Community Input

Bear Dumpster Diving Is Fatal

From the August 28, 2020 Edition

August 8, 2020 Dear Editor:

My wife Debra Tucker and I recently walked from the Pine Mountain Village post office toward the back of the open air gazebo, where there are trash receptacles. We saw …

PMC Bear Policy Is Inadequate

From the August 28, 2020 Edition

August 8, 2020 Dear Editor:

I read with interest Patrice Stimpson’s letter regarding the Pine Mountain Club POA bear policy [“Whose ‘Situation,’ Exactly?” The Mountain Enterprise, August 7, 2020].

There are guidelines for PMC Security’s …

USPS SOS: Saving the U.S. Postal System

From the August 21, 2020 Edition

August 16, 2020 Dear Editor:

Post office action! Here’s something you can do: there are six men with the joint power to fire [newly appointed Postmaster General and Trump campaign contributor] Louis DeJoy—the members of …

Can’t ‘Unsee’ Dead Bear Photo

From the August 21, 2020 Edition

August 6, 2020 Dear Editor:

The Mountain Enterprise has been reporting on bears throughout our Mountain Communities for years, as it should, but… I do not understand why you feel the need to post a …

Racism Talk

From the August 14, 2020 Edition

August 5, 2020 Dear Editor:

I’m really impressed that you have taken up debating this issue in your community [“OpEd: ‘Systemic Racism’ Is Both Invisible and Very Real,” by Sheila Clark, PhD, The Mountain Enterprise, …

Use the Bags!

From the August 14, 2020 Edition

August 3, 2020 Dear Editor:

I have noticed that we have more dog walkers in our lovely Frazier Mountain Park in the last few months. This is great.

Gene of Mountain Top Graphics pays for …

PMCPOA Bear Report Response Policy

From the August 7, 2020 Edition

1) Report of bear sighting—bear is moving through an area. No response required.

2) Bear lingering on property. Respond to address or an area to keep bear moving, using Level One hazing techniques [Level One: …

Whose ‘Situation,’ Exactly?

From the August 7, 2020 Edition

August 3, 2020 Dear Editor:

I would like to address your series on recent black bear issues in Pine Mountain Club, and comment on some of the accompanying OpEds and Letters to the Editor on …

Covid fatigue, it’s epidemic

From the August 7, 2020 Edition

It’s inexcusable. Resisting wearing a mask in a pandemic is nothing more than selfish, libertarian nonsense masquerading as a comic-book defense of freedom: ‘Don’t tread on me, but I can breathe on you.’  Thomas L. …

A Good News Tale

From the July 31, 2020 Edition

July 19, 2020 Dear Editor:

I was just part of an amazing incident. My family stopped at Fort Tejon after camping further up north. We had a snack, and ran around with our dog Rocket …