Letters to the Editor

Sandy Cassidy | A Crisis at the Shelters

The following is a copy of a letter to L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger:  While I know you are busy, there is a crisis arising here in the Santa Clarita Valley at our Castaic Animal shelter.  Your support of ending appointments to surrender animals at L.A. County shelters is a huge mistake. Contrary to what you are told, the shelters

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Glenda Roybal | Preserving Newhall’s Heart

As a longtime resident of Santa Clarita, I’ve watched our valley grow and adapt — but our connection to the past has always remained vital. That’s why the proposal to

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Arthur Saginian | Liberals of Lore

Regarding Gary Horton’s column (Feb. 12): The fact that Tesla sales are going down in Europe and California due to its “liberal customer base” being upset with Elon Musk’s intrusion

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Larry Moore | Graduation Season

As graduation season approaches, there are some things that you can count on.  1. High school graduation speeches will be full of optimism and hope, which I love. These 17-

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Nancy Fairbanks | DOGE and the Constitution

David Berke’s letter (April 4) claims that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is an unconstitutional assault on democracy, accusing it of operating without congressional authorization and undermining the federal

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Ron Perry | Do We Need This?

Do we really need the national Department of Education? In 2023, the average salary for a National Department of Education employee was $112,164, per the  National Education Association.  This average

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Maggie Bowman | Good Intentions vs. Results

Santa Clarita is full of good intentions — but that’s not the same as strategy. Too often, protests here — and across the country — prioritize comfort over disruption. Matching

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Ben Mullen | The Next Administrative Error

Innocent until proven guilty has long been one of the fundamental principles to our rule of law. The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees that “no person may be

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Renée McKellar | Sanitizing the Record

Nancy Fairbanks’ letter (April 23) attempts to sanitize the record of Moms for Liberty, but the facts show a coordinated political machine operating under the guise of parental concern. Moms

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Leon Worden | What Main Street Is Supposed to Be

Thirty years ago, downtown Newhall was economically dead. Storefronts were vacant. Retail sales and property values were upside-down while the rest of the city was booming. People were afraid to

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Lawrence Nikolai | Orchard Village Speedway?

When did Orchard Village Road become a raceway? Our backyard faces that street, and every day (and frequently at night) without fail we hear the same thing: loud sportscar-like engines

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Rob Kerchner | A Double Standard in Action

I’m old enough to remember when Democrats wanted to eliminate the Senate filibuster, while also insisting that partial government shutdowns were catastrophic events that must be avoided at all costs.

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Ron Perry | Beware Unlicensed Vendors

It is my duty to write today to all of the Santa Clarita Council members and residents of Santa Clarita. There was an article in the March 28 Signal about

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Arthur Saginian | Snakes and Turtles

As I read Lois Eisenberg’s letter (Feb. 11) regarding the Holocaust, Jews, and “remembering,” I remembered the day I toured Dachau concentration camp while living in Munich, Germany. I remembered

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Christopher Lucero | The Incomparable California

California is incomparable. It is especially incomparable to other states like Texas or North Carolina. Why? Climate … and lots of wealthy consumers. Even the less well off here are