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CORRECTION: Letters: Obama stars in new take on “A Christmas Carol”
Rumor has it that after the advent of Obamacare, a new movie version of the Dickens classic "A Christmas Carol" has been in the works and is due out in 2014.
Letters: Escaping Poverty
Some seek to "fight poverty" by expanding welfare programs and extending benefits. These might maintain the "status quo" but are not an effective response to poverty and the social breakdown in America.
Letters: Immorality of slavery
Everyone understands the immorality of slavery. But what if only half your labor was taken without your consent?
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:
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GOP, think about the jobs
Here is what gets me: The Republicans are always asking, where are the jobs? Well as of March 1, 2013, they are going to let thousands of people get laid off.
Older people and tolls?
The toll roads are great for the young people but how about us older ones that still like to get out and see things. ? How about making it free for older people?
An additional offense
Have you ever seen the Investigation Discovery shows such as "Solved", "Disappeared", or "Extreme Forensics"?
Letters: Texas job-poaching
I was upset hearing that Rick Perry traveled to California on a "job-poaching mission."
Letters: Obama not a socialist
In a Feb. 22 Letter to the Editor in The Signal, Brian Baker claims that President Obama is a "socialist."
Letters: What would Lincoln think?
The recent movie "Lincoln" was highly acclaimed in this year's Oscar-considerations.
Left and Right: the difference
A key difference between Left and Right is that when the Right transgresses the freedom of others, it violates its own tenets.
Fleeing business is big problem for California
Regarding Alice Khosravy's column "California is at bottom for business," (Feb. 22), Khosravy's excellent commentary was so clear and so factual citing a huge - if not t-h-e huge - problem that is at the core of California being on life support as a state, a once-thriving, enviable state.
Boy Scouts need to be accepting
The Boy Scouts of America need to allow gays into their organization because that is the moral imperative, if you will, toward "a more perfect union."
Letters: A socialist by any other name is... a socialist
Leftists of late have become very defensive about being called socialist in their ideology, as typified by Kevin Buck's column (Feb. 19, "Straw men live in glass houses").
