Letters to the Editor

In Gil Mertz’s column (Aug. 13), a diatribe of victim shaming or victim blaming, it is clear he needs help. I once listened to some driveling about “forgiveness” he professed

Stephen Smith’s column “A Cautionary Tale from Animal Farm“ (Aug. 8) is indeed a cautionary tale, but not in the way he intended. It’s hard to believe that he actually

Voting for ballot propositions is a crapshoot. All approved propositions have unanticipated consequences. Consider Proposition 68, approved in 2018, reading the title, “California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and

I’m sure you have a pile of letters to review, so thank you for taking the time to read mine. Today, I am asking you to consider reporting on an

Gary Horton’s Aug. 5 rant of the week, “It’s Time to Reimagine Law and Order,” certainly touched all the bases we’ve come to expect from the radical left recently as

Part 1 of 2 This letter is in response to the letter of Christian Olmos and Andrea Fleming printed on July 30, “A Call for Change in Santa Clarita.” The

Why is a water agency helping a developer build in a very high fire hazard zone? The explosive Lake Fire that started Aug. 12 rapidly increased in size, burning through

I was disappointed but not surprised by Santa Clarita’s “woke” Mayor Cameron Smyth and the city’s rush to judgment over the recent incident involving Santa Clarita Valley sheriff’s deputies and

Re: Letters, Kathryn Franti, Aug. 5. Ms. Franti has attacked Bob Kellar about something so innocuous that it requires a great effort to make an issue out of it. I

I write as a retired professional person who chose to live in Santa Clarita a decade ago because our daughter and grandchildren resided here and were happy with this community.

Many Americans are ill-informed on the subject of extreme poverty around the world and the federal budget’s funds toward foreign aid. Opinion polls consistently find that Americans believe foreign aid

This letter is in response to Phyllis McKenna’s letter of Aug. 4 referring to Gary Horton’s column of July 22. I had cut Horton’s column out of the paper to

My husband and I are parents of a very young daughter. It is without question that we are more than concerned with the state of affairs in our country. It

I want to thank The Signal for its editorial, “A Taxpayer-Hunting Wolf,” advocating for the defeat of Proposition 15, which will be on the ballot Nov. 3. Prop. 15 is

I’ve gotten to be quite the Bible student during this “pandemic.” That’s pretty impressive, coming from an agnostic. There’s so much written about human weakness in that book, as well

I try to keep abreast of the actions of our representatives in Washington and Sacramento. With respect to Rep. Mike Garcia, after only 60 days in office, the story is

In this morning’s paper (Aug. 5), Mayor Pro Tem Bill Miranda had a nice article on all our parks here in Santa Clarita. He pointed out all the amenities that

I hope that Gov. Gavin Newsom will disregard Rep. Mike Garcia’s letter asking to reopen schools in the 25th Congressional District. He does NOT speak for my family, or any

I got a chuckle immediately when a previously unknown compatriot in rock poetry emerged last Sunday (Aug. 2). In a persuasive exposition about “truth,” David Hegg invoked The Who’s “Who

In 2018, my son Brandon and I were honored to have an Antelope Valley peach farmer ask us to sell peaches for him at our local Saturday Newhall Farmers Market.