Category Archives: Politics

Let’s talk debt ceiling

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Jeff

Normally I’d steer clear of posting about a national story like our debt limit struggle unless it has some kind of neat local tie-in (incidentally, it does, in a way, with an influential radio personality suggesting our Congressman become a … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 59 Comments

Petz wants to poison me

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Jeff

After Saturday’s flying chocolate attack, I’m beginning to feel not so welcome in town anymore. Erstwhile and earnest conservative Petz, blogging over at RightonSCV.com in support of lightbulb legislation, advises readers to crush up compact fluorescent light bulbs and mail … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, Politics | 20 Comments

Councilmember Compensation, ctd

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Jeff

Over the weekend the LA Times reported what Southern California Council members receive as far as health care contributions. The City of Santa Clarita contributes $12,075 a year to health per Councilmember, which puts it in the upper-middle of the … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Opinion, Politics | 28 Comments

Newhall Bucked back into 25th District

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Jeff

Scott Wilk has the latest from the Citizen’s Redistricting Commission: Today’s Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC) acknowledged significant “community of interest” testimony from SCV residents when retooling the 1st Draft Maps.  The CRC made changes to the Congressional, Assembly and State … Continue reading →

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City libraries open today

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Jeff

Today the City of Santa Clarita’s libraries in Newhall and Canyon Country will open to the public for the first time. Valencia’s library will open on July 5. What a long strange trip it’s been. It was a little over … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, Politics | 21 Comments

A mosque in the SCV?

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Jeff

I think Jonathan Kraut was wrong to pre-emptively rebut all the negative things he anticipates would be said about a real mosque being built in Santa Clarita: Finally, a Santa Clarita mosque is a good idea because this issue will … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, Politics | 40 Comments

Digesting the districts, volume 2

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Mike

Last week we took a magnifying glass to some of the working maps that were released to the public by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. I made some estimates of what we could expect from these districts, in terms of … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 6 Comments

Did Newhall just get put in a (draft) Democratic Congressional District?

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Jeff

There are a lot of maps (and confusion) floating around right now but the map below comes straight from the redistricting commission and it shows Newhall being carved out and put in a separate Congressional District from the rest of … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Shameless Newhall Boosterism | 37 Comments

Buck McKeon : War without end, Amen

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Jeff

I’ve neglected to mention this in the Daily Brief because it was just too astounding to believe. But over the weekend the story really shook itself loose from the fringe and now even the old Gray Lady is commenting on … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, Politics | 45 Comments

Awesometown Jumps the Shark and still wins

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Jeff

The people at Newhall Land behind the Awesometown campaign struck paydirt with their widely publicized (and mocked) campaign in the last year and a half. Indeed, “Awesometown” has become part of the vernacular SCV language, part of our culture. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Opinion, Politics | 6 Comments