Editor’s note: Senate Bill 634 is due to go before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday this week. In a lightning-swift series of short-notice special meetings and ex-parte court
A couple of weeks ago my friend and fellow columnist, Ron Bischoff, sent me a Washington Post editorial titled “Sobering news for $15-minimum-wage boosters.” The editorial can be seen at
The Castaic Lake Water Agency’s effort to gain control over all the local water supplies is premature. We need a forensic audit to find out in what shape the agency
It was getting late on a warm February evening in 2015 when Lisa Marie Gastelum set out to photocopy divorce documents at a FedEx store in Stevenson Ranch. Her husband
The fear-mongering argument against Medicare for All is that government will take control of our health-care decisions and Americans will lose an important freedom. The fact is that almost 50
With the 2016 elections behind us, our time to take a deep breath and enjoy the ephemeral peace from political campaigns appeared to be at hand. But that period has
On behalf of Eternal Valley Memorial Park, I want to personally thank everyone who participated in our community Shred Day Event. As a community we made a significant impact on
I am a student at College of the Canyons and a veteran. As such, I would like to offer my comments regarding Bill Renyolds’ story “Brotherhood and healing” published June
I would like to publicly thank the gentlemen who parked beside my vehicle last Friday which was parked in the parking lot at the AAA office. They were each kind
In his Op-Ed in the Aug. 2 issue of The Signal, Gary Horton asks: “Why are we a culture that has become so rigidly divided by so many differences, rather
After a particularly long session of watching CNN coverage of the protests in Virginia, a friend declared to me that the white supremacists, Alt-Right, neo-Nazis and other flavors of Virginians
My name is Liam Hope and I live in Valencia. I go to West Ranch High School and I wanted to address the new traffic patterns that have been put
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.” So said Sir Winston Churchill. Socialism,
Mortgage plan: Not such a good idea, either In its Aug. 11 column “Mortgage tax proposal not such a bad idea,” I agree with columnist Jason Gibbs that doubling the
A very real American basket of Deplorables just tipped over and spilled its wretched mess all over Charlottesville, staining the American and world media. Hillary Clinton hit it nearly spot
It was a good day. Everything went well. For once you can go to bed and not bring the day’s demons with you. You say to yourself, “I’m going to
As a new school year begins at COC I am hopeful that Chancellor Dianne Van Hook and her staff and students will be better neighbors. I am hopeful that student
Regarding the article “Steve Knight Defends health care vote” in a recent Santa Clarita Gazette article, Steve Knight defended his vote on the hasty Republican health care bill by stating,
When we think about factions shooting at each other and terrorizing the innocent without remorse, we think of street gangs. Gang members pop off gunshots in the direction of their
I remember back in my early school days bringing home a progress report. At some point in the semester my teachers felt it was essential for my parents to know