I commend you for your outstanding coverage of the Mountain Fire and the pictures your fearless photographer took of the event. You truly served the members of the community.
Paula DeBlanc
Idyllwild/Escondido
Opinion: Outstanding coverage
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I commend you for your outstanding coverage of the Mountain Fire and the pictures your fearless photographer took of the event. You truly served the members of the community.
Paula DeBlanc
Idyllwild/Escondido
Editor: I feel the comments in Donna and Neil’s letters to the editor last week need to clarification. Black dot no. 1: All checks are not promptly sent out or tracked. A photo of mine sold at May’s show and I never received payment. I said nothing at the time feeling I was offering it…
How wonderful that a local artist has achieved the recognition of having his sculpture displayed on El Paseo in Palm Desert. It is a sign that music and the arts are flourishing on the Hill. We all know our beloved local musician of American Idol fame, Casey Abrams. So get to know Dore’s work by…
Editor: I want to publicly take note of the very quick response of Waste Management Inc. to the problem of the overlarge pile at the transfer station. When concern was expressed about the dangerous size of the pile, they acted immediately to get the pile down to a safe size. We appreciate their being so…
Editor: Friday last, I was run off the road (figuratively speaking) by a local delivery truck. My immediate reaction was fear mixed with a dash of confusion, followed by a slightly inappropriate feeling of anger. (Read here: I flipped the guy off. Sorry.) Once I regathered myself, I reflected on the incident as I continued…
Editor: My response from a community chat: I’m not talking about wages. In fact, try to get someone off the Hill to come up here and work for those wages. It won’t happen. Look at Idyllwild Water. It has to outsource its employees. It can’t find a manager with the amount it wants to pay…
Editor: Americans have received a valuable lesson regarding democracy and the balance of power. Trump, as leader of the Executive Branch, has vowed to choose two or more ultra-conservative Supreme Court justices for the Judicial Branch. In the Legislative Branch, the Republican Party controls the Senate and Congress. Republicans follow the president’s agenda in lock…