Editor: In the Aug. 4 paper, contained within a letter to the editor titled “Services offered to IWD,” Dr. Jim Gates offers himself out as a T5 water-treatment operator and long-time educator in this field. Regardless of licensed field within California — whether it be a paramedic, attorney, educator, physician, engineer, architect, roofer, painter, water-treatment…
Editor: The Second Amendment to the Constitution states: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The Second Amendment has been supported by the United States Supreme Court as an individual right to own a gun. If a…
Dr. Martin Luther King would be very disappointed about the latest riots in Milwaukee. We’re going back in understanding and helping each other. Who are the rioters and what do they want? The dear Lord must’ve known why he made blacks black and whites white. Underneath the skin we’re all the same. I’ve been called…
Editor: It has come to my attention that a few other people, other than myself, have had problems with outrageous Idyllwild Water District bills. I am a part-timer. I work in Los Angeles. When I can, I enjoy time in my Idyllwild cabin. For over 50 years, the water bill averaged $28. And in this…
Editor: I am so lucky that I work for a water district who has a manager who is not afraid to tell the truth, and is not afraid to say, “I made a mistake” I get to witness how the customers are treated, how situations are handled and how everything that is done is done…
Editor: I am tired of all the controversy surrounding the IWD. People need to do their jobs and others need to accept what is and move on. For example, if the board has not taken action to enforce the contractual requirement for General Manager Thomas Lynch to have a certain certification, unless the lack of…
Editor: Fifty-three years ago last Thursday was my 15th birthday. I remember a childhood friend and I sneaking under the fence at Foster Lake to slip into the cool waters for a refreshing summertime swim. The hot August sun on our bare backs and the cold, velvet-like water were a dazzling contrast. I remember an…
Editor: Apparently, the right to cast a vote for or against the proposed increase in Idyllwild Fire fees will not be available to owners of properties who are “non-residents.” That would include us. Our voting precinct is in Orange County. It is not that the proposed increase is beyond our means. The issue is “taxation…
Proposition 54, the Legislature Transparency Act, is an initiative constitutional amendment and statute that currently has broad support and little apparent opposition. It proposes to amend the California constitution to require any prospective bill be in print and made available to legislators, and posted on the Internet, for at least 72 hours before the Legislature…
Editor: Manietta v IFPD, Reyes v IFPD, Ludy v IWD, IWD v Kunkle, grand jury after grand jury investigation, and now new authorized and funded litigation with IFPD and San Jacinto pitted against the Cal Fire firefighters’ union. They’re insults to the employees and an affront to every voter and homeowner on this mountain, not…
