Archive By Section - Letters to the Editor
Letters: Yoga a positive influence on young people
What a shame that the Encinitas Union School District faces a possible lawsuit from the parents of the children there.
Letters: Candy cane giveaway a success
Friday night on Dec. 21, we had one of our annual candy cane giveaways for the homeless shelter.
Bring back the Star
I know there were reasons that "Follow the Star" was canceled this year by the church. You referred to plans in the recent Signal article for saving it in the future.
Gun control arguments miss salient points
With his usual vitriol and high dudgeon, Charlie Vignola's anti-gun tirade ("What's needed to pass gun control laws?" Dec. 20) flies wide of the mark.
Letter: Movies not playing in the Santa Clarita Valley
With the "Academy Awards" show fast approaching, I thought you fellow movie aficionados would be interested in knowing which movies we will have to leave our valley to see:
Letter: Sanitation District’s actions result in fine
The (Santa Clarita Valley) Sanitation District and a coalition of upstream and downstream water users made an agreement in 2008 that reduced the cost of chloride treatment by 50 percent.
Letter: More about the crickets
It was written online recently that the attack on our consulate in Benghazi was not an attack on our sovereign soil.
Letters: Tax cuts here to stay
Well, here we go again - the 98 percent will get their Bush tax cuts made permanent. Why, you ask? Well, 20 years ago, Grover Norquist had all Republicans sign a pledge never to raise taxes on anyone. If you did, he would make sure you never got re-elected. So if the Republicans let us go off the fiscal cliff, that means their "no" vote turns out to be a vote to raise taxes on ...
Letters: Stop the crusade to end Christmas
I would like to speak out about the controversy concerning Christmas. There are individuals who want it banned and do not want crèches or Christmas trees and to say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas."
Letter: Lunetta column erroneous
It seems the Dec. 5 column submitted by Steve Lunetta, "Modification affects many properties," has several erroneous statements.
Letter: Dead right
On a weekday, my 5,000-pound truck and I were making the turn from David Way, then left on Bouquet Canyon Road. Near Camp Scudder, I noticed a group of bicyclists on my right. They were in the bike lane and also on the roadway. I slowed and passed them.
Points on proposed county water cleanup fee
In response to "Property owners face likely vote on new pollution fees," Dec. 5:
More coverage of Pearl Harbor warranted
"A date which will live in infamy": Apparently, The Signal didn't agree! Not a mention on the front page? Nothing about the thousands of lives lost on that fateful day and the thousands lost during World War II.
Ed Carstens: ‘Obamacare’ clarification
You recently published the letter "Insurance freebies not so free" (Dec. 5) in which the writer closed with, "I guess those 'freebies' that were promised in the new health care law are not so free after all."
Rachelle Dardeau: Thanks to the Santa Clarita Shakespeare Festival
Although the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center is typically closed on Saturdays, it was the place to be on Dec. 8 as the Santa Clarita Shakespeare Festival performed its interpretation of a Dickens classic for Santa Clarita Valley residents.
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4 Saugus board members’ behavior professional during censure meeting
Where’s our raises, City Council?
I have lived in Santa Clarita since 1963, paying my taxes, gas bills, etc. myself. I and many others are on Social Security.
Sexual Assaults in the Military
The Senate Armed Services Committee is investigating an alarming Pentagon survey which revealed over 26,000 sexual assaults in our military ranks last year.
Leaving animals in cars must result in charges
California Penal Code section 597.7 reads, "No person shall leave or confine any animal in an unattended motor vehicle under conditions that endanger the health or well-being of an animal due to heat, cold, lack of adequate ventilation, or lack of food or water or other circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause suffering, disability or death to the animal."
Chloride petition option not as easy as it sounds
This letter is provided as clarification to Jim Holt's June 9, 2013, article "Petition offers yet another chloride option."
Synchronized signals provide plenty of reading time
Some time ago The Signal reported that city engineers were working to synchronize our Santa Clarita traffic signals, and I'm happy to report that they thus far they have done a great job.
Winston Churchill’s wisdom rings true once again
I recently discovered a wonderful quote by the late Englishman Sir Winston Churchill.
Invitation to learn more about Muhammad
I just returned from spending a week in Moore, Okla., helping the victims of the tornado get back on their feet. I also helped raise money to replace a broken cross-headstone for a Christian widow so that her children could have something by which to remember their father.
Employ some balance when considering fracking
Cher Gilmore's anti-fracking column ("California doesn't need fracking," June 6) would have been more balanced if the anti-fracking propaganda film "Gasland" had not been given credit for being a documentary.
Life in the slow lane — drive slowly
I recently witnessed a very near collision on the 405 freeway, and so this letter is written with the hope that it may save lives. As I was driving in the middle lane, a car ahead of me in the "slow lane" was traveling, my guess would be about 65, and as it approached an on-ramp, a car was attempting to enter the freeway.
IRS lack of credibility means it doesn’t deserve to administer Obamacare
Even to the casual observer it has been impossible to escape the news of recent IRS abuse of taxpayer dollars and the obvious bias against conservative-leaning groups applying for nonprofit status.
Parents, monitor your kids’ online use, especially during the summer months
Buck is not informed
It took only the opening two paragraphs for me to feel compelled to inform columnist Kevin Buck that he is so uninformed about Republican thinking (June 4 "Scandals and the Republican fainting couch") regarding the most unqualified and inept (if not also the most destructive) president that our nation has endured.
Giant brush fires are one result of global warming
The Powerhouse Fire that burned more than 30,000 acres is the latest of more than 680 California wildfires this year - about 200 more than average for this early in the season.
