Opinion: Grateful for coverage
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
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
re: Time for just one water district Editor: Like I said months ago, time for one water district. Let’s combine the knowledge of three water districts to have a future and a place to live on the mountain. Without water a few may not have water meters, but the rest may have them and no water…
Editor: There is a type of driver who travels our mountain roads that poses a tremendous danger to everyone using these roads. This is the “entitled” driver. There are two basic types. One type, even when you’re driving at the posted speed, will suddenly appear in your rearview mirror and ride your bumper until you…
Last week [the Nov. 24 issue of the Town Crier], Kathy Lewis, in her letter, raised a lot of complaints regarding Town Hall’s current staff. Poor Ms. Swanson (current Town Hall helper) merely wrote the week before requesting a healing, for all of us to get together for the good of the children. [I felt]…
Editor: Monday night, while driving home about 7:30, I came across a “fresh” rockslide on Highway 74. It was about 2 miles past Pinyon Flats heading toward Paradise Corner and Lake Hemet. There were only a few cars when I arrived. We all turned on our flashers, some drivers notified emergency services and Caltrans…
Editor: Idyllwild, will tax increases fix IFPD problems? Is there poor management? Are paramedics properly trained? Are firefighters competent and trustworthy? IFPD says personnel are up to the job. Independent grand jury investigations raise substantial fiscal questions, and misconduct allegations. Here are the grand jury reports. www.countyofriverside.us/Portals/0/GrandJury/GrandJury2013-2014/2013-2014%20Grand%20Jury%20Report%20IFPD%20Board%20of%20Commissiioners%20and%20Finance%20Committee.pdf (2013/14 IFPD Finance Committee misconduct, training certification irregularities,…
I support the Idyllwild Water District in its mission and goal of maintaining sustainability for its water and sewer service to all of its customers, including the Idyllwild Arts Foundation. The district makes clear that a prerequisite for a stable water supply for all its customers is a new 300,000-gallon reservoir to be fully operational…