Letters to the Editor

Ron Perry | Ponder a Trillion

Have you ever thought about how much a trillion dollars is? Keep in mind these figures. If you had $1 trillion, you would have to spend $36.5 billion every day, for 75 years to use it all — providing you were getting no interest. Let’s examine the U.S. debt. As of this writing it is $36,479,980,000,000. That is trillion with

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Michael Cruz | History vs. Current Practice

In response to Nancy Fairbanks’ recent letter defending the Department of Government Efficiency, it’s important to distinguish between historical precedent and current practice. While the comparison to President Bill Clinton’s

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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

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Linda Tarnoff | Changing the Nature of Placerita

I read with great interest your article in Saturday’s Signal about The Master’s University’s proposed construction of a large chapel, 500 dormitory rooms and a welcome center in Placerita Canyon.

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Rob Kerchner | A Unique Hypocrisy

There’s no hypocrisy quite like bureaucrats yammering about “saving democracy” while using a presidential autopen to get around the 25th Amendment. Rob Kerchner Valencia

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Jim de Bree | Fulfilling the Oath of Office

On the May 4 edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Kristen Welker interviewed President Donald Trump. During the interview, the conversation turned to the topic of the deportation of Kilmar

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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