Our View: A skeptical look at ballot measures
October 11, 2016
Each election year when the state ballot arrives loaded with proposed laws awaiting voter approval – as this year’s is with 17 statewide measures – we wonder if we’re getting
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Dennis C. Bartash: The silent minority objects
October 11, 2016
It’s a shame that the Oct. 8 Knight and Caforio debate at the Valencia Country Club charged $25 for tickets to the event. These debates should be open to the
Joan Jacobson: Edel Alonso best choice for COC Board of Trustees
October 11, 2016
I have had the pleasure of working with Dr. Edel Alonso for 15 years as a counseling colleague in the COC Counseling Department and, before that, as a fellow counseling
Gary Horton: America debased by new Pussycat Party
October 11, 2016
Pussycat, Pussycat, you’re delicious And if my wishes Can all come true I’ll soon be kissing your sweet little pussycat lips! – Donald Trump (kind of) What’s new, Pussycat?
Our View: Smyth, Kellar for City Council
October 10, 2016
The City of Santa Clarita is a well-run and financially sound city. It upgraded its Standard and Poors credit rating to the highest possible – AAA– during the Great Recession.
Brian Baker: E pluribus unum: It doesn’t work backward
October 10, 2016
In his column entitled “I have a dream” published in the Sept. 29 Signal, Steve Lunetta discusses “the plight of the black segment of our population.” Unfortunately, I think he
Jonathan Kraut: Interview with Dante Acosta
October 10, 2016
Readers: As part of an occasional series on candidates in the November election, I am reaching out to our local, county and state candidates to report their views. I selected
How would you react if you encountered a creepy clown in the SCV?
October 8, 2016
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John Zaring: Time for a change in US Congress
October 7, 2016
Republican Steve Knight from Palmdale is a vulnerable congressman who has the dubious distinction of serving in what has been the most ineffective and despised Congress in history, promulgating out-of-the-mainstream
Our View: Vote Steve Knight for Congress
October 7, 2016
The moment the Washington Democratic political machine identified California’s 25th Congressional District as vulnerable to party takeover, the Nov. 8 race was no longer about local interests. It was all
David W. Hegg: Represent your best
October 7, 2016
For the past few years it has been common to hear athletes motivate their teammates by exhorting them to “represent.” It is a call to be the best, giving their
David Ortega: How can I stand with Caforio?
October 7, 2016
I would love to stand with Bryan Caforio. I really would. I would love to stand side by side with my Democratic candidate and fight for the preservation of the
Brian Baker: Democrats’ double standards at work again
October 7, 2016
In Gary Horton’s column “Everything’s coming up ‘Rosies’ for Hillary,” published in The Signal Oct. 5, the writer attempts to mount an attack using the Democrats’ topic du jour: Trump’s
Linda Pedersen: Re-elect Boydston to the City Council
October 7, 2016
TimBen Boydston has served the citizens of Santa Clarita well as a current member of our City Council and deserves our support for re-election. He has always used his administrative
Marybelle Knight: Third place in November election should replace Acosta
October 6, 2016
Addressing The Signal’s Oct. 4 headline “City may face dilemma if candidate wins state seat,” it seems to me that you are making a mountain out of a molehill (but
Letter writer says: TimBen Boydston has earned another term
October 6, 2016
Soon you will receive a very large ballot for the Nov. 8 election. For the first time the Santa Clarita City Council election will be included in that big ballot.
Letter writer says: 2nd Amendment not required for gun rights
October 6, 2016
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Recognize it? Simple,
Gwendolyn Sims: We vote despite the clown show
October 6, 2016
Every day on social media, I’m asked to defend my decision to vote (or not vote) in this election. Depending on who is asking my tone may differ, but the
Jim de Bree: Prop 55: Bad tax policy prolonged
October 5, 2016
In 2012 California’s finances were in terrible shape. Proposition 30 was a temporary measure increasing income taxes on households with more than $250,000 of income and increasing sales taxes by
Cynthia Mansel: Halt the Trump badgering, Caforio
October 5, 2016
Steve Knight has made his position clear on Donald Trump: Will Bryan Caforio be forced to be held accountable for his position on Hillary Clinton? Day after day, it never