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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

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Davina Leary | A Double Standard?

I read with disgust the city of Santa Clarita’s “serious concerns regarding the state Judicial Council plan for an eight-story courthouse” and their (Nov. 21) “call to action.” Funny that

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Kat Connolly | It’s Fundamentally Incompatible

I am writing because my neighbors and I strongly oppose the construction of a 24-courtroom, eight-story courthouse in Valencia near the corner of McBean Parkway and Valencia Boulevard. This project

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Denzel Brenner | State Abandons Decency

When we moved into the Woodlands over 25 years ago, we anticipated that the property below our neighborhood bordered by McBean Parkway and Valencia Boulevard would eventually be developed. The

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R. Weston Monroe | Public Process Failing

The Planning Commission’s recent decision on the Wiley Canyon project overlooked a critical fact that should have been known, disclosed, and central to their evaluation: Wiley Canyon has long been

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Rob Kerchner | Code for Hate

They hated Dick Cheney for decades. Then he turned on Donald Trump, whom they also hate. So now they love Cheney. The moral of that story: Even love can be

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Patsy Ayala | We Didn’t Ask for This

The state of California’s proposal to build an eight-story courthouse on McBean Parkway is not a city project and it was neither requested nor selected by the city of Santa

David Hegg, "Ethically Speaking"

David Hegg | Thanksgiving Matters

By David Hegg On Oct. 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln declared a national day of thanksgiving to take place on the fourth Thursday in November. In the aftermath of Gettysburg,

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Rick Barker | Phony Stats

One of my favorite sayings attributed to many people including Mark Twain states: “There are lies … damn lies … and statistics.”  It is very wise to keep that saying

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Rob Kerchner | Rhetorical Question?

How is it that a man wearing a sombrero is cultural appropriation, but that same man wearing a dress isn’t sexual appropriation? Rob Kerchner Valencia