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Our View: Water bill questions linger

A common saying among water leaders in the Santa Clarita Valley is that customers pay little or no attention to their water supply unless their taps run dry. One can

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Our View: Think safety; it’s back-to-school time

With the streets of the Santa Clarita Valley about to be flooded with thousands of students heading back to school, the results of this week’s Sheriff’s Department “Pedestrian Safety Operation”

Our View: Year of bear encounters

One of the great things about living in the Santa Clarita Valley is that we have the best of both worlds – we live next to the second-largest city in

Our View: Taking control on speed issue

Earlier this week several local citizens wrote letters to the editor to opine on the careless way we drive here in Awesometown. In one of the letters a doctor used

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Our View: Celebrate our independence

On July 4 we celebrate a remarkable 241 years of a functioning democracy in this nation, of a people standing together and saying with one voice: “We can be smart

Our View: Second time around

The county Sheriff’s Department recently provided what The Signal has been asking from the Hart school district since April – confirmation that an investigation has been opened into allegations of

Our View: Down the rabbit hole

California’s supermajority of elected Democrat leaders must have deluded itself into believing it can print money. That seems to be the only thing that makes sense as legislators plan a

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Our View: Keeping residents in homes

More than two months ago Signal columnist Gary Horton wrapped up a series of columns on homelessness and Measure H with a rousing call for leadership on the issue from

Our View: SCV to honor war dead Monday

“For families of the fallen, every day is Memorial Day. These heroes gave up all of their tomorrows for all of our todays.” Bill Reynolds, Vietnam War veteran, SCV 2016

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Our View: City solutions beyond tap-dancing

“We’ll look at it.” In a nutshell, that was Santa Clarita’s answer for a handful of senior citizens who had one question for the City Council during a recent meeting:

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Our View: Lesson learned on the wing

When did it become OK to disobey a lawful order by a sworn police officer? When did we as a society start concerning ourselves more with the treatment of an

Our View: Dynasty stifles engagement in SCV

During the past year or so The Signal’s Editorial Department has made two causes our primary goals: To battle negative campaigning and to promote civic engagement. Civic engagement means everyday

Our View: The high cost of fresh pavement

Call them bribes or back-room deals, there’s no doubt California’s governor tossed aside any appearance of thoughtful democratic process last week as he rammed through the Legislature a gasoline tax

Our View: Water District bill begs questions

As Scott Wilk’s bill to approve a Santa Clarita Valley-wide water district moves through the state Legislature, more and more voices are asking the question, “What about Valencia Water District?”

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Our View: Technology no excuse for evasion

A California Supreme Court ruling this month blocks city governments from using new technology as an excuse to hide from the demands of public accountability. The case was brought by