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By Tim Whyte Signal Editor  Back in the 1990s and into the early 2000s, there was a movement, particularly among conservatives, to enact legislation — even a constitutional amendment —

By David Hegg There is much confusion about this thing we know as fear. In the run-up to the 9/11 remembrance we heard many declare that we should not live

By Scott Wilk State Senator There is a lot to applaud in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget. On its face, it seems to be a cut-and-spend framework focused on paying down

With the November elections now behind us, locally and nationally elected Democrats have been flooding the airwaves with their prophesies of higher taxes, jaded interpretations of what “our fair share”

One year ago, I wrote a column for The Signal promising that the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency (SCV Water) would “bring greater transparency, stronger water management, reduced costs and

DEAR PRESIDENT TRUMP, Read, recently, with disappointment, that Mrs. Pelosi is not letting you use Congress for your upcoming State of the Union speech next Tuesday. Terribly sorry, Mr. President. 

Last month, California Rep. Ted Lieu said, “I would love to be able to regulate the content of speech; the First Amendment prevents me from doing so.”  This remarkable statement

I am concerned that, in the next decade, we may witness the repeal of Proposition 13. I realize that this sounds sacrilegious to many, but please hear me out. In the

Mark my words: The president is going to fry. As the government shutdown goes into its second month, and 800,000 federal workers continue to feel the squeeze of functional unemployment,

By Tim Whyte Signal Editor  Sometimes, in “the moment,” you say and do things that, later on, strike you as funny or even a little embarrassing.  For example, this week

By Katie Hill Congresswoman Every day, my office receives hundreds of calls about the shutdown. And as each day passes, they become more and more dire. Most people don’t care

By Janelle Burkholder Guest Columnist Someday, my child is going to discover I haven’t always been his mom. And that I’m not his only mom. And while I’ve thought through

It’s that four-letter word that leaps to mind when vulgarity is a thought. Its usage has become fully commonplace and very acceptable to too many. There’s no need for it

I remember former Signal editor Ruth Newhall going completely Ape Poopy once. Well. More than once. Some bureaubozocrat in Sacramento sent a press release. Couldn’t tell you what it was

While some of us would describe Patty Stephenson using words like “dedicated” and “self-sacrificing,” there are other people in her life who would use words like “tres approfondie” or “wusi

Last week we looked at this author’s view of how the future will shape up for transportation, retailing, dining, and the home. I’m still upset that we don’t have flying

Monday afternoon I was pleased to spend an hour with Stephanie English, L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger’s field deputy. Stephanie agreed to meet me at the Valencia Commerce Center –

I was pleased to hear that, at its Jan. 8 meeting, the City Council unanimously approved cancellation of landscape and lighting district assessment proceedings. As I discussed in a previous

The government shutdown, which is now the longest on record as of this writing, is ridiculous. It is sad that some cheer it on. This shutdown, like others, illustrates a

By Tim Whyte Signal Editor My son was home on holiday break from college, and he had an early-morning doctor appointment to get one of his various hockey injuries checked out.