Is the Idyllwild Fire Protection District suffering from a financial crisis? Is it or is it not approaching insolvency? If IFPD were fiscally healthy, most reasonable people would have to ask “How?”. Every other level of government — federal, state, county and school district — is facing an imbalance between its revenues and expenses. Larger…
Editor’s note: “Tax tips” returns and will appear bi-weekly throughout tax season. Stephen T. Peppler, E.A., C.F.P., has graciously agreed to provide the tax information to our readers. This time of year we begin to get our records together and make plans for filing our taxes. Whether to complete them on your own or seek…
I’m writing this letter because I feel compelled to correct some of the erroneous statements Commissioner Schelly made in his highly critical letter to the editor which appeared in the Town Crier’s Jan. 5 issue. For starters, Schelly said, “Mr. Killingsworth is all too aware that under his watch as treasurer the audits were missing…
Paws up to Winifred, our Weimaraner puppy, who gave everyone who walked in the door those big puppy eyes, and made contact with her forever family. We have pictures at ARF of Bruno, a chocolate American Staffordshire, who needs to be rehomed as his owner is ill. Do you know what love is? To Sweetpea, the ARF Diva, it’s a soft caress, a warm blanket, a
65 years ago – 1947 Pop Groom leased land above Pine Cove where Haigh and Weller were logging for a winter sports area. 60 years ago – 1952 The State Riding and Hiking Trail project again stalled due to right-of-way difficulties. The trail may be re-routed elsewhere. 55 years ago – 1957 Janet Froehlich was…
Whether you know it or not, we’ve just received a wake-up call. I’m referring, of course, to the almost unbelievable action recently taken by the Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) Board of Commissioners. The board fired our chief, and apparently for no real reason that has any bearing on his performance as our fire chief….
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) has made some great strides in the last two years. There have been some common tasks that were neglected and now are being handled properly. Relationships with local emergency agencies have been restored to a cooperative level as they should be. Agreements and memorandums are in place to ensure…
In a place that changes as slowly as Idyllwild, what’s new about a New Year? Seven years ago it was the imminent opening of our newest commercial development, the Village Centre shops at the corner of North Circle and Village Center drives. New? In fact, this complex was built on just about the oldest commercial…
2011 was a very good year for the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council. The money came late for our grant to help homeowners with abatement but we were able to quickly put the money to use over the summer. The quality of our newsletter is good and so are our membership numbers. New people joined…
During the recent family-focused Christmas season, one rather troubling set of recent statistics that may have the same effect as an Ebenezer Scrooge or Lionel Barrymore’s Henry Potter on our next Christmas are these: 1. According to the US census and Pew Research Center single people now outnumber the married folks. 2. And according to…
