Category Archives: Opinion

Wherein I overdose on SCV & Politics

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Jeff

Monday morning, I checked my work and personal calendars and thought this would be a quiet and short Easter week. Boy was I wrong! It turns out this is going to be a momentous week in not only the SCV, … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Opinion | 175 Comments

Buck notices high gas prices

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Jeff

Our powerful Congressman talks so little about his district these days that it’s kind of refreshing to see him Facebook about high gas prices: There are nearly 40 comments on the post with people -some of whom are unemployed- complaining … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Opinion, Politics | 12 Comments

No Tax Day Tea Party makes me cry

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Jeff

Yo- where da Tea Party at? It’s April 11 -just four days before Black Friday, aka Tax Day- and there’s no word (that I can find) about a Tea Party Tax Day protest in Valencia as there has been for … Continue reading →

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New Public Radio Repeater covers SCV

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Jeff

The Republicans may be hell-bent on killing NPR, but here in the red SCV, we have a brand new repeater blanketing much of the SCV! Some radio website reports: The purchase was made through dealer SCMS. “KPCC has synchronized their … Continue reading →

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The Uncompromising Right

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Jeff

Congressman McKeon just announced that he’ll hold a press conference with 25th District reporters tomorrow as the federal government stumbles and wheezes toward a possible full shutdown at midnight on Friday: Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-Santa Clarita) is set … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, Politics | 68 Comments

Valencia is dying, SCV is still white bread, and more from the 2010 Census

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Jeff

Bless the New York Times for taking one of the most complex statistical sets known to man and overlaying it on an easy-to-use map of the US, including our beloved Santa Clarita Valley. Checkitout: Population Growth 2000-2010 Okay, so maybe … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Opinion, Politics | 33 Comments

Wait till Darren Hernandez gets his hands on this

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Jeff

The New York Times reports on the City of Costa Mesa eliminating most of its departments, laying off half its staff, and becoming little more than a public contracting agency that funnels taxpayer money to private corporations: Nearly half of … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, Politics | 31 Comments

A thought for the day

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Jeff

I was blown away by the amount of signatures gathered for the anti-takeover library petition presented at last night’s City Council. Seriously, we can barely get 10,000 people together for anything in this town (except perhaps a Hart vs Valencia … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Opinion, Politics | 90 Comments

Westboro Baptist Church says it will picket soldier’s funeral

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Jeff

Jonathon Phelps of the Phelps family clan from the notorious Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas says his cult will protest at Pfc. Rudy Acosta’s funeral, the date of which has not been made public. The announcement was made on Phelps’ twitter account … Continue reading →

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Why does Buck McKeon hate National Public Radio?

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Jeff

Our 72 year old, 9 term Congressman has just voted to defund and destroy National Public Radio, a journalism/arts/entertainment institution enjoyed by millions of listeners everyday the world over. And I want to know why. What’s old Buck got against … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, Politics | 49 Comments