
Steve Petzold: Responding to the public
A recent Signal poll resulted in over 7,000 responses favoring a challenge to sanctuary city status. There is overwhelming public concern and interest in this issue. On May 8, the

A recent Signal poll resulted in over 7,000 responses favoring a challenge to sanctuary city status. There is overwhelming public concern and interest in this issue. On May 8, the

Steve Lunetta: Reading your commentary in The Signal today, I am hearing the same rhetoric that is used to defend President Trump’s actions and inactions: basically, he is being unfairly

Sometimes the articles I read end up colliding. Partly to stay up with the times, but mostly because I just love learning new things, I spend a fair amount of

The hatchet job by Lois Eisenberg Tuesday is beneath the standard objectivity of her usual letters. Note the vitriol in use of “destroy our glorious planet,” “no conscience,” “hell

Every year, around April 15th, I write a column about a tax matter that is important but under most reader’s radar. In the past year, I have written a lot

Did you expect that data about you would be shared for profit when you used social media? [socialpoll id=”2497531″]

I just read Brian Baker’s April 5th column, “Political Kabuki in the anti-gun debate, rants” and I note it is a column, not a letter and that his picture is

Have you ever looked at something so close that your eyes get tired, vision gets blurry, and a headache starts? Maybe it’s your taxes? I know I sure have. I’ve

In Karla Edwards letter to the editor on Friday, she says she “believes in the inherent worth and dignity of every person.” I pretty much think we all do. But

As we approach Earth Day, many of us will go out on our once a year trek to make our environment a better place to live and to make us

It was either sheer cowardice or ignorance that Cameron Smyth was “not comfortable” in taking an official position “without further study” on SB 54. I guess he has also conveniently

After Donald Trump’s anomalous victory in the US Presidential election, California wasted no time thumbing its nose at his initiative to build a wall between the US/Mexican Border. On the

Oh, what I really want to do is to just wake up to a non-eventful morning, enjoy a cup of coffee and maybe a piece of toast while reading a

Knowing that Scott Pruitt is the culprit behind the destruction of the EPA and knowing that he is actively and signal-handily by all accounts trying to destroy this most important

The typical view when it comes to human suffering in this country is icy in its realism. Hunger, Poverty, Underfunded Schools, and Sky-High College costs may be horrible, the thinking

Are you willing to listen and respond politely to the opinion of someone you disagree with? [socialpoll id=”2496450″]

We all understand that Santa Clarita is growing. Let’s understand this, too: That growth isn’t going to stop. In the first 18 years of this century alone, Santa Clarita gained

I read an autobiography of a great baseball player, 1919-1972 was his lifespan. Indeed, he died at a young age, but during his lifespan here on the planet, he made

I believe in the inherent worth and dignity of every person. No one should live in fear and no one should be placed in a detention center. Karla H. Edwards

Last weekend President Trump tweeted that taxpayers effectively subsidize Amazon because the United States Postal Service loses $1.50 on each package that it delivers for Amazon. Given that there are