
Brett Haddock: Open letter to council candidates
It seems the discourse for everything political has become so divisive, so heated, that we are unable to even entertain ideas or positions that may be contrary to our own.

It seems the discourse for everything political has become so divisive, so heated, that we are unable to even entertain ideas or positions that may be contrary to our own.

I know we have all asked this before but I need to ask it one more time because I am just fuming mad at what has become political waste. If

School shootings continue and our legislators do nothing; the implied mantra being that the Second Amendment is sacrosanct. It seems they need a refresher course on what has already been

With the rise of a president like Donald Trump, our youth sees the danger of abstaining from voting. That apathy seems to have been all but squashed now, replaced with

Democrats, Independents, and most likely some Republicans in our area have been giving Republican Congressman Steve Knight a great deal of grief for not doing town halls and not showing

I’m supporting Jess Phoenix because her scientific background as a volcanologist makes her the perfect representative to combat climate change. The annual fires in California have been getting worse every

Normally I do not participate in pre-election comments re: candidates. Lately all letters and comments have been by writers with whom I do not agree. Why are theirs the only

We (you and I and pretty much every other Jess supporter) keep on running into people who say “Jess is so awesome”, and that fills us with joy because we

I am not voting for Jess Phoenix to represent the 25th district because she is a woman, though we certainly need to see equal representation in Congress. I am not

I find myself asking this question like many of us do as we look around our country. But right now, it’s a little more in my face, a little closer

Jess Phoenix is whip smart, has won every debate she’s participated in, and has a message that means a lot to me: We need to bring back evidence-based policymaking. Jess

There was a lot of hype around a “Vice” special that followed one of our local candidates, Katie Hill. I’ve lived in Santa Clarita 20 years and was excited to

I am the Democratic Regional Vice Chair for Assembly District 38, and I support Katie Hill for Congress. As a local leader, and party official it is pretty easy for

I’m voting for Jess Peláez Phoenix and it’s not just because I’m married to her. For the last 13 months, I have been present for the debates and candidate forums.

Those of us who are fortunate enough to live in the 25th Congressional District deserve to have a leader in Washington who will represent the needs and concerns of the

After I made my first run for office in 2016 during what turned out to be one of the nastiest elections in American history, I had high hopes this time

My son was born two days after Sandy Hook. I remember waking up that morning still in the hospital and my partner putting my newborn in my arms and whispering,

I read the Signal this morning, as always, and thought Gary Horton’s article was excellent. Then I read a letter to the editor from Gil Mertz which I found very

This week, I received a campaign mailer that’s “not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee,” but was instead sent to me by a super PAC. The message really caught

I live out by Acton. It is pretty out of the way from SCV but I am very involved in our community and talk has come up about putting in