Dick Cesaroni | Build the Park, Issue a Refund
August 30, 2019
Subject: The “Save the Open Space” flimflam. This will be a follow-up to the letter written by Mr. Ken Dean in The Signal magazine (Aug. 25). I totally agree with
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Martha Michael | Keeping Yellow Company, for Good
August 30, 2019
If you’re a fan of Westerns, as I am, you’ve probably heard cowboys use the word “yellow” to toss an insult in the direction of a coward. But last week
Max Morgan | Crime Stats Don’t Paint Full Picture
August 29, 2019
The Signal as well as several local Facebook groups were quick to trumpet the 24% year-over-year drop in crime in the Santa Clarita Valley but, is the unadjusted “real crime”
Pamela Moreau | Something Wrong with the Weather
August 29, 2019
Did you leave the five-day weather report up to our wonderful humorist, Mr. SCV? The weather report for evenings and Monday look ominous. Taking it from the Saturday (Aug. 24)
Jim de Bree | Believe it or Not, Trump May Be on to Something
August 29, 2019
I am sure many readers can’t believe I am writing this, but Donald Trump is on the right side of an important issue by issuing an executive order requiring greater
Lois Eisenberg | GOP’s Favorite Punching Bags
August 28, 2019
Some of the famous favorite punching bags of the GOP are Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. The GOP wants to do way with these necessary benefits of health and well
Duane Mooring | Boston, Keep Elevating Discussion
August 28, 2019
This is in response to John Boston’s column on Aug. 23, “John Boston | 2019: Writhing in The ‘Hideous Ecstasy’ of Hate.” I responded to John Boston’s prior column on
Gary Horton | Did America Want to Go This Far Out on Guns?
August 28, 2019
Here’s some good news: It’s been over two weeks since America has experienced a truly horrific new mass-murder shooting, empowered by a grossly contorted interpretation of a Second Amendment intended
Patrick Daems | Kudos on Aug. 23 Opinion Page
August 27, 2019
Great letters today (Aug. 23). John Boston calling for us to be less acerbic, less accusing, less crude… And David Schribman explaining to us, in a refreshing, balanced way, what
Betty Arenson | Smith Not Delivering as Promised
August 27, 2019
The rational thought is that when a person is elected to represent the people of a certain district, that elected official would do just that — represent constituents for their
Jonathan Kraut | Comparing MAGA-ism vs. McCarthyism
August 27, 2019
Polls continue to reflect that Donald Trump generally holds about a 36% favorable rating from a segment of voting Americans. These are the same 36% that favor anything Trump and
Ken Dean | Fund Transfer Questioned
August 25, 2019
As a past member of the 2007 “Save Open Space” committee, I am disgusted with the current controversy and actions of our City Council’s transferring of funds from the open
Tim Whyte | Clyde Smyth, My Diploma and Lost Transparency
August 25, 2019
By Tim Whyte Signal Editor I’ll never forget that Zonta roast in 1997. The Signal was the roast-ee for the big annual fundraiser, and Zonta’s roasters took full aim at
Our View | The Back-Room Dealings at the Hart School District
August 25, 2019
By The Signal Editorial Board Mike Kuhlman will take over as superintendent of the William S. Hart Union High School District at the end of this school year, replacing the
David Hegg | Our Addiction to ‘Easy’ vs. Choosing Difficult Things
August 25, 2019
By David Hegg As a young boy my dad taught me to be careful not to choose the easy path in life. He was a firm believer that anything worth
Stephen Maseda | Trifecta of Democratic Voices
August 24, 2019
We have now had a trifecta of “Democratic Voices” starting with the Josh Heath column, which Betty Arenson accurately described as a “fantasy.” However, it was a dark fantasy, which
C. Norman Allen | The Disastrous Plans of the Democrats
August 24, 2019
After watching the second round of the Democrats’ presidential candidate debates, I have a foreboding thought that every agenda the candidates try and expound on to “benefit” our lives would
Lois Eisenberg | California’s Housing Crisis
August 23, 2019
California housing affordability is in a crisis. Construction is being drawn back from building new homes by the home builders due to government fees, labor, the high cost of materials
John Boston | 2019: Writhing in The ‘Hideous Ecstasy’ of Hate
August 23, 2019
When I was 7, we had the strangest holiday. It was called Christmas. It was January 1958. I so clearly remember returning from Christmas vacation, hunched over a wooden desk.
Paige Weaver | Common Sense on Gun Violence
August 22, 2019
On Saturday afternoon, Aug. 3, I switched on my TV to learn that there had been a mass shooting in El Paso. After a few moments I remarked to my