Amid the many voices at last Tuesday’s special (and fascinating) Town Council meeting, there was a proposal to initiate a kind of philosophical, ongoing debate around here.
Amid the many voices at last Tuesday’s special (and fascinating) Town Council meeting, there was a proposal to initiate a kind of philosophical, ongoing debate around here.
Councilman Rick Wood raised the question, and as esoteric as it was, it nevertheless struck us as being somehow important in the long run.
Wood, an attorney who is no stranger to the dais, acknowledged the many people who showed up to emphasize their support of tourism.
Yet when it came his turn to speak directly to the issue, Wood veered.
It often takes dire situations for things to change.
At other times, dire situations fuel more of the kind of negativity that was partially responsible for the failures in the first place.
But within chaos lies opportunity.
Mammoth Lakes is slowly emerging out of a nightmare of a winter. We just want to put this winter behind us and focus on the future.
But in order for Mammoth Lakes to a.) emerge out of this lull and b.) to thrive and succeed in subsequent years, things need to change.
Attitude is on top of the list.
But the number of child sexual abuse cases reported in the Eastern Sierra has gone up this year, from one to three in Mono County and from six to nine in Inyo County.
That might not seem like much, but these are two very small counties and it’s an unusually sharp increase.
No one knows why officially, but there’s good speculation.
“Let’s face it, this has really been in the news lately,” said Lisa Reel, executive director for Wild Iris. “And the ones reporting in our area are young, under 16.”
It is shaping up to be an odd political season in Mammoth. Even as eight candidates are scrambling for three seats on the Mono County Board of Supervisors, the Town of Mammoth Lakes is eerily quiet.
Government's role
May 11, 2012
Amid the many voices at last Tuesday’s special (and fascinating) Town Council meeting, there was a proposal to initiate a kind of philosophical, ongoing debate around here.