Referring to 47 percent of Americans, Mitt Romney [Republican presidential candidate] has said, “My job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” Does Romney really believe that nearly half of all Americans are irresponsible freeloaders? Is he talking about you? If…
Regarding Hector Trujillo’s “Science and Reality Today” column in the Sept. 27 issue of the Town Crier, the problem is not with the physics. The problem is with the present (old?) concept of “nothing,” “nothingness,” or “empty.” The evidence is that “empty” space is not empty in the way we thought of “empty” before experiments…
I would argue against the descriptor “Grand” in the [announcement for the “Opening and Dedication Ceremony”] of the Idyllwild Library. A pall hangs over it since the personnel changeover months ago, whatever the undisclosed reasons. The distasteful manner in which this occurred remains fresh in the minds of many of us who were volunteers and…
The Friends of the Idyllwild Library delivered a check for $32,500 to the County of Riverside …
Last Tuesday, Gov. Jerry Brown gave the California Department of Parks and Recreation several early Christmas gifts when he signed Assembly bills 1478 and 1589. Most importantly, AB 1478 prohibits the governor or the Department of Parks and Recreation from closing, or even proposing the closure, of any state park this fiscal year or next…
Town Hall Sports Coordinator Jeremy Teeguarden reported on Town Hall Youth Soccer, which began its season the week of Sept. 24. 5 and Under League On Thursday, Sept. 27, there were two games. The first game was between Arriba’s Bobcats and the Rotary Raging Rivers. The Raging Rivers’ Ethan Sheppard hustled all over the…
There are three infuriating aspects of Michael Rasson’s recent letter [see the Sept. 20 issue of the Town Crier] concerning access to the creek near Idyllwild Pines. First, it’s a cowardly, ad hominem smear (meaning an attack on an opponent’s personal character, rather than the policy or position she or he maintains). Second, it’s not…
