
Opinion


David W. Hegg: Five suggestions for the New Year
As we venture into a new year, we all have hopes that 2018 will bring a certain level of satisfaction to our lives and our world. Here are five suggestions

Our View: Thinking bigger far into the future
The city of Santa Clarita hit a milestone with its 30th birthday this past year. So it seems like a good time as we begin the new year of 2018

Mike Venable: General aviation critical to safety
We are all very much aware of how devastating the wildfires have been this past year. For weeks this fall, many Californians tuning in to the news have seen the

Richard La Motte: Propaganda, not information
I suppose in bygone days, when most, if not all, major media outlets were run by liberal editors, a Trump hit-piece as biased and economical with the truth as the

Arnold Mann: A better example
With regards to Brian Baker’s Dec. 26, 2017, letter titled “Still More on Concealed Carry”: Baker has used skewed logic to come to the conclusion that concealed gun laws are

James de Bree: What the new year brings in tax reform
I hope that everyone is experiencing a joyous holiday season. When I exchanged holiday greetings, many people wanted my thoughts about whether tax reform was a gift or a lump

Lori Rivas: Tolerate radicalism, yes; normalize it, no
Restaurant owner and employees at Comet Ping Pong in Washington, D.C., suffered from very real threats and acts of violence propagated by a conspiracy theory that accessed a broad platform

Jason Gibbs: Reciprocity gun debate heats up
Anthony Breznican opined in The Signal this past week how HR38 (Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017), co-sponsored by Representative Knight, counteracts the country’s misguided need for stricter gun “safety”

Lois Eisenberg: Trump claims most of the credit
The cheerleader-in-chief is bragging again about his accomplishments in the surging stock market, as well as his constant insistence that he alone brought this surge about. But the claims are

Marilyn Searcy: Stop bullying the president
Opened up The Signal on Wednesday, Dec. 27, got to page A5 to John Cole’s “Drawing Conclusions,” and just had to sigh and wonder why? The “cartoon” looks like a

Noelle De Vita: Bill allows permits across state lines
What irony that on the same front page that shows Congressman Steve Knight co-sponsoring a gun law endorsed by the NRA, there is a story about a standoff with a

Jim Horton: The path
Re: “More women needed in leadership, Congress” by Katie Hill published Dec. 23. The writer seems to be under the illusion that her sex grants some special ability to solve

Richard Myers: The Newhall Ranch effect
I just read Bill Allen’s December 22 editorial, Newhall Ranch provides model for area growth, and as I was reading it I was thinking, “who the heck is Bill Allen

Gary Horton: Know and act yourself, fully
We humans are vulnerable creatures. We’re as likely to fall victim to our own foibles and errors as we are to outside influence and force. Our brains are like nitro-glycerin.

John Laing: Tax law is outrageous legislation
As A British person living in the U.S.A., I wish to express my horror and fear regarding the tax bill passed in the Congress and Senate on December 20. The

Brian Baker: Still more on concealed carry
The day after my last letter was published regarding Anthony Breznican’s hysterical assertions about reciprocal interstate recognition of CCWs (concealed gun carry licenses) The Signal posted a rebuttal written by

Maria Gutzeit: Happiness doesn’t come in a box
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.” These classic

Bryan Caforio states in his column that an elected official needs to represent the views of the those who opposed his/her election. Do you agree?
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Katie Hill: More women needed in leadership, Congress
Bryan Caforio, a Democratic candidate for California Congressional District 25, wrote in a recent op-ed, “We need to ensure that we have more women in leadership positions.” As a woman