As a parent of a student who has a senior in the William S. Hart Union High School District, I was disgusted when I heard how horrible and disrespectful these anti-vaccine and anti-mask parents behaved. They call people of color names, heckle them when it is their turn to speak and do whatever they can […]
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NAACP Santa Clarita: City’s proposed congressional district map is gerrymandering and unacceptable
Commissioners, We write to support the current iteration of our Congressional district and to express our profound disappointment in the City of Santa Clarita’s map submitted two days ago. Aside from the fact that the city council ignored the unacceptable population percentage deviation that would result from such a map, the city council’s motivations appear to […]
Lisa M. McDougald: Why we need to make water board hybrid meetings permanent
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, I – as did many Santa Claritans – started attending online civic meetings conducted by the city council, school and water board. As our city and nation struggled to adjust, residents relied heavily on social media and virtual meetings to stay attune to local issues and engage our […]
Selina Thomas: A subtle change for the better
Subtle symbols ring loudly for some. In recent weeks there was a subtle reminder of a painful period in our country‘s history with a decal of a Confederate battle flag displayed on a truck during a Fourth of July parade in Downtown Newhall. Some may say, “What is the outcry? What is the issue? It […]
Marcy Rothenberg: Carpetbagging, the gift that keeps on hurting CA-25 Dems
When our founding fathers wrote Article 1, section 2, clause 2 of the United States Constitution, they had no idea that a state as geographically expansive as California might one day exist. If they had, they’d likely have added a requirement that House candidates not just live in the state they’re running to serve, but […]
