Editor: Two points regarding how we view Idyllwild. 1) Re: “Candidates for Idyllwild Water vacancies,” question: “Are you for ‘no growth?’” VS answers “No. If 15,000 people want to have resources to build, our board shouldn’t control growth.” What? 15,000 people getting our scarce water? IWD should have a more responsible concept of growth for…
Editor: I believe using its counsel at Ellison Schneider and Harris, IWD failed to demonstrate ownership by perfection of its claimed 100-year-old pre-1914 water right to Strawberry Creek and by permit to their 60-year-old Foster Lake impound of Strawberry Creek based upon my knowledge of investigations and statements by the State Water Resources Control Board…
Editor: Why has the Town Crier been backing a disgruntled employee, a person who wants a water meter for her property and a realtor who wants to sell to everybody? It’s not the job of a paper to run the agenda of the town. I have been on the board of the Chamber of Commerce,…
Jack and I flew to Oakland last Thursday morning to pick up the BART to ride into San Francisco. The California Press Foundation’s 139th Winter Meeting takes place annually the first week of December at the Marines’ Memorial Club. Thursday night, we attended an awards ceremony there and listened to speaker David Talbot, author of…
55 years ago – 1961 The Forest Service conducted an inventory of timber in the May Valley area where a critical insect problem exsisted to appraise value and quality of lumber. 50 years ago – 1966 Town Hall celebrated its 20th year with exhibits, a buffet and entertainment. 45 years ago – 1971 By enacting…
Last week in Days of Our Nine Lives, ARF cats and dogs were excited about the annual tree lighting event. Leia: I heard that our ARF humans had lots of visitors to their booth at the tree lighting festival. Bobbie: And I heard it was very cold and snowed just in time for the lighting!…
MCFSC PLANS COMMUNITY MEETING . . . As we start the last month of the year, the landscape around us is going through its annual change that takes place during this time. Leaves have changed color and quickly taken their place on the ground. The telltale smell of wood stoves in the early morning and…
Editor: In our house, Nov. 25 is called Markmas because it is exactly a month before Christmas, and my husband, Mark’s, birthday. He loves holidays and adding another is a tradition that our family and friends gladly celebrate. So what should we call Nov. 25 now that the day has been tainted by the death…
Editor: Noting letter “America still has a pulse” from Mark Dean in Nov 24, 2016, Town Crier where he says “Middle Americans have been getting shafted by the Left for the last eight years … ” Really? Would this be the Affordable Care Act that now covers more than 20 million Americans who had no…
I checked on my vote on Nov. 24, 2016, and was left with a couple of questions. I wrote the following to the elections department of Riverside County: “I visited your web site to check on my vote and found that it states it was received and is good. Good for what? How can I…
