what very well could become the most stringent local ordinance of its kind in the…
I am an employee of the State of California Transportation Department. On July 13 about 11 a.m., while on duty and in a state vehicle, I parked in a handicapped space at a business at the corner of Highway 243 and South Circle. A woman approached me and castigated me for my action. She was…
For as long as anyone can remember, and even longer before that, humans have been at war with Earth’s environment. It hasn’t been a “garden of Eden” since it was a garden of Eden, and we weren’t there. So nobody knows if it was ever a garden without plenty of snakes and bugs. Bugs. What…
It is with sadness and dismay that I read of the latest proposal or “threat” by the [Idyllwild] Chamber [of Commerce] to cut up and auction “Harmony” in pieces. Is this really true or a ploy to raise public ire to force David Roy and his “shadow” to reconsider their demands and come to the…
Editor: On Sunday, Jan. 18, I was walking my bloodhound Dooley on a leash in Pine Cove at about 3:15 p.m. I turned off Sylvan Way to Oak Leaf Lane. Toward the end of Oak Leaf, a small gray pitbull-mix came down a driveway and attacked my dog. The attacking dog was fast and without…
