Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Randi Kay | Attention Pet Owners

This letter is for all pet parents in Santa Clarita. When COVID-19 began, veterinary clinics and emergency centers stopped owners from entering the premises and being present while pets were

Our View

Our View | Punishment, Not Death

By The SignalEditorial Board Violent youth criminals should be incarcerated, but they should be incarcerated safely — and it’s clear that Camps Scudder and Scott are not the places to

Tim Whyte

Tim Whyte | Up Court’s Creek Without a Bat

You’re a Little League team. Playing against the New York Yankees.  Without a bat. That’s how one deputy district attorney described the plight of prosecutors in the era of District

Letters to the Editor

Kirk F. Smith | Thanks for Rational Editorial

I just want to commend and thank The Signal for a very well-thought-out, eloquent, reasonable, fair, rational editorial regarding parents being labeled as terrorists.  And thanks for a great reminder

Letters to the Editor

Dick Cesaroni | Message from Former Deputy

To: The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.  Madam Supervisors:  For 33 years and eight months, I served the citizens of Los Angeles County as a member of the Los

Letters to the Editor

Carrie Lujan | Dispelling Speed Hump Myths

Re: “Do ‘Speed Cushions’ Work?”  In a letter to the editor printed Oct. 5, there were several concerns about the city of Santa Clarita’s speed hump/cushion program. The city is

Letters to the Editor

Arthur Saginian | Political Double-Edged Swords

Gary Horton was railing (commentary, Aug. 25) against the election to recall our no-account Gov. Gavin Newsom, calling the process “tyranny” and calling Texas “retrograde.”  I wonder if Horton is

Letters to the Editor

Jim Blumel | A Cartoon Says a Thousand Words

Political cartoons sometimes say more than a thousand-word editorial column. Tuesday’s (Oct. 5) Signal had a cartoon by Dick Wright that sends a message with a profound warning for all

Letters to the Editor

Max Morgan | Was This a Fair Trade?

Oil just hit $80 today (Oct. 8), up 60% so far in 2021. Thank you Joe Biden for killing the domestic oil industry.  Shutting down the Keystone oil pipeline and

David Hegg

David Hegg | Clever Isn’t Always Useful

By David Hegg Sometimes things we hear all the time can slowly creep into our belief system as though they were true. But, as a general rule, most general rules

Letters to the Editor

Arthur Saginian | Horton’s High Horse

Well, Gary Horton was back on his high horse (Aug. 18) preaching — pontificating, rather — truth and righteousness to all of the ignorant and selfish masses of the Santa

Our View

Our View | No, YOU Move

By The SignalEditorial Board On Thursday, Merrick Garland, attorney general of the United States, sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation ordering the agency to investigate moms going

Tim Whyte

Tim Whyte | Tales of a Fantasy Football Rookie

Back in a previous life as a rookie Signal reporter, I was introduced to something that, at the time, was called “rotisserie baseball.” It was named after La Rotisserie Francaise,

SCV Voices: Guest Commentary

Stephen Smith | Welcome to the New Fascist USA

I have been arguing that our leftist-led government, especially here in California and the Joe Biden administration, are incrementally taking away our civil rights, working to collapse small independent business