Community Input

What Racism?

From the July 24, 2020 Edition

July 21, 2020 Dear Editor:

In regard to Nide Zimemo Stannard’s letter [“Who is Neighborhood Watch Watching? And How?”, The Mountain Enterprise, July 17, 2020], I am sorry to hear about you recently being accosted …

Snake in the Henhouse

From the July 24, 2020 Edition

July 15, 2020 Dear Editor:

I thought you and your readers might enjoy this. It lay there nearly an hour. It is a gopher snake. Note the near-diamond design. That gets them mistaken for rattlers …

Watching Neighborhood Watch

From the July 24, 2020 Edition

July 17, 2020 Dear Editor:

The OpEd by Nide Zimemo Stannard [“Who is Neighborhood Watch Watching? And How?”, The Mountain Enterprise, July 17, 2020] came at a time in our history when racism and terrorism …

We’re not pawns

From the July 17, 2020 Edition

July 13, 2020 Dear Editor:

It was interesting to read how differently Mr. Lichter, my neighbor in Frazier Park, sees things from how I perceive them [“OpEd: 2020 Protests through the Eyes of a Former …

Systemic Racism Still Lives In America—So Does Dialogue

From the July 17, 2020 Edition

Continuing the Conversation A note from the Editor:

It has been startling to see the depth of vulnerability our neighbors are sharing with each other in this ongoing local conversation about race and racism …

A Local Covid Testing Plan

From the July 10, 2020 Edition

July 6, 2020   Dear Editor:

On June 28 I asked Bill Lewis, Chair of the Pine Mountain Club POA Board, about securing local covid-19 testing for our small town of 3,000 people, many of …

Pigeon Poop

From the July 10, 2020 Edition

June 30, 2020 Dear Editor:

Whatever other consequences may occur from taking down statues and monuments, pigeons will be losing perches on which to sit and poop.

It is doubtful if regions and nations …

Share the Moon

From the July 10, 2020 Edition

July 4, 2020 Dear Editor:

This is the full moon from our Eagles Perch view on the 4th of July. Let’s celebrate the foundation of our country and build on it rather than tear it down. …

Callousness: Might vs Right

From the July 10, 2020 Edition

June 23, 2020 Dear Editor:

I don’t know if you’re hearing this from others, but I am so filled with hopelessness and angst. Everywhere we look, we see might versus right.

We see people trying …