Eric Townsend (letters, Feb. 2) presents the “my not having a seat belt on endangers no one but me” defense after receiving a ticket. I disagree. If he has an accident and is injured worse than he would have been when protected by a seat belt, it factors into the calculation of everyone’s insurance rates….
Editor: Isn’t it amazing? We are to receive a $1.2M grant from HUD (Housing and Urban Development) to help construct a recreational facility in Idyllwild. How on Earth can we qualify for such a grant that is neither housing nor urban? No wonder we have a $20,000,000,000,000 national debt. (Wow, look at all those zeros)….
Editor: Letters to the editor are one way to blow off steam, if it’s not too potent to print. So sure, I didn’t have my seat belt on and I got a ticket. But what about the guy behind me who was speeding through the school zone and tailgating? I mean, there has to be…
Editor: Regarding Callie Wight’s column entitled “A Healthy Idyllwild” and the word “mistake,” I like to view it as “mis-take” or, better yet, “miss take,” as in the movies, take one, take two, take three, etc. Several “takes” must be taken to get it right. Viewed that way, it becomes a positive, rather than a…
California Penal Code 602.8, subdivision (a), states in relevant part, “Any person who without the written permission of the landowner, the owner’s agent, or the person in lawful possession of the land, willfully enters any lands under cultivation or enclosed by fence, belonging to, or occupied by, another, or who willfully enters upon uncultivated or…
Editor: Monday night, while driving home about 7:30, I came across a “fresh” rockslide on Highway 74. It was about 2 miles past Pinyon Flats heading toward Paradise Corner and Lake Hemet. There were only a few cars when I arrived. We all turned on our flashers, some drivers notified emergency services and Caltrans…
Editor: I have been watching with great interest how Idyllwild has become the Winter Wonderland, as well as the reactions of our community to this new realization. Our little hamlet has been discovered and forever changed for better or for worse. Go to any social media site today and you will see post after post…
Editor: I don’t want to live here anymore. Last month, I wrote a letter to the editor saying how blessed I felt to live in a community where we could have our wonderful community activities such as our Master Chorale. However, on weekends since Christmas, with our much-needed snow, I have been held hostage in…
I live on a short dead-end street in Fern Valley. Our few full-time residents generate rare traffic. This past Saturday and Sunday, however, the attraction of snow beckoned more drivers than I would normally see in three months. They used one of the two snow-plowed lanes for parking. At least 10 times I had to…
Editor: At the Jan. 7, Pine Cove Property Owners Association meeting, three members who reside on Sylvan Way complained about trees that had been removed without prior notice or owner permission. Many of the trees and bushes were small and not growing near Southern California Edison lines or wires. One couple took photos of their…
