Archive By Section - Letters to the Editor
Taxes and the Left
Compulsion against peaceful citizens is immoral. Likewise, extracting taxes for activities that benefit some citizens, but not others, is also immoral.
Time to halt smoking on restaurant patios
Time for the city of Santa Clarita to end patio smokers. I went to the Alamo restaurant a few nights ago when it got warm and sat in the patio dining area. It was full of smokers who ruined dining with second-hand smoke. I wouldn't take children or anyone to an outside dining establishment in the city of Santa Clarita. When I asked the city why smoking was allowed on ...
White House tours
The tours of the White House have been canceled by the President. How dare he do such a thing?
Miles per gallon
There's talk I've heard that Ford, VW & other carmakers make engines for cars in Europe and other countries that make upwards of 60 mpg. They are however not allowed in the U.S. Imagine the benefit to students and low-income families if they were allowed here.
Differing views
The Signal's Opinion Page of the March 14, 2013 issue shows forethought and good planning in printing two columns on the same subject but with the authors having completely different views on the matter. That subject is the recent 13-hour filibuster by Senator Rand Paul and the authors are SCV columnist Steve Lunetta and syndicated columnist Joe Gandelman; conservative and liberal respectively.
Letter: Danger of hearing without thinking
We use words and rhetoric to express ourselves, our opinion. But in today's politics, there's such a spin that you can no longer take words at face value.
Letter: Extreme makeover leads to better understanding
In December, The Signal reported that I had won an "extreme makeover" of the landscaping at my home in Saugus sponsored by the Castaic Lake Water Agency and Stay Green Inc.
Letter: Enough with the taxes already
The California Board of Equalization has just approved a 9.7 percent increase in the excise tax on gasoline, raising the total excise tax to 39.5 cents per gallon. This added to all the other taxes on gasoline sales will have us paying over 70 cents per gallon in tax. On top of this we pay license fees on our vehicles which are a tax as well and like many people I thought all of this money was for roads.
Letter: Good Second Amendment column
I want to commend Tammy Messina for her excellent column discussing the true purpose of the Second Amendment.
Stop the blame game
Let's stop the blame game and who's idea it was about the sequestration. It is what it is, unfortunately, so let's put the" Blame on Mame." If it makes the Republicans happy, let's put the blame on President Obama. Now that the blame for sequestration is out in the open, just get on with trying to fix it!
Styrofoam is the new gun control
Tired of the debate on gun control and sick of hearing about global warming? Well, get ready for the new subject of media conversation ... styrofoam cups. That's right, styrofoam cups. New York City Mayor Bloomberg has asked for a ban on the cups, saying they take up 30 percent of landfills and they will be there forever because they do not break down. Remember the ban on plastic bags? The cups will be next ...
Feeling better
Liberalism allows the less charitable to feel better about themselves by giving away other people's money and freedom.
The majority wins elections
Regarding the column from Tim Myers published March 2, "Does the election date change favor the incumbent?":
Government misdirection
This sequester panic is government fraud and misdirection at its best. We are being told that we cannot reduce future federal budget expenditures by $85 billion. This is not even a cut, it is a reduction in budget growth. How then is it possible for this same government to tell us that they can find $680 billion in "fraud and waste" from Medicare? The two promises conflict with each other and create a real question ...
Sequester Math
The sequester seems to be the only way that the rate at which we grow the budget is slowed down.
Articles by Section - Letters to the Editor
Jesus not a liberal Democrat
Kevin Buck believes "Jesus would be a liberal Democrat".
Involving U.S. in Iraqi War was despicable
With a heavy heart I am compelled to write this letter to the editor on the anniversary date of the Iraqi War.
Fuel efficiency
Yes, many cars in Europe of the same make and model have higher mpg ratings than their U.S. counterparts. The U.S. and Euro testing standards differ, as do the tuning specifications (such as fuel/air and ignition timing, computer mapping).
Pick a day and stop mail delivery
In my humble opinion, the only way the U.S. Postal Service will survive is to STOP service one day a week. The question we all should be asking is not whether to stop service one day a week, but which day of the week.
Jesus as a Democrat
I would like to respond to Kevin Buck's column "Jesus Would Be a Liberal Democrat" (March 20, 2013).
Too much help through traffic
Can anyone explain to me why it takes a minimum of five sheriff's deputies to greet Lindsay Lohan at curbside and escort her to the courtroom?
Insurance and personal responsbility
Charlie Vignola takes a page from Stephanie Cutter's playbook in blaming Republicans for the bad health and eventual deaths of his parents.
SCV Voices: Tips for avoiding theft
Editor's note: On March 19, The Signal published a story about a woman whose wallet was stolen by someone hiding beneath the racks of a clothing store while another person distracted the victim. Following is an edited version of readers' postings on the online version of the story.
What do you think Jesus would do?
In response to the column "Jesus would be a liberal Democrat" (March 19), it's always easy to use, or misuse, Jesus to make a political point, although good taste dictates against it.
Wake up and see the altering demographic
In Mr. Patton's piece "Red states should be careful what they wish for" (March 22), his conservative critique of liberalism is as fact-free and unsupported as nearly all conservative points seem to be today.
Turn off your light for gun control
After a great many conversations and debates about gun control, there are still a great many members of Congress bowing to the NRA lobby because they want to protect their political futures more than they want to protect us against gun violence.
Driving in Santa Clarita: Some rules of the road
While driving in Santa Clarita I have noticed some techniques that appear to be unique to the culture here.
Some more equal than others
I used to live in Santa Clarita. I moved to the Bay Area about nine years ago but still check in on The Signal occasionally.
