A memo to Gary Horton and the Starbucks coffee klatsch; the media sources from which you get your news are serving you poorly. As Ronald Reagan said, "It's not that o... » Read More
How nice that Laurie Ender and Ed Colley apologized to the mayors of Lancaster and Palmdale for their unbelievable suggestions that the Jakes Way area of our communit... » Read More
Looking at the just-released campaign donor reports for Scott Wilk, I couldn't help but wonder just how much of the money he's raised was transferred from his recent ... » Read More
The headline to Walt Watson's Jan. 25 letter called Gov. Jerry Brown an "enigma." "Moonbeam" Brown is no "enigma." He's Mr. Tax-And-Spend. Enigma solved. This state's ... » Read More
It seems that Congressman Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, doesn't grasp the fact that the military has always had cuts. There were 200,000 troops cut from Vietn... » Read More
In regards to Rob Kerchner's Feb. 2 letter, "A vote for Obama is a vote for ignorance": Just because Kerchner doesn't like what the president has accomplished doesn't ... » Read More
A lot of people don't realize that an increase of CO2 in our atmosphere might actually benefit the planet. That means we can have growth, and it could be good for our ... » Read More
Dog owners walking around Santa Clarita with their dogs seem to have a nice disposition. Not saying that the people not walking a dog don't have a nice disposition, bu... » Read More
I appreciated (and totally agree with) Carolyn Wolf's Feb. 3 complaint in "Wishing for variety at local theaters," which said we don't get a full choice of excellent f... » Read More
For months, I have driven by the ongoing Old Town Newhall Library construction while en route to work. I'd like to make a heartfelt suggestion that involves this multi... » Read More
On Jan. 22, 1973, Lyndon Baines Johnson passed away. On Jan. 22, 2012, Hamilton Clyde Smyth passed away. Johnson was a Democrat; Smyth was a Republican. Both were grea... » Read More
I would like to give a Five Star to the Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. On Jan. 27, I rushed my 89-year-old mother, Alma Cheshire, to the emergency room at Henry... » Read More
It's clearly the silly season in politics. People who don't support Patricia McKeon are trying to convince us that a few aerospace and defense firms have supported he... » Read More
I believe the values and shared sense of a sacred obligation are among the traits that our country leaders and policy-makers need to learn to put into practice - not ... » Read More
There's no doubt that America's infrastructure is becoming an embarrassment in a 21st-century world as, most notably, communist China continues to build a large and in... » Read More
I wish we'd get some of the movies out here that have been nominated for the Oscars. Instead, we have the same movies for weeks on end at both theaters. » Read More
I'd like to respond to the letter in the Jan. 24 edition of The Signal, in which a reader requested the support of City Council for the coming SCV Senior Center Founda... » Read More
There was a nice article in the SCV Business Journal this week on the local Santa Clarita Redevelopment Agency, but it still left many questions unanswered. » Read More
William Picketts Sr., in his Jan. 20 response to my letter published Jan. 13, seeks to conflate the word "progress" with the word "progressive." » Read More
As the president of The Local Group Astronomy Club, I want to thank the L.A. County Board of Supervisors for adopting the rural outdoor lighting district. » Read More