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September 24, 2014· santaclarita.com · SantaClarita.com (SCVTalk 5.0) · Wayback capture

In Print, Knight's Words Aren't Always His Own

By Mike Devlin

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The column on the left is a passage taken from an article posted online in March of 2013 by CBS Sacramento and credited the station and the Associated Press. The column on the right is a passage taken from a column by State Senator Steve Knight (R-21) published by The Santa Clarita Signal on February 14 of this year. Knight, of course, is also running for congress against fellow Republican Tony Strickland (emphasis added to each to show identical text).

More California Sex Offenders Go Missing Under Prison Realignment, CBS/AP, 3/7/13Steve Knight: Failed laws threaten communities, The Signal, 2/14/14
DeAvila disabled his ankle bracelet at least seven times, according to records, but served little time behind bars.Take, for example, the arrest of Sidney Jerome DeAvila, who disabled his ankle bracelet at least seven timesbut served little time behind bars.
Most recently, he was sentenced to 30 days in the San Joaquin County jail for tampering with his bracelet and failing to register as a sex offender. A judge ordered his release a week later because of overcrowding,In fact, DeAvila was sentenced 30 days in the San Joaquin County jail for tampering with his bracelet and failing to register as a sex offender, yet a judge ordered his release after one week due to overcrowding.
and within a week he was arrested for robbing, raping and killing his 76-year-old grandmother in her home.Within a week he was arrested for robbing, raping and killing his 76-year-old grandmother in her home.

Neither Steve Knight, nor his campaign have commented, despite numerous requests. This was the only example of non-attribution of previously published material that I found in Knight's columns for The Signal. I also checked several of Tony Strickland's columns published by newspapers in Ventura County, as well as his website's text, and found no such examples. 


Comments (3)

  1. David Barlavi, Esq.Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 at 10:29 am
    Another example of Mike Devlin printing something interesting but not telling us what to make of it. Stop hurting my brain Mike!
  2. Bill ReynoldsWednesday, September 24th, 2014 at 3:32 pm
    Interesting is an understatement, to say the least! I am thoroughly appalled and disgusted....
  3. BlutoThursday, September 25th, 2014 at 11:16 am
    Maybe mike will do a comparison of Obama's UN speech and how it pretty much echoes Bush's speech to the UN from a few years ago... Or maybe not.

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