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To earn a buck, I’ve donned three piece suits or farmer bibs. An epoch ago, it was a Saugus summer, hotter than Ella Langley in a cowhide bikini and partial

If you step onto our campuses across the William S. Hart Union High School District these days, the difference is hard to miss. Classrooms are quieter. Students are actually talking

Last week I gave a two-hour nonpartisan presentation to a group explaining the details of the 14 statewide propositions on the Nov. 3 ballot. Because of the propositions’ complexity, I

There were two articles by Alicia Doyle recently in the Sunday Signal and I had to smile when I read them because I had a lot to do with the

Before you vote for anyone this election, try hiring someone. Think of the candidates as job applicants for leadership in your own company.  Government isn’t a business. Businesses pursue profits;

Part 2 of 4 “I haven’t told anyone else.”  Imagine hearing those words from a friend, coworker, neighbor, or family member. They tell you their partner frightens them, controls their money,

We have received our voter guides and sample ballots by mail. The first thing we notice is that there are a bunch of measures to consider that have been mostly

By David Hegg It is clear that, for too many of our SCV neighbors, red lights have been downgraded to suggestions.  Increasingly, as I drive around our fair city, I

I’ve noticed a disturbing trend. I’ll not accuse the addendum health care helpers going all Beelzebub. However. At the very least, they’re flirting with ninja.  Chiropractic. Dental. Henry Mayo Newhall

While many of this year’s 14 ballot measures have heavily funded support or opposition, Proposition 2: Budget Stabilization Account Cap Increase and Gann Limit Changes Amendment, has received no funding

The dreaded letter finally came. We knew it would, and we know more like it are on the way.  I run a landscape company that works across the western states.

Part 1 of 4 October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. A time to talk openly about an issue that affects not only individual survivors, but also families, children, workplaces, schools

By David Hegg As I am enjoying the golden age of 70, I am finding more and more pleasure in a few simple things. Among them are a quiet early

Today, my Mr. SCV column is about weight. I may have too much of it, which may be OK because Halloween is right around the corner and I could tell

Several months ago, when Proposition 40 was still in the signature-gathering phase, I wrote a column explaining why the measure did not make sense. As a certified public accountant who

Sept. 23: “We are sitting under rocket fire right now. Everything around us is being blown apart. The house is shaking, and car alarms are going off. It’s impossible to

Every September, we wear teal to recognize Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, but for far too long many women, the disease remains hidden in plain sight.  This year, California has taken

By David Hegg We are becoming a nation of protest, and that is something near and dear to my heart simply because I am considered a Protestant. That label was

I have a wild, Irish friend. In life’s humdrummia, where others crawl an inch a lifetime, Brian Lally galloped a thousand years ahead, madcap, laughing, weeping, making friends, taking no

For years I have maintained that it is too easy to get a proposition on the ballot in California. This leads to a seemingly endless ballot that is stuffed with