Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Glenda Roybal | Results Matter

As a longtime Republican in this valley, I can’t let Denise Lite’s recent column (Nov. 22) go unanswered. She’s lecturing conservatives on how to win elections. The problem is simple:

Dan Walters

Dan Walters | State Revenue Uptick Is Not Enough

In the four months since the Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom enacted a new state budget, revenues – primarily from personal income taxes — have outstripped expectations by several billion

David Hegg, "Ethically Speaking"

David Hegg | Take Me for Granted, Please

By David Hegg Every once in a while, a well-known phrase hits me sideways. When this happens, my weirdness emerges, and as I turn the phrase around in my mind,

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Arthur Saginian | Great Minds?

I enjoy reading Larry Moore’s letters. He puts things in a way that makes me think, “Hey, he said that almost the way I would I have said that.” I

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Julio del Rio | A Fundamentally Flawed Process

Re: Proposed eight-story judicial building. ​My wife, Councilwoman Patsy Ayala, and I recently attended a hearing concerning the proposed eight-story judicial building. To my dismay, the process has been fundamentally

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Ray Hegge | The SCV’s Latest Battle

Seems we have another fight on our hands. Elsmere Canyon, Cemex, ring a bell? Now it’s the eight-story courthouse being forced on us in the middle of one of the

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Sam Steel | Rubber-Stamping a 7th Turn

On Dec. 9, Santa Clarita is poised to swear in Laurene Weste as mayor — for the seventh time since she took her City Council seat way back when Bill

Commentary by Michael Reagan

Michael Reagan | How Low Will Democrats Go?

The Democrats already have played every dirty political trick they can think of to bring down Donald Trump.  They tried to delegitimize his 2016 victory by claiming he won because

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Jim de Bree | About that Courthouse Plan …

The following letter was sent to Kim Bobic, senior project manager of facilities services at the Judicial Council of California. She is the point person on the proposed eight-story courthouse

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Tom Day | They Spoke — Now What?

The small audience sat on plush seats in the large hall, spread around. Everyone has his own row. Some had three. When the program reached “Comments From the Public,” the

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Nancy Fairbanks | Missing the Facts

Cheryl Corriveau’s “Political Theater” letter (Oct. 14) misses the mark — and the facts. Her defense of the Santa Clarita Veterans Services Collaborative echoes the organization’s own press release while

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Nancy Neill | An Inappropriate Location

As a mother and grandmother, I want to thank you for alerting us to the proposed McBean Parkway location of the new L.A. County courthouse. The proposed size and location