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Category: Another Point of View

Another Point of View: CSA 38 grateful for IFPD ambulance service

In light of the recent position of Idyllwild Fire Protection District regarding the pending cancellation of our ambulance contract, the members of CSA 38 would like to express our sincere thanks to the Board of Supervisors, Riverside County Fire Department, Economic Development Agency and the Riverside EMS Authority for recent efforts to provide uninterrupted paramedic ambulance service to residents, visitors and property owners of the mountain plateau communities including Pine Cove. We recognize the difficulty of this task and are aware of the herculean efforts taking place by our government officials. Please know that it is appreciated by all of us.

April 25, 2012 | 2 comments | View Post

Another Point of View: Prescription drugs, a legal epidemic

Share/Bookmark Last year, a man walked into a Long Island pharmacy and murdered four people for 11,000 hydrocodone pills – an opioid used to manufacture powerful painkillers such as Vicodin. It was June, and 17-year-old pharmaceutical clerk Jennifer Mejia was set to graduate high school in a few days. Instead, she was buried in her [...]

March 20, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

Another Point of View: Keep Walker, but get financial help

Share/BookmarkBased on the standing room only attendance at the Jan. 10 Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) board meeting, it seems obvious to me that the community is not happy about the dismissal of our former fire chief, Norm Walker. In the well over 30 board meetings I have attended during last three years, this was [...]

January 18, 2012 | 1 comment | View Post

Another Point of View: Walker vs. paid-call firefighters

Share/BookmarkWhether 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. [...]

January 4, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

Another Point of View: Commissioner responds to former commissioner

Share/BookmarkThe 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 [...]

January 4, 2012 | 1 comment | View Post

Another Point of View: Light trespass or pollution

Share/BookmarkEditor’s note: On Dec. 20, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing on the its proposed ordinance regulating nighttime light trespass, light falling across property lines. The Board voted unanimously to approved the ordinance. Hill resident Jeff Smith attended the hearing and offered the following comments. The ordinance states that inadequately shielded [...]

December 28, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

Other Points of View: HELP Center resell policy

Share/BookmarkMy husband and I have been avid supporters of the HELP Center since we moved to the Hill full time 11 years ago. We have donated many personal items, along with supporting its fundraisers. We have always felt the HELP Center was a valuable asset to the community and those in need. As a home [...]

December 6, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

Other Points of View: HELP Center mission and policies

Share/BookmarkFirst we would like to take this opportunity to say we appreciate all the people of Idyllwilld for their generous and heartfelt support and donations to the HELP Center during this holiday season as well as all year round. Without you we would not be able to accomplish all that we do. The HELP Center [...]

December 6, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

Another Point of View: The power to make money

Share/BookmarkIn his letter a couple weeks ago, Oyen Hoffman responded “to the ‘occupier’ and Conor O’Farrell in one fell swoop.” He was quick to criticize liberals, occupiers, and what he calls “the O’Farrells of the world,” but he gives little in the way of a solution to our problems, other than to “vote Obama out.” [...]

December 6, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

Celebrating Thanksgiving 1565 to 2011

Share/BookmarkThanks to what we learned in grade school, most of us probably think of our Thanksgiving holiday as a continuation of something started by the Pilgrims and their newfound Indian friends when they got together on Dec. 21, 1621 to feast and give thanks to God for a “bountiful harvest.” The celebration, which went on [...]

November 22, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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