Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Jack Crawford | Minimize the Bouquet Pain

Yard signs with the following message are on the increase: “NO DETOUR! – Build New Bouquet Canyon FIRST.” The impending detour to accommodate the Bouquet housing development and the corresponding

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Gerald Staack | A Look at Socialism

What is democratic socialism? It’s not communism. The word “socialism” has been maligned by the billionaire class for decades to create a fear in the minds of the working classes

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Larry Moore | A Cure for TDS

What better harbinger for a bright new year than the discovery of a cure for a pandemic-size disease, TDS, or Trump Derangement Syndrome.  The antidote wasn’t developed by a pharmaceutical

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Jim Scott | A New Year’s Inspiration

I was enjoying a relaxing Christmas and New Year’s season and looking forward to 2026, but Jonathan Kraut’s “New Year’s Wishes” (commentary, Dec. 30) has inspired me to write just

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Glenda Roybal | Missing the Mark on Prop. 50

A response to Jack Teoli’s Dec. 3 letter on Proposition 50: Jack Teoli’s recent letter in The Signal presented Prop. 50 as if Santa Clarita delivered a clear and unified

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Kirk Smith | Make Sense of It All

Just a quick question to the Lennar developers regarding the closure of Bouquet Canyon Road in January: What in the world is wrong with you people?  Kirk SmithSaugus

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Rick Barker | The Math of ‘Hamburglary’

In re: “Low Income Hamburglary,” Lois Eisenberg, letters, Dec. 9: Do you think that the cost of anything/everything in states like California that are totally run by Democrats have anything

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Jack Crawford | Letter Writer Gets a Mulligan

Thank you for correcting my estimate of presidential golfing rounds. I had second thoughts about that statement just minutes after I hit “send.” I should have fact-checked myself then, but

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Philip Wasserman | The Definition of Happiness

The Declaration of Independence states that among our unalienable rights are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Most of us can define “life” and “liberty,” at least in practical

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Philip Wasserman | Farewell to the Penny

After 238 years, the U.S. Treasury has punched out its last penny at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. Bill Maher joked that, without pennies, how will Spotify pay musicians? Most

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Larry Moore | I Forgive You

For the Christmas season, I feel compelled to submit a letter in the true spirit of Christmas. This is based on the fact that Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a

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Arthur Saginian | The SCV’s New Reverend

The “Reverend” Gary Horton joined the ranks of the Rev. David Hegg this morning (Commentary, Nov. 5). Horton’s “sermon” was on human dignity, the fine line between authority and liberty,

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Rick Barker | Suggestion

In re: Jonathan Kraut, “Are They Saying It’s Illegal to Disobey an Illegal Order?” (Commentary, Dec. 2.) Mr. Kraut’s was just the most recent but this will apply to ALL

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Rob Kerchner | The Critics Were Wrong

Contrary to conventional economic wisdom and warnings from critics on the left that cutting interest rates while imposing broad tariffs would stoke inflation, the Trump administration is achieving all three

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Larry Moore | A Blast from the Past

I would like to take you to Zohran Mamdani’s (hypothetical) past so you can get an insight into his current position.  It is Public School 25 in New York City