Community Input

Where Does the Money Go?

From the March 26, 2021 Edition

This letter was written by PMC resident Thelma Straayer. It was addressed to the Pine Mountain Club Property Owners Association (PMCPOA), along with Mother Jones magazine, the Kern County District Attorney, the Kern County Sheriff’s …

County’s Neglected Stepchild?

From the March 19, 2021 Edition

March 7, 2021 Dear Editor:

As you may know, Frazier Park is an unincorporated community in Kern County. What is an unincorporated community, you ask?

An unincorporated community relies entirely on the authority of …

Saving Heroic Species From Wind Turbines

From the March 19, 2021 Edition

March 9, 2021 Dear Editor:

Thank you so much for sharing my comments about bird collisions with wind turbines in the context of the Manzana Wind Energy project in Kern County. I hope it may …

A Man With Integrity

From the March 12, 2021 Edition

March 7, 2021 Dear Editor:

Your fact check notes to Bill Lewis II that were not answered caught my attention [“A Troubling Pattern Continues at PMC,” The Mountain Enterprise, March 5, 2021]. I believe a man with integrity would answer your …

Viral Cuteness?

From the March 12, 2021 Edition

March 7, 2021 Dear Editor:

Thanks for another edition of TME! I noticed in the article about Gorman School [“Gorman School back this week,” February 5, 2021] that there was reassurance about the children being able …

It is Up to Us to Stay Fire Safe

From the March 12, 2021 Edition

March 2, 2021 Dear Editor:

A few weeks back, you printed an OpEd by PMC homeowner and architect Richard Schmidt [“Wildfire Home Hardening Is Top Priority To Stop Ember Storms,” February 5, 2021]. Schmidt has …

Another Country’s Condor-Sized Birds at Risk

From the March 5, 2021 Edition

February 26, 2021 Dear Editor:

I hope this information will be of interest as a follow- up on your articles on turbine collisions and protection of condors in this part of the world [“Protecting condors …

Bringing Condor Plight to Light

From the March 5, 2021 Edition

February 25, 2021 Dear Editor:

The estimate of free-flying California condors you published [“Protecting condors as wind power ascends, Part 2,” February 19, 2021] was very close: at the end of 2020, both the SoCal …

Hard Times for Daniel Gilbert Tarr Continue

From the February 26, 2021 Edition

We have received excellent letters from the public about “These are hard times for Danial Gilbert Tarr” [The Mountain Enterprise, February 5, 2021]. Several letters had information we are researching and fact-checking. We have contacted …

Fighting Gorman Rehab Facility

From the February 26, 2021 Edition

February 23, 2021 Dear Editor:

I am writing because I saw your article about the proposed drug rehab center in Gorman [“Gorman residents oppose proposed rehab facility,” January 15, 2021]. We are fighting the same …