Another Point of View
Dear editor: By Brett WesnerChair, National Newspaper Association; president, Wesner Publications, Cordell, Oklahoma
Dear editor: By Brett WesnerChair, National Newspaper Association; president, Wesner Publications, Cordell, Oklahoma
Dear editor:In response to Mr. Bomar from Los Angeles in the Jan. 27, 2022 TC’s “Another Point of View,” here are some actual facts for him and our entire community to consider:• Idyllwild’s aging wastewater treatment plant is over 50 years into its 30-year projected lifespan.• 2013 (pre-short-term rental [STR] boom) sewer flow was 30.7-million…
Dear editor:Anti-Short Term Rental (STR) rhetoric in Idyllwild has reached a fever pitch. While excessive noise and disruptive parties certainly have a negative impact, some folk are spreading misinformation that goes far beyond disturbance or parking issues. These claims are often anecdotal and unsupported by data. One of the concerns, however, reflects a challenge in…
Dear editor:Last February we were lucky enough to find and purchase our dream home here on the mountain. The highway was covered following a big snow the day before when we came up to see the house. An even bigger snowfall followed a month later, in March on the weekend we moved in.We had been…
Dear editor:I would like to add another perspective on the current debate over short-term rentals (STRs).The original ordinance regulating STRs was “introduced” Nov. 17, 2015, then passed, with changes, and without another reading, in January 2016. The revisions not read allowed street parking and waiving of occupancy limits, giving free rein to large groups using…
Rebecca R. Vasconcellos, Idyllwild
Southern California has some of the most rugged, pristine and beautiful patches of unspoiled nature in the state, and arguably the entire country. Idyllwild-Pine Cove residents often like to reflect on their mile-high “paradise and heaven on earth,” their bumper-stickered cars professing and reinforcing their love and devotion. Our unincorporated hamlet of 3,000 to 5,000…
By Jack Neworth Santa Monica Mirror Columnist
Little darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter Little darling, it seems like years since it’s been here Here comes the sun (doo doo doo doo) Here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right By Brian Hunhoff George Harrison’s song of spring is a fitting start to my Sunshine Week salute to…
By Caroline Titus Editor/Publisher The Ferndale Enterprise, Ferndale, CA Editor’s note: Caroline Titus, who runs a small newspaper in Northern California, wrote this piece during the recent nationwide protest against attacks against our nation’s free press. Titus gave us permission to re-publish her editorial in our newspaper as it exemplifies so much of what we…