By Ben Metcalf More than 500,000 California families find their path to affordable homeownership through the purchase of a mobilehome or manufactured home, but an estimated one third lack proper title and registration — putting each of those homeowners at risk. In an effort to encourage all mobile and manufactured homeowners to secure proper title,…
To visit the site of the 9/11 attacks today, the National September 11 Memorial Plaza at the World Trade Center, is to see a country’s spirit reborn and renewed with haunting tributes, graceful and soaring architecture, somber and beautiful museums, and the sound of water pouring from fountains outlining the bases of the two towers…
Editor: Idyllwild is an exquisite jewel box, beautiful in itself but also filled with priceless jewels: Idyllwild Arts, Art Alliance, and a multitude of other volunteer organizations and public agencies that make the community a desirable place to live. But the golden chain linking all these jewels and making them accessible is the Idyllwild Town…
SB 30 – Putting Politics Ahead of Jobs The Truth about Senate Bill 30 Here we go again… California Senate Democrats are once again attempting to circumvent the president of the United States through means of reckless political grandstanding. Recently, the Senate passed SB 30. If enacted, this bill will prevent private companies that work…
The purpose of the Ralph M. Brown Act, which is California Government Code sections 54950 through 54963, is to mandate transparency in local government. The Brown Act is not perfect. It requires a good deal of transparency when it comes to the legislative bodies of our local public entities — i.e., councils, boards, commissions,…
Editor: There are many reasons we all choose to live in Idyllwild. Perhaps the best reason of all is the sense of community and family we share. Lately, the Idyllwild Water District is challenging that caring attitude. We realize there is a group of citizens who feel that as long as they get their water,…
Editor: Animal Rescue Friends of Idyllwild is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to helping dogs and cats in need. ARF is not a shelter and relies on foster families to house dogs until forever families are found. ARF does have a small cattery for cats in need, but can house a maximum of 10 cats only….
By Jack Clark Co-Publisher and General Counsel California’s Supreme Court has held that “One of the basic functions of the grand jury is to ‘act as the public’s watchdog’ by investigating and reporting upon the affairs of local government.” (McClatchy Newspapers v. Superior Court (1988) 44 Cal.3d 1162, 1170. Also, City of Woodlake v. Tulare…
Editor: The old Woodies, Soroptimists, bored members of all organizations and Rotarians have got to go. Few of them can hear anyway. The aging Community Patrol has got to go. Toadies and Idyllwild functionaries — gotta go. Isn’t it possible to have worked tirelessly for too darn long? To have protected the streets of Idyllwild…
Editor: We want to take this opportunity to express appreciation to the Idyllwild Town Crier for its continued support of raising awareness of important events in the community, especially in regards to The Community Foundation’s Youth Grantmakers program (“Local group to take over Youth Grantmakers,” May 21, 2015). We also want to recognize the generous…
