Letters to the Editor

The Jan. 16, 2019, College of the Canyons board of trustees meeting began like most others. However, over the course of several hours that evening, the college endured an experience

Editor’s note UPDATED Oct. 21 (below letter): When is a person’s “occupation” not his or her actual job? Apparently when that person is running for local public office. Two challengers

My name is Dr. Aakash Ahuja. I am a psychiatrist MD by profession. I am an immigrant from India. I came to the U.S. about 19 years ago, and have

Congratulation on the publication of Gary Horton’s column, “Undemocratic Senate Doesn’t Represent Us,” Sept. 23. It is one of the most concise explanations of what is wrong with the electoral

Re: Rudolph Fillinger, letters, Sept. 8. Mr. Fillinger describes himself as a former Republican, but I doubt his veracity. The other thing I question is his belief that the federal

By now, every household with a TV in the 25th Congressional District has probably seen the ads claiming Christy Smith, former Newhall School District board member and candidate for Congress,

I yearn for the days when elected officials and community leaders put our country and community before party. The Signal’s failure to endorse Edel Alonso for the College of the

With the most critical election of our lifetimes less than one month away, it is incumbent on 25th Congressional District voters to choose a congressional representative who has proven to

I recently came to a realization. The conservative talking heads are doing us a favor, as long as we can be thoughtful and receive the underlying, subtle messages. Recently, I

As a true politician, Mr. Stephen Smith (commentary, Sept. 12) couldn’t resist taking a few cheap shots at the Biden-Harris campaign while campaigning for Republicans Suzette Valladares and Lucie Lapointe

This is a story that makes no sense to me. I read it in Reuters: Jimmy Tosh, who runs a multi-million dollar hog and grain farm in Tennessee, is a

Jerry Danielsen, endorsed by the full- and part-time faculty at College of the Canyons as well as the classified employees, is running for the COC board of trustees, Area 4.

There is only one congressional candidate who would fight climate change. That’s Christy Smith. As we continue to hear about more and more devastation caused by the California wildfires, it’s

I am voting for Christy Smith for my daughter’s future. As we commemorate 100 years of women’s suffrage and reflect on how far we have come since 1920, I wish

Even in analyzing the first presidential debate, a political divide erupts between substance and style. Just as they much as they praised Barack Obama’s smooth delivery, the president’s detractors complain

With Donald Trump announcing his Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, our health care is on the line. Barrett previously expressed sympathies toward eliminating the Affordable Care Act, and if

Recently, Santa Clarita voters read in The Signal that Christian Gadbois, a candidate running for Saugus Union School District Trustee Area 3, faces four felony charges of theft and fraud. 

I’ve known Maria Gutzeit for more than 15 years. I trust her judgment as a member of the SCV Water Agency, as she is guided by the facts and science.

Either she has been ignoring the media for the last several weeks or there was a delay in The Signal publishing Lois Eisenberg’s latest (Sept. 25) bi-weekly anti-Trump rant in

The best people in education are those who view it not as a job, but as a calling. People who are passionate about guiding students to achieve their potential and