Letters to the Editor

Open letter to Santa Clarita Mayor Cameron Smyth and Mayor Pro Tem Bill Miranda: According to a recent report in The Signal, I want to commend you for wanting to

Megan Schneider’s letter (June 23) sounds like it is well intended. But Megan seems to ignore what impact using a term like “defunding police” has, on the people supposedly sitting

Eighty years on this good ol’ Earth and I have never seen such spineless and gutless governments (mayors, governors, supervisors, etc.) in this country just throwing up their hands and

Re: John Boston, “Dear Democratic Friend,” June 19. What a refreshing statement, calling out Democrats and like-minded liberals for their disruptive and self-serving antics.  I am sure there are many

I really try to ignore John Boston’s article due to his right wing diatribes, but what struck me in his latest rant (June 19) was his statement that, “I hoped

This is regarding the letter in the June 21 edition of the Sunday Signal about horse poop on the San Francisquito Canyon trail.  The dirt path next to the asphalt

It is a challenge finding gratitude in these difficult times.  Before the virus, I was grateful for some of the little things in life. For example, someone holding a door

Scenario No. 1: A police officer or sheriff’s deputy responds to a call from a gas station employee that he has just been robbed. The officer is close by and

I feel it is necessary to address the recent Signal editorial, “Our View: Defund Police? Pure Insanity,” published on June 13. While the editorial board did speak of its supports

Santa Clarita is a terrific place to live. It’s friendly, alive, clean, and… wait, let me back up… mostly clean. For some reason we keep running into horse poop. Horse

Kudos to Gary Rogness (letters, May 22), a citizen who truly believes in the goodness of all people. To mask or not to mask, that is the question. Since the

Thanks for all of the pictures and acknowledgments of our Santa Clarita Valley 2020 high school graduates. You have given them their “special moments” albeit unlike any given in previous

George Floyd’s brutal asphyxiation in Minneapolis ripped open the wounds of slavery for the entire African American community in our country. Being captured on video by eyewitnesses made it more

Dear Councilman Bob Kellar: I wish to make an important statement. As a resident of Valencia since 2006, I am an active citizen and care about my community and the

If you see or hear of a wrong being perpetrated and say or do nothing, then you are complicit in that wrong. Hence, after reading the letter to the editor

I am heartbroken… yet now steadfast. Compassion calls our collective conscience. Answer. Now is the time for deep repair. Too many have suffered and died. Black and brown lives matter

Dear Rep. Mike Garcia, Please excuse this open letter to you, but since you didn’t answer my correspondence to your office, and the public interest in this topic is high,

I am grateful to the deputies from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and all other deputies, L.A. Police Department, and all law enforcement officers for the outstanding job they

We are tearing down statues of our history. We are deleting movies that are our history. Will we start to burn “Huckleberry Finn”? Does anyone know the history of Nazi

It’s time to send the airlines a message and choose another mode of transportation. Over the years their services have deteriorated to the point of dismal failure. We have been