Opinion

by Dennis Vlasich, Board President, The Club HOA Over the last 2 weeks, there has been discussion in the COURIER about the pine tree mitigation project in the development known as “The Club” (surrounding The Claremont Club on Monte Vista).  The petition presented to the COURIER by Tonya Bennitt, a homeowner in the association, has […]

Water rates are reasonable Dear Editor: I would like to first state my support for Tobias Hecht’s Viewpoint regarding the purchase of Golden State Water in Claremont. We have 5 people and pay a bill of about $50 to $60 per month, which I agree is quite reasonable. I would like to add that we […]

by Marcus Dowd I cried twice this weekend. The second time was at the memorial service for a woman whose kindness was limitless. She helped start the program I now chair at our church and, as I sat down for the service, I was out of sorts and unfocused, thinking about where I had to […]

TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER SPOKEN Rep. Michele Bachmann came under fire for her comments at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, held last week.  The Washington Post’s fact-checker, Glenn Kessler, gave Ms. Bachmann “Four Pinocchios” for what he characterized as outrageous accusations made against President Barack Obama, including that the president employs 5 chefs on […]

Viewpoint by Tobias Hecht In offering to purchase the water delivery system from Golden State Water Company for $54 million, the city of Claremont has stated that it is seeking fairness in water service and rates. These are reasonable goals. It is also true that many other municipalities successfully administer their own water. Yet there […]

by Debbie Carini There’s a picture of me from the mid-1980s and I’m looking pretty chic in a pair of black leggings and an oversized silk shirt. I wore this pairing to work and felt, in the parlance of my then fashion copywriting job, that it could go from “9 to 5 and after, from […]

by John Pixley Two weeks ago, it was warm enough on Friday afternoon for me to take off my shirt and just wear my overalls. What’s more, I could sit and read out in my backyard. Not bad for March 1. And it was yet another reason, or perhaps the reason, we love it here […]

City delays release of documents Dear Editor: I am writing in response to Mayor Larry Schroeder’s letter to the editor (Friday, March 8) suggesting that the city has been fully compliant with the intent and spirit of the California Public Records Act (PRA). The California Alliance to Protect Private Property Rights, a California private property […]

  THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME The COURIER received a most scornful email this week with the subject line, “Disgusting message spread at local festival.”  In it, the writer blasts Claremont for defending sexual assault and promoting a rape culture. “I was appalled to see that the Soundwave Festival held in Claremont over the weekend […]

SO LONG, RAKU Raku on Yale Avenue has closed. The space has been for lease for sometime, but the owners previously said they were looking for a new spot to lease in the Village. Raku, and its sister store Paper Star, have been located on Yale for 40 years, offering cards and unique gifts.   […]

City not swayed by threat Dear Editor: As reported recently in the Claremont COURIER, the city of Claremont has received several requests seeking to obtain copies of documents related to the city’s potential acquisition of the water system in Claremont. Documents that are either produced or received by the city are generally subject to the […]

by John Neiuber, president, Claremont Heritage It seems to happen around dinnertime. The phone rings, you anticipate it to be a solicitation call of some kind and you are, unfortunately, not disappointed. Only instead of your credit card company attempting to sell you income protection or life insurance, it is a representative from a remodeling […]

Ellen Taylor’s ivory tower Dear Editor: While Ms. Ellen Taylor parroted all the left-wing talking points on gun control, what she failed to address is why she wants all of us to trade our freedom for her belief in the government somehow making us safer, which, by the way, our government is not directly responsible […]

The Daily Beast online ranked the top 25 “Amazing But Overlooked” colleges in the nation. Claremont McKenna College landed on their list of schools “You Haven’t Considered But Should.” The single greatest overlooked quality at CMC? A debtless degree. Like Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, the Daily Beast notes, is CMC has a “penchant […]

There is something positive to be said about the city of Claremont as it currently stands. The city’s portfolio is widespread, no longer so heavily dependent on auto sales or any one source of revenue. Auto Center Drive is once again bustling with business, the council just approved a new housing development off Base Line […]

by John Pixley It was Greek to me. Almost literally. It certainly wasn’t what I had in mind. This wasn’t what was in the calendar. (I double-checked and checked again.) This wasn’t a reading by Naomi Nye, a Palestinian-American poet and writer. Instead, last week at the Atheneum at Claremont McKenna College, I found myself […]