Editor: I am saddened by the events of the Memorial Day Weekend yard sale. Never in 28 years of living in Idyllwild have I had signs pulled down, replaced by someone else’s yard sale signs, or crumpled and thrown by the roadside. Aren’t we are all supposed to be neighbors having fun and helping each…
Editor: I enjoyed your piece about the good ol’ (bad ol’?) days of Xacto knives, electric erasers, little bits of paper and glue. I started with music preparation — parts, scores, orchestration in the late ’60s — same thing; with special music notation ink pens. Until a workable notation program came along: Finale. Maybe in…
Editor: “Trust” has meaning in everyday life — in relations between and among people. My dictionary devotes 3 1/4 inches to the word “trust.” In a free society such as the United States of America, publically owned companies serve their owners — the shareholders. When the shareholder is dissatisfied with the performance of a company,…
Editor: Two new pot shops and a grow house on Highway 243 in the center of town. Really? Perhaps the majority of Idyllwild residents support this use. I suspect not. I don’t recall grow houses and pot shops listed as allowed activities within the zoning classifications or plot plans of these buildings.Whether it’s another liquor…
We enjoy out trips to Idyllwild and usually spend a few days at the Idyllwild Inn during the summer months to escape the August and September heat down the Hill. We’ve subscribed to the Town Crier for a couple years or so and enjoy reading it every week. I don’t know much about the people…
To whoever is feeding the ravens in the vicinity of Double View, Middle Ridge and West Ridge, please leave a water bowl for them or stop feeding them your garbage. They are bringing it to my bird water bowl on Double View and leaving a gunky mess of soaking bread, chicken bones and other food…
In Conor O’Farrell’s column, he expresses his concern that he didn’t pay enough attention to the growing tension that slowly moved into our media outlets and that government is supposed to do the business of “the people” and not secure the fortunes of the rich and powerful. I have no idea what his point was….
Editor: Ron West’s comments on the medical system reflect several misunderstandings. 1. You can’t “reduce pay to physicians.” They are not, for the most part, anyone’s employees. They are independent business people. If you cut reimbursement from programs such as Medicare or Medicaid (or private insurance, for that matter) they are not required to accept…
Editor: … who think that bagging your dog’s poop then leaving it on the side of the hiking trail is OK: No. It’s not OK. If you refuse to be a responsible pet owner and carry it out yourself, bury it without bagging it. Don’t bag it and leave it. What in the world are…
Editor: The championship sporting events listed have changed over the decades. The 1903 World Series had eight games. Before the Super Bowl, there were championship games between the AFL and NFL. The number of teams has increased, the number of games has changed. Adding wild card teams and playoff games has made the events what…
