- David Gauny, gracious in defeat, probably won’t seek a recount and says he’s pleased he came so close to unseating an incumbent. SIGNAL
- That article is more flattering for Gauny than the Daily News article, which mentions the whole “Proud Racist” thing DAILY NEWS
- The LA Times hints that some Santa Claritans don’t appreciate Ferry poaching our athletic talent LA TIMES
- My interview with Frank Ferry posted yesterday evening SCVTALK
- I HEART SCV gets frank on Ferry (including a Ferry/STD comparison) and says he found correlation (but not causation) between large glossy mailers and votes for the incumbents. I HEART SCV
- “It’s a shame to be so close to seeing positive change in the Santa Clarita Valley only to have it slip away,” Dave Bossert writes in a piece called “Darkness Continues to Shroud the Land.” He says he hopes Gauny runs in 2012 and says he and other unincorporated leaders will resist attempts to annex and divide communities. Also, he says those who spoke out against the City and incumbents can expect retribution. WRB
- Jonathan Randles’ clever piece on whether David Galvan was ‘put’ on the ballot to confuse Gauny voters. “Galvan’s candidacy was no accident. I made some discoveries about Galvan, after reading unfounded rumors on the Internet, guzzling eight cups of coffee and spending all night on my chalkboard drawing out connections between G-A-L-V-A-N and communism.” SIGNAL
- Hart Board approves controversial books in a 3-2 vote, with Messina and Jensen voting no. Teachers may use the book “The Glass Castle” with students in 11th and 12th grades as long as a note is sent home to parents. SIGNAL
- Deep Thought: What would happen if Tea Partiers dressed in colonial outfits happened upon the Cowboy Poetry Festival? It’d be like some trippy time warp episode of Star Trek; difficult to get your bearings. Anyway, Cowboy Festival starts today pardner, so go get your rope’n and ridin’ on! Word of the week is haberdashery. CITY BRIEFS
- Assemblyman Cameron Smyth says last year’s 18% pay cut to state legislators was fair but has hurt his family. He thinks a further paycut of 10%, under consideration in the state’s compensation commission, could be “seen as heavy handed.” SAC BEE
- 40 years of Earth Day YAHOO
- Governor Schwarzenegger is organizing opposition to fellow Republicans and Texas-based oil interests who are trying to defeat his 2006 landmark AB 32 Global Warming Solutions bill. “And isn’t that interesting that it’s a Texas oil company, and other Texas oil companies, that want to roll back our environmental progress that we are making? Why is that? Do you think they care about California, or do you think they care only about profits? They are greedy,” he told the LA TIMES
- I’ve been doing the Daily Brief longer than Mike Allen has been doing the “Playbook” for the juiced-up webzine Politico.com, but his daily email newsletter of politics, media and Washington gossip is read by more than a few people in Santa Clarita. Okay no real comparison, but the NY TIMES Mag piece on Allen and Politico is really interesting NY TIMES
- More Arizona craziness: The Arizona House has passed a bill that would require presidential candidates to prove they were born in America to Arizona authorities. Gee what do you think this is about? CBS NEWS
- Local retired Air Force Colonel and airline pilot is a navigator for a NASA science crew that flies over the Arctic to study climate change. What a job! SIGNAL
- The Hart District’s decision to cancel 8th Grade promotion ceremonies is one of the worst decisions anyone could make in like, all of human history. In fact, as far as totally terrible decisions go, it ranks up there with restriping Decoro for bicycle riders. Yes. It’s that bad says this hysterical Letter Writer
- For you sports fans, Matt Taibbi decodes the NFL draft which starts today I think MEN’S JOURNAL
- At last something I agree with Lynne Plambeck on: Santa Clarita should have community gardens SIGNAL
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