As I sit here playing my dobro, anxiously awaiting the opening of the new park where I can play chess under the pines and sit on a bench and chew the fat with my old friends, it occurred to me that a great deal of silliness has gone on in our community since I last…
First off, I would like to state that in over 30 years on the Hill, I have been hesitant to respond to delusional letters to the editor. I feel compelled at this time to speak up in response to Norm Cassen’s letter [in the July 28 issue] in which he makes disparaging remarks about John…
In [a letter to the editor] published in the July 28 issue of the Town Crier, Norm Cassen wrote that John Simpson, former president of the Idyllwild Community Recreation Council (ICRC), was guilty of a conflict of interest over the possible building of the new community center because [Simpson] stood to gain financially by having…
Last week, you published a letter to the editor that included one man’s opinion that John Simpson of the Rainbow Inn was driven by a profit motive for his work on the Idyllwild Community Recreation Council (ICRC). All who know Mr. Simpson and the Rainbow Inn are aware that they have made immeasurable contributions of…
In 1969, Jack Garner sold land in Garner Valley to a development company. Not wasting any time, like Idyllwild Community Recreation Council (ICRC), they cut down all the heirloom trees and sold them for lumber. They submitted the plans for zoning change to the Riverside Planning Commission. They knew that few Garner Valley residents would…
Perhaps I should be less critical of specific town residents given their filthy mouths? Hmm. Bill Brown and Jeff Stone took control of a failing recreation program, it’s that simple. ICRC refused and refuses to purchase liability insurance while transporting children, and refused to provide liability and property insurance when repeatedly told to do so….
There have been complaints, meetings and discussions recently about town teenagers and out-of-towners tagging walls with spray paint. The contents of the markings have been categorized as “hate” speech, evidently the focus of comments are Muslims, Blacks, Mexicans or Jews. Where do these half- grown children get their hate? From their parents, that’s where. Where…
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…
The First Amendment certainly has been exercised lately in the Town Crier. Those oh so few fiscal conservatives, true patriots, who strive for smaller government, less government spending and eliminating government involvement in every aspect of our lives, have made valuable and meaningful contributions to the argument in the recent weeks. It hardly looks like…
First, I want to correct a mistake I made when writing the IFPD Newsletter that appeared in last week’s Town Crier. In my haste to rewrite the newsletter at the request of the Town Crier publisher shortly before my deadline, I wrote that we should be setting aside $50,000 a year to replace our firefighter’s…
