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
I was alarmed this past weekend [July 16 and 17] by the kid next door shooting an air rifle from his deck at the corner of Tollgate and Meadow Glen. He was shooting toward Tollgate without the benefit of a backstop. There weren’t any targets set up in his yard. The shooting first came to…
Editor: Many of us in Idyllwild are concerned about the snow visitors from off the Hill. I am president of the Big Cedar Glen Property Owners Association and we have particular and personal concerns. Marsha Kennedy’s efforts to control snow visitors are appreciated. However, sending them to the Nature Center park creates problems for us…
Editor: It appears that HUSD lacks an understanding of the real mission of their schools. Since mid-October, I have been requesting copies of “Into The Wild” for my senior-level course. Finally, on Nov. 20, I received word that “the books had been shipped, but were ‘unable to be delivered’ and had been returned, refund issued.”…
The single largest expense for the Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) is the salary account. These newly increased salaries are inconsistent with a declining revenue base. Aside from dangerous and poor IFPD decision making moving the district to insolvency by February, revenue must align with expenses. Pay and staffing ratios are frozen by union contract…
Editor: As an animal lover and pet owner, I’m at a loss to understand why anyone would believe that Sunny’s quality of life would be better at the Nature Center than in a loving home. The Nature Center is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday, so Sunny is primarily alone for…
I appreciate Mr. JP Crumrine’s latest Town Crier update on the Julia Romero case. I did not know Julia prior to her collision but think it is important that the Idyllwild community be kept updated on the legal procedures regarding this case. From Mr. Crumrine’s recent article, it appears that the person who can afford…