The City has a high tech traffic operations center, but it doesn't get ESPN
- What a game for the ages, eh? Indy was outplayed and most importantly, outcoached. Happy for New Orleans
- On the agenda at this week’s City Council meeting is well….not so much actually. There’s a few ordinance and zoning changes (including one for that new medical building on Sierra Highway). Also, the City will reward nearly $100,000 grants to local non-profts like the Santa Clarita Autism and Asperger’s network, the Food Pantry, LARC ranch and other worthy organizations. Also, the City will establish itself as an Industrial Development Authority, which will allow it to issue tax-exempt industrial development bonds to help finance capital projects. All this is on the consent calendar so the meeting might end in record time. COUNCIL AGENDA
- David Gauny says Councilmember Ferry and others on the Council are ignoring the real problem of illegal immigration in Santa Clarita. To emphasize the point, he embeds Not A Ferry Fan’s latest video on his campaign website. Furthermore, Gauny is “grateful to be the only candidate to receive Bob Kellar’s endorsement in this election.” WRB, ELECTDAVIDGAUNY.COM
- Speaking of that, Signal columnist Steve Lunetta suggests that Santa Clarita ought to “publicly haul” illegal immigrants down to the Federal building in Westwood, cameras and media in tow. Wow. Didn’t we get rebuked when we shipped off our homeless to LA? SIGNAL
- Nine homes were red-tagged and 43 were damaged after rain turned a La Canada street into a fast flowing river of mud and debris. Evacuations were also ordered in Acton but I don’t think there was any damage up there. LA TIMES, SIGNAL
- Sadly a 23 year old Ventura County man died after his vehicle hydroplaned and crashed into another vehicle on Interstate 5 on Friday. The victim’s car plunged off the Gavin Canyon bridge and he ended up on the Old Road. KHTS
- Hart District officials delayed a vote on a contract which would help determine which of two possible sites are appropriate for Castaic High School. The District still wants to open a high school by 2013 SIGNAL
- Castaic Lake Water Agency to get tough on delinquent accounts SIGNAL
- President Obama plans a televised, bipartisan summit on health care reform NY TIMES
- Congressman Buck McKeon gave his “major policy address” speech to the Heritage Foundation last week. Here he talks to a Heritage Foundation blogger about his remarks. HERITAGE.ORG
- Wall Street sending big checks in the GOP’s general direction NY TIMES
- Old Town Newhall Auto businesses on land that City purchased in November are alleging that the City is in driving them out of business. The city says it doesn’t have plans for the block of land…yet. SIGNAL
- Senator George Runner introduces a bill that will celebrate February 5 as “Ronald Reagan Day” VV DAILY PRESS
- Meanwhile, Assemblyman Cam Smyth and a Democrat are challenging Californians “to go one week without cussing.” I’ll take that challenge! Down with coarse language! FRESNO BEE
- Barbara Cogswell, a fellow condo-dweller, says Santa Clarita needs community gardens. She’s organizing meetings to find land and invites you to email her. SIGNAL
- Speaking of gardens, the Master’s College delivered a bunch of locally grown vegetables to the Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry. Nice work SIGNAL
- Signal columnist Nate Imhoff is the most reasonable voice yet in the immigration debate SIGNAL
- Tim Myers on the emergence of SCV charter, magnet and private schools SIGNAL
- Dave Bossert tells about his immigrant heritage and says it’s absurd to suggest he was bashing Catholics in his post last week about Frank Ferry WRB
- Letter writer complains about giant water tanks on top of hills around SCV. She suggests that we let local kids paint graffiti art all over them LTE
- Congratulations to SCVTalker and local astronomy guru Steve Petzold, whose son Spencer has been accepted to the United States Military Academy at West Point for the 2011 class SCVTALKERS
Thanks to NickelDime for doing a great job with the Daily Brief last week!
WHO DAT!!! WHO DAT!!!! WHO DAT SAY THEY GONNA BEAT THEM SAINTS!!!!!
Petz,
Please tell your son congratulations for me…
Myers,
It was a great game! Especially the start of the 2nd half, which changed the momentum….
WTF????
Meanwhile, Assemblyman Cam Smyth and a Democrat are challenging Californians “to go one week without cussing.”
#$@&%
Nathan Imhoff wrote a fair and decent editorial. Like much of our political leanings these days, most people are probably somewhere in the middle. But the middle isn’t getting heard over the shouting radicals.
On the Charter School front…I just wanted to say that our decision to move our (SUSD) child to SCVi had nothing to do with elitism and everything to do with the SUSD failing to meet our expectations. I know at least a dozen other families that have made the move (or gone to homeschooling) under similar circumstances. We’ve actually pulled our other SUSD recently to homeschool and have had multiple parents approach us/call saying that they too are considering pulling their children to homeschool and were looking for advice. I don’t know if this displeasure is a growing movement or if it was lurking in the shadows all these years (our oldest was at SUSD K-5), but every day I’m a little more shocked at how unhappy fellow parents are w/our SUSD school.
Imhoff actually wrote a column worth reading. Hope he can keep up the unbiased work.
Congrats Petz. Tell your son, “job well done”
Walker,
Which SUSD schools were you and the other parents dissatisfied with?
My girls were at Foster. I’ve heard similar frustrations from fellow SCVi parents who were at other schools in the valley (in and out of SUSD). Obviously we’re all there because it was offering something we felt our children weren’t getting at their home schools. But for sure there seems to be a growing frustration at Foster. Like I said, not sure if the feelings of frustration are new or if there has always been a level of dissatisfaction and I just hadn’t heard about it before now (because a lot of approached to ask about SCVi or homeschooling….since I’m doing both LOL).
Do the teachers at SCVi have California teacher credentials?
They do. It’s a public school, so they are held to the same teacher standards as any other public school. As far as I know, there are no teachers on emergency credentials, if that is what you meant. All of the teachers are degreed, and many have Masters (of my daughters 3 teachers, I believe 2 have Masters).
You can see the teachers bios on the SCVi website under ‘meet the team’ (or something like that). If you are super interested LOL, you can read the teacher highering guidelines in the charter that is linked on the site somewhere (I don’t remember which tab it’s under, though).