By Tim Whyte Signal Editor A part of me was disappointed when David Barlavi didn’t raise a clenched fist during the flag salute at Tuesday’s Saugus Union School District board meeting.
By David Hegg It is popular today to suggest our country is experiencing a lack of leadership. In the current political discussions I hear it all the time. “We are
By Scott Wilk State Senator Rows of desks, lined up in utilitarian classrooms, may have been the norm in schools built during the Industrial Revolution – but today we know
Debating the moral and/or constitutional issues of our time using social media, memes, and news-generated sensationalism has to be one of the greatest creators of entropy and discourse in modern
Recently, a loyal Signal subscriber pondered what people were making over at College of the Canyons. Just how much does Chancellor Dr. Dianne Gee Van Damme Van Heflin Van Halen
When I was the superintendent of the Newhall School District, we were embroiled in questions, conflicts and lawsuits over the legitimacy and operation of a controversial charter school in the
The Signal recently published one of the most shocking, sensationalized “opinion columns” I’ve ever read in its hallowed pages. Lisa Lavadores burned some 800 words essentially scaring the bejeebies out
You cannot whitewash what happened in the last couple of weeks (pun intended). There was a string of historic, dramatic moments carving out the new shape of power for all
By Tim Whyte Signal Editor “Racism is racism.” So said Rep. Katie Hill’s Twitter account earlier this month as she joined fellow Democrats and Republicans alike in calling for the
By David Hegg Back in 1973, the renowned populist philosopher Dirty Harry gave the western world one of the all-time great principles of life: A man’s got to know his
NAMBLA, the North American Man/Boy Love Association (yes, the 40-year-old group is real and advocates for just what it sounds like), has not always gotten good press. But as times
Dearest Congresswoman Katie Hill, Taking digits to keyboard this fine Santa Clarita morn to congratulate you and urge that you keep up your righteous work in Washington. Also, I apologize.
Landscape Maintenance District 37 consists of 961 homes. Of these, about 200 require a high level of irrigation and landscape maintenance due to their size and limited access. Another 160
I love tax season. The crisp air in the morning. Football season is over and the hope that is baseball season is right around the corner. The Christmas bills are
Existent in our Santa Clarita Valley cyberspace are “chatrooms” where various factions hurl never-bending opinions toward one another, which in practice is pretty much akin to banging one’s head against
The Signal’s Jan. 25th editorial regarding the government shutdown tortured the truth to the point where that humble old companion must be crippled beyond recognition, in a wheelchair with one
By David Hegg We’ve all heard it: There are none so blind as those who will not see. Although this cogent statement rises out of Jeremiah 5:21 in the Bible’s
How did we get here? Were we not paying attention? If we weren’t, was it because we were so proud and grateful to be Americans in the best country on
Tragic death such as suicide can be among the most shocking loss of life. The news is emotionally disruptive and evokes a wide range of reactions. Sometimes it is not
I figure around the year 2051, I will be officially out of middle age and entering the long, unforgiving epoch of my dotage. I hope we still have a Second Amendment