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Our view: Selecting the next council member

When the newly constituted Santa Clarita City Council holds its first meeting next month – minus Councilman Dante Acosta, plus newly re-elected Councilman Cameron Smyth – among the more urgent

Steve Lunetta: Hair on fire absurdity

Can we all just settle down a bit? Frankly, this is bordering on the absurd. Liberals are running around in the streets with their hair on fire, going on news

Gary Horton: Don’t call it a mandate

Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election. As of this writing, Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump by 798,000 votes. Approximately 4 million votes remain to be counted, largely in blue

Jim de Bree

Jim de Bree: The increasing role of disruption

I recently attended an accounting conference in Las Vegas. I am sure to most readers this sounds like a boring subject. To the contrary, the conference was extremely enlightening –

Our View: Congrats to clean-campaign winners

The contentious, prolonged and mud-marred 2016 election year is likely to be most remembered for its surprise ending to the presidential race. But it will also be remembered for the

John Kiernan: A nation turned upside down

Now that the election is over, it seems as if supporters of Hillary are engaging in activities formerly reserved for the extreme side of the Trump campaign. If we truly

Our View: SCV honors America’s veterans

Today marks the 78th American holiday honoring the service of U.S. veterans. The holiday – initially dubbed Armistice Day – was made official by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938

Terri Lovell: Trump in for a fight

Nobody thought it was possible, but Donald Trump ripped the presidential election right out of Hillary Clinton’s hands on Tuesday night. Winning the states of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina

Brian Baker: GOP elites get what they deserve

Well, the election’s over and now we know who’s the clear and indisputable loser: Clinton. The country has dodged a major bullet. But I’m more interested in considering what dynamic

Paula Parr: Get rid of the eyesores

Dear candidates, both winners and losers: Get out there and remove your signs.  The corner of McBean Parkway and Copper Hill is an eyesore.