I just wanted to say I appreciate all the hard work and long hours you put in covering the fire. The Town Crier had the best and most detailed coverage.
Scott Fisher
Pine Cove/Palm Desert
Opinion: Grateful for coverage
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I just wanted to say I appreciate all the hard work and long hours you put in covering the fire. The Town Crier had the best and most detailed coverage.
Scott Fisher
Pine Cove/Palm Desert
Janis Van Zanten’s letter fascinated me. I appreciate when the authors of letters to the editor do their research and can comment intelligently. I am amazed by the ones that act like gophers and pop up on the rare occasion with no information to back up their fabrications. As a former member of the County…
Editor: Talk about the little engine that shouldn’t. Telling cheap law-breaking tourists what to do should be obvious. Riv. Co. Ordinance 10.12.010 — “Driving on private land — Owner’s permission required,” explicitly states, “No person shall drive a motor vehicle on lands belonging to or occupied by another without having in his or her immediate…
Editor: Idyllwild Fire Protection District is inferior to Cal Fire, including objectivity, training, the economy of size and crew muster volume, not to mention that Cal Fire already has a county contract in place to replace IFPD at no Idyllwild charge, provided IFPD is dissolved. Outrageous IFPD taxes continue to rise because of uncontrolled overtime,…
Editor: One of the attractive resources of the Idyllwild community is the Nature Center and the surrounding Riverside County Park. We volunteered weekly there for eight years doing a variety of chores but for much of the time most of our work was caring for the museum animals. One major issue when we first started…
Editor: I’m sending this as a PSA for both resident and visiting dog owners: Please consider your pet’s best interest when deciding whether to attend the 4th of July Parade in Idyllwild together. It’s a wonderful event that we’ve enjoyed over many years, but in thinking like a dog and speaking just for myself, it’s…
Editor: Kudos for your coverage of the parade. My friend, Whistles, and I (Ana-Banana), loved having our picture show up in the TC as we played with bubbles along the parade route. I’ve been a reader of the paper since 1955 and have seen lots of changes in it. For a small town paper, we…