The members of the Morongo Basin Municipal Advisory Council are not elected, but are appointed by the District Supervisor. Since they hadn’t been subject to voter scrutiny, we thought Morongo Basin residents should know something about the people representing the unincorporated areas of the Morongo Basin. Reporter Dan Stork asked them how long they’ve lived in their areas, their other community involvements, and what issues concern them, both for their home grounds, and for the Basin as a whole. Most of them responded. Today, we profile Teresa Sitz…
Teresa Sitz of Wonder Valley has been a full-time resident of the Morongo Basin for 1 year, during which time she has built a website for Wonder Valley. She also prints a nearly weekly one-sheet newspaper called the Wonder Valley Sand Paper. She is also involved outside of Wonder Valley, helping out at the Copper Mountain Community Center, and writing the Joshua Tree column for the Hi-Desert Star. A Wonder Valley concern that she cites is crime reduction, and implementation of a Neighborhood Watch program. For the Morongo Basin as a whole, she is concerned with development and land use issues.
MEET YOUR MAC, TODAY THERESA SITZ
