Editor: I appreciate the expanded coverage of the Quiet Skies Idyllwild public meeting on Saturday, March 2. The text and photographs are excellent, however, we find the article’s title “Quiet Skies demands FAA cancel flight path over Idyllwild, shunt jets over Temecula” to be misleading and may spark reaction from Temecula residents. We certainly don’t…
Editor: I would like to add to the previous letters about Brandon McGlover, who received 12 years in prison for starting the Cranston Fire. What about the millions of our taxpayer dollars we have spent and will continue spending on first fighting the fire and then reforesting the area? What about the millions of our…
Editor’s note: This letter is being sent to Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz. Mountain Disaster Preparedness has organized a community meeting called “Storm Lessons Learned and Caltrans/CHP Highway Report.” The meeting will happen on Monday, March 18, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Idyllwild School Gymnasium. Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D.: On behalf of the Idyllwild…
Editor: On Feb. 14, the residents of Idyllwild were challenged once again as 6 to 8 inches of rain in less than 24 hours drenched the Hill. As residents of Royal Pines at the end of Delano Drive, we were, at best, concerned, to find the road leading out of our park seriously damaged by…
Editor: While I don’t have the legal expertise of Kent Steele for whom I have great respect, and I know this would probably not meet any legal standard in sentencing the Cranston Fire arsonist, but I think there is something else to consider, aside from the arsonist’s specific intent to burn structures. What about the…
Editor: The recent storms and road closures highlight a value that is often overlooked: local employees. People who live here know how to get around when there is snow or ice. Locals know when to have reserves of gas, food and supplies on hand. They have all-wheel drive vehicles or they know how to put…
Editor: We have just been informed by Caltrans that the road restoration of Highway 243 will take at least two months and of Highway 74, one month. Our isolation and the interruption of the usual traffic to our town will most likely have a devastating, short-term effect on our lives, but especially on the commercial…
Editor: This community deserves a further explanation, if not an apology, from the Riverside County District Attorney’s office for its handling of the Cranston Fire arson case. The logical result of the “plea bargain” given to this defendant is that a relatively young convicted arsonist will be turned loose in six or eight years to…
Editor: I’ve always known that Idyllwild is a place where people all look out for one another, and my wife and I are currently the recipients of this town’s care and generosity. On Friday, our beautiful neighbor’s entire family came over to dig trenches to redirect Thursday’s flooding away from our house and propane tank….
Editor: It will be some time before propane trucks will be able to fill your propane tank. I suggest turning your thermostat down to a maximum of 60 degrees or less if you can. Don’t use more than necessary just because you have it. When you’re tank is empty, you will have no heat or…
