Archive By Section - Signal Editorials
Our View: Vote yes on Measure CK
Many Santa Clarita Valley institutions, nonprofits and individuals make us proud here at The Signal, but few more so than our remarkable and high-achieving public schools.
Our View: Prop. 29 too aimless; lacks oversight
What Californians do not need is another bureaucratic board full of political appointees at taxpayer expense. We urge voters to say no to Proposition 29.
Our View: Headington, Wilk are our top choices
This state primary election season has been the most contentious in recent memory. There has been more than enough emotion, harping and shenanigans for almost all of us. Combine all of the campaign noise with the new selection dynamic of an open primary and the endorsement process has gotten much more complicated. Many forums have been held to provide voters a look at the candidates, some better than others. One of the most recent, the ...
Our View: Prop. 28 lets voters keep consistency in capitol
For those of you who don't know, there's a state election taking place in about a month. Yes, another election. Besides the primary election for president, the newly installed open primary elections for state Assembly and Congress and a few propositions, on June 5, Californians are being asked to vote for a state constitutional amendment for legislator term limits. As of the passing of Proposition 140 in 1990, representatives in Sacramento have been limited to ...
Our View: Forums a way to show candidates’ worthiness
One of the hallmarks of the recent, remarkable Santa Clarita City Council election was the number of public forums held for candidates - and their willingness to attend each.
Arrest reports part of area’s public record
This week, The Signal introduced a new feature to its coverage lineup. We are now posting daily arrests made by the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's station on our website under the "Crime" category ,which currently falls under the "News" header on our site. The arrests are taken from the station's booking logs, which are public records that most law enforcement agencies in this country furnish to media outlets. <p ...
Change to endorsement letters policy
To make sure readers' opinions about candidates are heard, and also to make sure that The Signal's Letters to the Editor section is not being used for electioneering by a candidate's campaign, this newspaper is instituting a new policy on endorsement letters.
Our View: Happy 50th anniversary to CLWA
Castaic Lake Water Agency (CLWA) celebrates its golden anniversary this week with the normal assortment of celebrations and acknowledgements.
Our View: City Council needs to focus on the future
With all the recent drama concerning the ouster of Mayor Laurie Ender and the election of TimBen Boydston to the City Council during recent Santa Clarita balloting, it's time for the council to turn its attention to moving ahead.
Our View: Council race done; real work begins
The dust is finally settling on one of the more intense Santa Clarita City Council races recently, and the results were surprising to many.
Our View: Letters to the editor for discussion of issues
Joining many other newspapers, The Signal is no longer accepting letters to the editor endorsing political candidates. Political endorsement letters are essentially promotional devices that advertise a candidate. The Letters to the Editor section of our Opinion Page is meant for the discussion of issues. Many endorsement letters do not discuss issues; they merely point out that the letter writer supports the candidate. Also, we have found that some political campaigns orchestrate letter-writing efforts to ...
Our View: Experience is best for council
Although many Santa Clarita residents have already mailed their ballots for the 2012 City Council election, others prefer the time-honored tradition of casting their votes at the polls, and still others may be waffling about voting at all. So we on The Signal Editorial Board take a moment of your time on this bright Sunday morning to revisit our recommendations and urge those undecided folks - undecided about bothering to vote - to visit their ...
Our View: Hit mailers insult voter intelligence
The election for two City Council seats for the city of Santa Clarita is less than a week away, and candidates are making preparations for their final push.
Our View: It’s time for all of this to stop
From time to time, the Editorial Board will receive an Op-Ed piece from a local author and thinks this author's dissertation just nails it. It is the editorial we tried to or wanted to write, but didn't. In today's Opinion section, Assemblyman Cameron Smyth delivers just such a home run. We couldn't agree with him more. Our objection is not to one ideological position or another. Our issue, like the assemblyman's, is about behaviors. Sign ...
Our View: State budget an elaborate shell game
It's no secret that Sacramento is in dire financial shape, and it's been trying various and far-reaching methods to cut a state deficit that still stands at roughly $9 billion.
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The ends don’t justify the means
The Obama administration has finally touched a nerve of the mainstream American media.
Main Street still needing to feel better
Despite the recent news that jobless rates are falling, these are still difficult times. Nearly everyone agrees at some level that America is still struggling economically but why and what should we do?
Review of chloride plan needs more time
Last week the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District released two big binders full of information about four different plans for removing chloride from the Santa Clara River.
Einstein needs to get on with its mission
We here in the Santa Clarita Valley tend to elect fiscally prudent local government leaders whom we expect to be responsible with our hard-earned tax money.
Our view: Fighting fire with fire
A recent announcement by the U.S. Forest Service about altering its approach to fighting fires has caught our attention albeit for reasons different than theirs.
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