Community Input

Sunrise to Sunset

From the March 16, 2018 Edition

Just on the threshold of California’s return to daylight saving time, two readers sent images that bracketed the same day, March 7, from sunrise to sunset.

Both waxed poetic in their appreciation of the beauty …

Full court press

From the March 9, 2018 Edition

February 28, 2018 Dear Editor:

Your story “Concerns about PMC’s budget and voting process were heard” [The Mountain Enterprise, February 23, 2018] is not totally complete. But I don’t think anybody will notice.

You reported …

Copy that!

From the March 9, 2018 Edition

March 2, 2018 Dear Editor:

I just thought I’d mention that we upgraded our copy machine in the Frazier Park Public Utility District office.

At no extra cost to us, we ended up with the …

‘Latinos are Caucasian’ should be in the headline, reader says

From the March 9, 2018 Edition

March 2, 2018 Dear Editor:

I want to bring your attention to an article about Kern County’s gerrymandering of supervisorial districts. I didn’t know that. It is important information [“Kern County supervisor districts are illegal, …

Dead Fish

From the March 2, 2018 Edition

February 4, 2018 Dear Editor:

An alert golfer in Pine Mountain Club notified our local ecological biologist Lynn Stafford that there were small dead fish at the edges of Fern’s Lake. I went to photograph, …

Examples of semi automatic hunting rifles

From the March 2, 2018 Edition

A partial list by The Mountain Enterprise from manufacturer and sales websites:

Remington Model 750 Ruger Model 44 (44 Carbine) Ruger Model 99/44 Deerfield Benelli R1 Browning BAR [MK-3] Winchester SXR Vulcan Voere 2185 Semi-Automatic …

Less than 6 minutes: 17 killed and 14 injured

From the March 2, 2018 Edition

February 23, 2018 Dear Editor:

I did not claim, nor would I claim, that the same length barrel of a hunting rifle with the same caliber bullet (.556) would not cause the same physical damage …

AR-15 / M-16

From the March 2, 2018 Edition

February 25, 2018 Dear Editor:

I do not mean any disrespect for Mr. Canton’s OpEd [“Why AR-15s and assault rifles must be banished from the public marketplace” by Ross Canton, February 23, 2018, The Mountain …

More guns in the hands of sociopaths?

From the March 2, 2018 Edition

February 25, 2018 Dear Editor:

Thank you for Peter Kjenaas’ illuminating satire “More?” on the gun issue [February 23, 2018 in The Mountain Enterprise].

Mr. Noble’s companion “More guns” article shows the real-world effects …

Forest Road

From the February 23, 2018 Edition

February 18, 2018 Dear Editor:

I just wanted to send a big “Thank You.” For the last couple of weeks, Diane Duquette of the Pine Mountain community spent many hours cleaning up the road along …