Readers’ Write: Help Center Shake-up & More
By Town Crier Contributor
Editor’s note: The Town Crier spoke by phone with Colleen Meyers –– the Help Center Executive Director whose termination is the subject of the two letters below–– on Monday, August 3. She said she is recovering from knee replacement surgery, and a resulting infection, but expressed gratitude for her time at the HELP Center, “almost…
There is no soft opening according to Tom Freeman, press spokesperson for EDA. “The contractor will finish up in the next few weeks with minor punch list items” …
On Friday, July 18, Robert Pape pleaded not guilty to the 2006 murders of Becky Friedli, her mother and her mother’s boyfriend. After six deferrals, Pape made a formal plea during a hearing at the Larson Justice Center in Indio. On the night of Sept. 17, 2006, Becky, 18, her mother, Vicki Friedli, 53, and…
Open government laws continue to be a challenge for the Idyllwild Fire Protection Fire District. For months, the commission denied it violated the Brown Act and recently misinterpreted both the California Public Records Act and its own Policy 5080, Public Records Act Policy. Although Commissioner Nancy Layton concurred at a public meeting last week that…
Third District Supervisor Chuck Washington will be in Idyllwild Friday, August 12. He is available to meet with constituents from noon until 2p.m. at the Idyllwild Library. If you wish to make an appointment with Supervisor Washington, please call Claudia Maunz-McLellan at 955-1030.
The County Service Area 38 Advisory Committee (Pine Cove fire and ambulance) reviewed the various projects funded in its 2016-17 budget at its Nov. 16 meeting. The Bautista Division Chief Bill Weiser, Riverside County Fire Department, reported that estimates for the masticator and chipper have been obtained. Their purchases will occur within the next couple…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District Finance Committee will begin investigating the possibility of consolidating existing debt and new loans for acquiring new ambulances and water tenders. At the Aug. 4 meeting, Fire Chief Patrick Reitz asked the committee to begin examining the district’s options for paying off existing loans for two brush trucks and heart…
