Steve Lunetta: Ethics in The Swamp
January 4, 2017
“The Republicans are shutting down the Ethics Committee? Shame on them! What happened to ‘draining the swamp’? See? Hilary was right! What is that burning smell? My hair!” Well, no,
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Dick Ramirez: Let it be … that warm feeling
January 3, 2017
In a Saturday column in The Signal, Santa Clarita resident Ken Dean eloquently expressed a warm feeling he experienced when he helped a homeless person with an act of kindness.
Marybelle Knight: Hold election or go Boydston
January 3, 2017
Thank you to both The Signal and the Gazette for their attempts to show the four current members of the Santa Clarita City Council their mistake in ignoring the wishes
Edward Chaffin: Worthless park doggy bags
January 3, 2017
I have been going to Central Park for years, even before it was a park, and have seen it grow into the beautiful park it is now. The majority of
Jim de Bree: The Russians are coming
January 3, 2017
In 1966 a comedy film was released called “The Russians Are Coming, The Russians are Coming.” The premise of the film was that a Russian spy submarine inadvertently ran aground
Lynne Plambeck: Legalized bribery?
January 2, 2017
Editor’s note: Updates amount of funds raised by Smyth camp in 9th paragraph. Some have called our unlimited political campaign donations just a form of legalized bribery. That’s because, in
Betty Arenson: Correcting the numbers
January 2, 2017
A Dec. 14 Signal commentary, “Setting the chains on transition,” discussed the coming 2017 presidency. It also praised the departing president but unfortunately cited some incorrect statistics. Author Gary Horton
If you could eliminate one of these “holidays,” which would it be?
December 31, 2016
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Don & Kim Seibert: Much-appreciated viewpoint
December 31, 2016
Please inform Patricia Babcock that her column published Dec. 22 (“Completely different viewpoint”), was very refreshing and right on. We don’t need more people writing divisive statements about others, which
Thomas Oatway: Stop the dump expansion immediately
December 30, 2016
(An open letter to the L.A. County Planning Commission, Santa Clarita City Council and L.A. County Supervisors): I just read an Opinion piece by Bryan Caforio in The Signal newspaper
Ken Dean: One small act of kindness
December 30, 2016
In the article “Serving the needs of the homeless” published in last week’s Saturday Signal, Silvia Gutierrez and Hunt Braly wrote: “The reasons for becoming homeless vary from person to
County of Los Angeles: Homelessness snapshot
December 30, 2016
Homeless population grows in L.A. County and Santa Clarita The homeless population continues to grow in Los Angeles County. As of January 2016, there were 46,874 people experiencing homelessness countywide
James de Bree: Politics and year-end tax planning
December 30, 2016
I am glad that I am a retired CPA because year-end tax planning this year is especially tricky. Taxpayers won’t know if they employed the optimal tax planning strategies until
Our View: Slow down, be safe in 2017
December 30, 2016
Whether you’re on foot or in a car, slow down. Look left and right before entering the road. Activate your turn signal or for God’s sake use the crosswalk. It’s
David W. Hegg: Can we afford to be post-truth?
December 30, 2016
Each year the Oxford Dictionary chooses a “Word of the Year” for purposes of pointing out some trend in the English-speaking world. This year, after much discussion, debate and research,
Erick Werner: Troubling new social dynamic
December 29, 2016
On Dec. 19, Berlin was hit with a terrorist attack, killing 12 and leaving dozens more injured. Another historic European city to add to the list of terror attacks in
Ian Martinez: Sacrifice should be acknowledged, admired
December 29, 2016
It takes a braver person than I to sacrifice so much and join the armed forces. I have nothing but respect for those special men and women who do have
Mike Simeone: Resolution: Finish the monument
December 29, 2016
Editor’s note: A second Santa Clarita City Council vote on a proposed Fallen Warriors Memorial, this one to expand the planned memorial in Newhall, is expected to come before the
Jim Smith: The peril and noise of Santa Clarita
December 28, 2016
I have never written to the editor of a newspaper before, but as a resident of the Santa Clarita Valley since 1973, I’ve seen many positive changes, and unfortunately, a
Steve Lunetta: New 2017 conspiracy predictions
December 28, 2016
Once again, I sit alone at the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy offices after the conclusion of the annual Christmas party. The revelers have all gone home, leaving mounds of destroyed