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
Editor: I was shocked to earn of Idyllwild Water District’s “solution” to the $3,500 water bill. Splitting it is like sentencing an innocent person to half a sentence when she/he deserves no sentence at all. Why not total up every water bill these customers have had and divide the total by the number of months…
Editor: We thought Town Crier readers may be interested in an apparent identification error in the latest edition of the paper (Vol. 70, No. 16). The salamanders in the photo on page 19 are not Tiger Salamanders as captioned, but are actually Large-blotched Ensatina (Ensatina eschscholtzii klauberi), another species of salamander in a different genus…
Editor: The sign on Highway 243 as one enters Idyllwild says “Welcome to Idyllwild, Home of Adventure, Music Art & Harmony.” I believe the town monument is also titled “Harmony.” I had always thought that the word “harmony” had a double meaning for our town. We have harmony among our friendly citizens and harmony in…
After reading the letters to the editor and coverage of the recent events in Idyllwild, I had to wonder to myself what had happened to the town I have known and loved for over 30 years. The town I know is a town where we can disagree about politics, religion, the fire department, water district…
After hearing many discussions regarding the effect of reverting to the Clinton era federal income tax rates, I decided to estimate, using IRS tax tables, the effect for three hypothetical married couples filing jointly each with different taxable incomes. See the accompanying table below for the results. Superficially, at least, it seems the effect is…
Editor: Four times in July 2014 I desperately needed to use the EMT services of IFPD due to anaphylactic shock. If IFDP did not exist, I would not exist. I have read over the years the Town Crier’s incessant negative news reporting of the alleged mismanagement, misconduct, abusive behavior by IFPD management. We do have…