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Our View: Calm winds of change, clouds on the horizon
Spring is in the air, and the winds of change are sweeping through the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station.

	One valley, one heart At approximately 1:30 p.m. on March 13, Santa Clarita fell silent. It was a day in which our city was ensconced in exquisite spring colors and the warmth of a comforting sun, as if nature itself was trying to console the loved ones of fallen hero Sgt. Ian Gelig, and the thousands who lined the streets to pay tribute. As the funeral procession moved through the sea of American flags, we became one ...
	Our View: All things considered, we recommend... Of all the editorials we've published over the past year, none struck a chord as resoundingly as "No one goes back to Sacramento," in which we satirized California's woefully inept Legislature and called on voters to throw the bums out at the next opportunity.
	Excerpts from our talks with the candidates Editor's note: The Signal's editorial board invited each of the candidates for April's City Council election to meet with us and answer a series of questions about their candidacy. Here, encapsulated, are their responses. We thank each candidate who took the time to meet with us. Candidates Harrison Katz and Kenneth Mann did not respond to our requests for an interview. TimBen Boydston
	Fast facts on the City Council candidates TimBen Boydston Age: 54 Community: Newhall Time in SCV: 34 years Occupation: Executive director of the Canyon Theatre Guild Education: AS in medical technology; bachelor's in theater. Role models: Jesus Christ, Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan, Michael Antonovich, Jan Heidt Frank Ferry Age: 44 Community: Santa Clarita Time in SCV: 20 years Occupation: City councilman; principal of Bishop Alemany High School Education: bachelor's, governmental communications; BSL, law; juris ...
	Our View: We love you, Google, now commit to us Dearest Google, We love you, we want you and we'll do just about anything to have you. There. We said it. You've already made yourself a vital part of our lives. Heck, you've even made yourself a verb. We want more. We're ready to commit. So why do you tease us? You say you're scouring the nation for a "small number of trial locations" to test your latest, greatest innovation - an experimental fiber-optic network ...
	Our View: Now about last Sunday’s editorial... Sometimes, we mess up. Such was the case with last Sunday's editorial in which we warned readers that a Signal headline about crime would likely appear in some campaign smear mail as the City Council race enters its feverish last weeks. Trouble is, we didn't use the word "likely" in our opening scenario. Apparently, our editorial touched off a flurry of phone calls, including candidates querying each other, "Did you send out this mailer?" and ...
	Our View: Look out for criminally misleading junk mail The handwriting is on the wall. In the near future, you will open your mailbox and there, screaming at you from an obnoxious piece of junk mail, will be Tuesday's Signal headline, "Crime on the rise in SCV," complete with the subtext: "2009 saw increase in reports of several serious crimes ..." It will have come from a disingenuous Santa Clarita City Council candidate who wants you to think the incumbents in the April 13 ...
	Our View: Being responsible is our agenda If nothing else, working in the news business quickly teaches one to develop a thick skin. We've gotten used to name-calling, accusations and death threats - and we don't obsess too much over them, because it comes with the territory.
	Our View: An innovative school plan that deserves support Real leaders know that when good people come together with a good idea and a good plan to make it work, the right thing to do is support it and help bring it to fruition.
	Our view: Economic reform starts here in the SCV If you lasted through the more-than-hour-long State of the Union speech last week, you heard President Barack Obama put a high priority on supporting small businesses and creating jobs.
	Our View - The people have spoken: Pay attention Praise be to the voters of Massachusetts who filled Ted Kennedy’s vacant Senate seat with — gasp — a Republican.
	Our View - Do you need more reason to prepare? We’ve now spent almost two weeks taking in the sight of absolute devastation in Haiti, caused by a magnitude 7 earthquake that took seconds to radically disrupt life in that poor island nation.