Editor: Hurray for your front-page article regarding the Goldspotted oak borer. Our vigilance in spotting and removing infected trees is absolutely essential to the survival of our precious old growth oaks. Idyllwild has a chance to combat this invader and avoid the horrendous devastation that San Diego County has experienced. Please, let’s pull together as…
Editor: To all residents and their agents who rent out weekend homes here in Idyllwild: Can you please impress upon your clients that people live all around the homes you are renting and their privacy should be respected? As I write, some weekend renters in the home above us are playing music as loud as…
Editor: As the drought continues, Idyllwild will suffer increasingly severe water shortages. The many policies regarding water conservation are sound and should be continued: eliminating outdoor landscape watering, and low-water-use toilets, showers, appliances etc. But we need to address increasing our available supply. In any winter storm, most of the water drains out of our…
Editor: I went to the May 13 meeting of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District just to see what I had missed after months of not attending. Their finances are still desperate. When asked if they were still using the one-time sale of cell tower monies as part of their budget, the answer was yes. They…
Editor: I must say I am left a bit confused by a couple of articles in last week’s paper. The water districts appear to be separately discussing water from wells, streams and Foster Lake as if they are different. All three are dependent on what comes from the sky. Add to that, Jeff Stone is…
Editor: In a recent editorial column, Becky Clark wrote that if Idyllwild Fire Protection District replaced the Riverside County Fire Department emergency dispatch service with another less expensive dispatch service, callers requesting an ambulance would no longer be provided with medical advice by the dispatcher regarding care of the victim while waiting for the ambulance…
Editor: When I read the letter regarding “No Brown Act violation” from Calvin Gogerty, the only thing that came to mind was that they obviously didn’t have Brown Act training, or if they did, they didn’t pay attention. In my eight years working for a special district, I’ve had the Brown Act training several times….
Editor: The Brown act states: “The people of this State do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them. The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. The people…
This letter is in response to statements in the April 17, 2014 edition of the Idyllwild Town Crier about the March 18 meeting at the Riverside County Fire Department attended by board members and standing committee members of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District. Contrary to the allegations by Crumrine and Clark, the March 18 meeting…
Editor: Well, here we go again with the Town Crier’s favorite subject, the Brown Act. Not only did we get a long article by Mr. Crumrine, but a passionate “Out Loud” column by Mrs. Clark. In her column, Clark includes a partial quote from a letter I submitted 16 weeks ago concerning the latest grand…
