Betty Arenson: Dispelling the falsehoods
September 8, 2017
In the column “Truth about the new gas tax” written by Assemblyman Dante Acosta and published Sept. 2, Acosta set the record straight after a malevolent column, signed by multiple
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Gerald Staack: When the deniers make the decisions …
September 6, 2017
With the grief and suffering caused by Texas storm Harvey, it’s time to remind everyone of an old parable: “Those who don’t listen must feel.” Those who refuse to listen
Max Morgan: Applause for rejection of Indigenous Peoples Day
September 6, 2017
Kudos to the Santa Clarita City Council for not caving in to the notion that indigenous people were somehow more noble and deserving of having a holiday named after them
Don Gately: Respect the flag, if only for the lost lives it represents
September 5, 2017
A few people in my community are flying the American flag, but with the stripes blue rather than red. I believe they are making a political statement, but this is
George DeMott: Down with Senate Bill 634 – hold an election
August 31, 2017
I have lived in the Newhall County Water District for over 40 years. I oppose Senate Bill 634 because it makes me upset that a few water board members can
Brian Baker: ‘Snowflakedom’ or ‘victimhood?’
August 31, 2017
Josh Heath’s recent tirade, published Aug. 29 under the title “In defense of Millennial snowflakes,” gave me a couple of good chuckles. I’m grateful for that, as I enjoy good
Judy Reinsma: Not a noble history
August 31, 2017
What a beautifully written analogy between a fictitious post-Nazi Germany and our present post-Confederacy America was submitted by Josh Heath in Wednesday’s Opinion section of The Signal. Anyone who reads
Richard Oster: Freedom by the numbers
August 31, 2017
Numbers that built and united this nation: 4,543 – The number of words in the Constitution of the United States 3,500 – The number of words in the Magna Carta
Anthony Breznican: Columnist accuses senator of cheering online harassment
August 30, 2017
It’s not every day you write a Letter to the Editor in response to your own column, but it’s also not every day that a state senator takes part in
Sally White: Not everything’s as it appears
August 30, 2017
Thank you for your continued attention to the issues surrounding Newhall Ranch and the potential addition of 21,500 homes to our valley. In Wednesday’s Signal was mention that SCOPE vows
Frank Smathers: Real jobs location for Newhall Ranch residents
August 30, 2017
The county supervisors should approve the Newhall Ranch housing development – just as soon they figure out how to get 20,000 more cars over the I-5 Newhall Pass at 7:30
Karla H. Edwards: Speaking out on other opinions
August 30, 2017
Thank you for publishing the Aug. 22 column by Peggy Stabile headlined “Best policy: honor transgenders’ service.” We all need to speak out whenever the uninformed air their opinions and
Hilmar Rosenast: Little hope in SCV homelessness picture
August 29, 2017
Regarding the “Homelessness in SCV can be 1 paycheck away” story published Saturday, What is new? It has been this way for years and I wished it was only a
Barry Hoelscher: Where’s the monument
August 29, 2017
Thanks for your Aug. 24 article on the Fallen Warriors Monument. Unfortunately, you failed to mention its location! Where will it be installed? Semper Fi, Barry Hoelscher Editor’s note: As
Kevin Eliason: Going to miss the Big K
August 29, 2017
When we moved here in 1981 there was nothing but Kmart to shop at. No mall, Targets, big box stores – just K-Mart … and Mervyns came shortly after. Now
Tony Matthess: What I did on my summer vacation
August 28, 2017
I was not a cool kid growing up. I kind of looked like a dough-boy, and for some reason walked around pursing my lips like I was going to kiss
Thomas Oatway: A highly desirable $12 an hour
August 25, 2017
Jim DeBree’s Opinion article “Finding the best minimum wage,” published Aug. 19, correctly pointed out the complications involved in setting a minimum wage, noting that labor costs must strike a
Aprile Andrada: Encourage a ‘yes’ vote on Senate Bill 294
August 25, 2017
In the last two decades, we have seen a 25 percent drop in the cancer death rate. But our work is not complete. Research suggests that roughly half of all
Dan Masnada: Water legislation has nothing to do with Newhall Ranch
August 25, 2017
It appears from recent letters to the editor that Lynne Plambeck and her Friends of the Santa Clara River and SCOPE cohorts have rousted out the “oppose SB 634 water
Paul: Beware underestimating the enemy
August 23, 2017
In the column “The Deplorable basket spills its wretch” published Aug. 16 in The Signal, Mr. Horton broadly disparages self-proclaimed white supremacists as lazy, stupid, uneducated or undereducated, pathetic, and