Editor: I just saw the lovely write-up of Dr. Tom Kluzak’s talk on April 8 in Idyllwild and wanted to congratulate him on a successful event and fantastic article. As our Communications Associate Clare wrote, it’s one of the best local-coverage articles we’ve seen. We appreciate Tom for organizing. Emily Henkels National Organizer Physicians for…
Editor: I like Dr. Tom’s ideas on Medicare-for-All. I recognize the benefits and cost savings — if everyone, in fact, pays (just like Medicare). The 3-percent off of everyone’s income is much less than healthcare plans cost now. However, I’m not entirely sold on the savings he points out in eliminating the “middlemen” — the…
Editor: Many of us in Idyllwild are concerned about the snow visitors from off the Hill. I am president of the Big Cedar Glen Property Owners Association and we have particular and personal concerns. Marsha Kennedy’s efforts to control snow visitors are appreciated. However, sending them to the Nature Center park creates problems for us…
Editor: Regarding the article about steering snow play visitors to the Nature Center with signs: We are residents of Idyllwild whose home backs up to the Nature Center park. Signs encouraging snow players toward the Nature Center is of grave concern. People parking along our road, traipsing through our yards, etc., is exactly what the…
Editor: I appreciate you coming out to the meeting and for furthering the awareness of what our Snow Group has worked on and is considering. There was one area I wanted to clarify a bit. As seen in the web site snippet at www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/sbnf/recarea/?recid=26483, the USDA, U.S. Forest Service and San Bernardino National Forest think…
Editor: My husband and I live in Mountain Center and come to Idyllwild a couple times a month. We usually have our two medium-sized dogs with us and have gone to the dog park on occasion. Saturday, April 8, we stopped in, got our dogs out and were just getting ready to join the two…
When I was in elementary school, we routinely turned in reports on current events as part of the social studies curriculum. To complete the assignments, we were taught to use the five Ws of journalism: Describe the who, what, where, when and why of the issue. I’d forgotten all about that aspect of my youth…
Trump is the issue, just as Nixon was the issue. Trump has a complete lack of respect for those fundamental rules and institutions on which our government is based, including the judiciary, the electoral system, the intelligence agencies, government workers, the Federal Reserve and journalists. His utter disregard for the truth from the size of…
Editor: After reading letters to the editor about Indivisible Idyllwild, I wondered what would happen if the group’s organizers invited Trump, Clinton and Sanders supporters, as well as independents and third-party voters, to participate in a public dialogue identifying issues of greatest concern to Hill residents. Perhaps common ground would be discovered, especially around…
Editor: I am writing to encourage dog owners to keep their dog on a leash on local hiking trails. I enjoy taking my dog hiking in the national forest (mainly May Valley Road.) She is a 50-pound Lab, former guide dog, and she listens to me when I call her. All the same, I keep…
