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The regular meeting of the Saugus Union School District Governing Board of Trustees will be held Tuesday, Jan. 20 beginning at 6:30 p.m. The board will first meet in closed session at 5:30 p.m.
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The Ridge Route Preservation Organization will host a Ridge Route Storm Clean Up Day Sunday, Jan. 18 at 7 a.m.
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U would have a point if ot wasn’t for the majority being “gop”. So yes the gop are at FAULT. Shutting them down could be a good thing, since we’re talking about money, we the people wouldn’t have to pay the majority gop which are showing they are getting paid for no reason. “Just about as low as a crippled cricket’s ass”.
Most of those murders in areas with strict gun control laws.
You can’t argue with Julie. She already has her meme made up. The height of liberal “intelligence”.
Thanks William Reel! I am extremely proud to be an intelligent liberal?
I can tell. You argue with cartoons. Makes sense.
Good to see you addressed Chris Brunelle’s point.
guns don’t kill, people kill. get it straight already!
You’re comparing very liberal apples to walnuts.
Public funding for an elective procedure had nothing to do with our constitutional rights.
The article is about PP as it relates to budget items of failed Obamacare, per the writer. Julie’s infinite wisdom sees fit to tie it to murder statistics as generally stated in a meme. Go figure?
What does PP have to do with Benghazi?
Let’s post a article about Syrian refugees and maybe we can get Julie, the brain surgeon (wait, that’s Ben Carson),back on PP and Obamacare?
Hey Julie Keim Hannant we need to outlaw spoons because they make people fat!!!
Wow David Devlin, never heard that one before! How original.
If you are under 30 and Conservative you have no heart….if you are over 30 and liberal you have no brain….liberalism is a mental disorder
I’ve never seen a gun kill anyone. To this day my guns have never just walked out on their own and started killing. We don’t have a gun problem we have a criminal problem. You anti gun people are clueless. More people are killed by drunk driving every year than by a murderer with a gun. Where is your outrage over that? Your fear of guns does not trump my right to own one. Get rid of all the guns on earth and that will have no affect on the number of murderers in the world. Ignore that fact and prove your ignorant bias.
It’s all good til the violence affects someone you love, maybe not tho, you probably love your guns more, sadly.
I was thinking the same thing when I read a meme about people voting to defund cancer screenings by defunding PP can’t be called pro life. Everyone is required to carry health insurance with a minimum standard of coverage. So why would we still need PP to do so? Also, we need to stop playing the game where people consider it taking away your rights if the government isn’t giving it away for free.
You’re clueless. PP does more good than you know
I was mainly addressing things like cancer screenings and things that doctors should be able to do. Everyone is paying more for health care now but it’s available to everyone and it’s required. So how are you depriving people from cancer screenings if you want to defund PP?
Oh the ACA? That thing that Joe’s party has tried to repeal 50+ times? Why do they hate healthcare? :(
In 2013 PP performed 197,070 abortions. One out of every 4 abortions in America is carried out by PP. I don’t consider the butchering if innocent babies healthcare. It’s more like death care!
Really don’t know where those statistics come from.
Abortions are only 3% of what PP does and the elephant in the room is abortions will always exist. Would you rather have them done in a safe enviornment or with a coat hanger in Mexico?
those stats….much like Carly Fiorina’s PP video are fiction…… http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2015/08/05/planned-parenthood-services-2013-14_chartbuilder-2-_custom-2c71379b77e7eb35a5d6357662032d86fa0ef32a-s400-c85.png
Another stupid ass commentary
Yeah. Messina is batting a thousand in that regard.
That is a great question why spend double the money of course why spend any of the money
So scary.
Now William, if you don’t want your guns taken away from you, you should put them away after you are done playing with them.
Uggh, this guy Messina using SCTV to push his out of touch agenda again! I don’t have the time to explain to him why Planned Parenthood is essential to our communities or how his misunderstanding of Obamacare coverage vs. what PP does is faulty and illogical. But what I will say, which he completely glosses over, is that regardless of one’s stance on this topic, the Repubs supposed plan to not pass the budget if they don’t get their way on this social issue that has minimal impact on the budget is juvenile at best and criminal at worst. The last time Cruz and his band of clowns tried this ploy, it cost the economy billions of dollars and accomplished NOTHING. They are put in Congress to work for us, not against us. Put on your big boy pants and work together to pass a budget. It’s called negotiation and compromise. Somehow these numbskulls on the right think it’s ok to take their toys and go home if the don’t get their way, while holding all Americans hostage.
If the fetus does in fact have rights and if selling and profitting from fetuses is illegal then isn’t this of extreme utmost importance? Your post assumes PP isn’t guilty of anything.
Except they aren’t. The video that I bet you, Jesse, believe was 100% real, which was proved time and again to have been edited in numerous places.
They weren’t selling or profiting off of anything. They received just enough money to cover the cost of transport. Nothing more. Which is PERFECTLY LEGAL.
The fact that even the CEO of PP is being so compliant and they’re even putting up with this entire affair should be more than enough proof that they’re innocent.
If anything, the people who secretly recorded the doctor by pretending to be employees should be the ones in serious trouble.
http://www.factcheck.org/2015/07/unspinning-the-planned-parenthood-video/
Jesse, first, I believe in the law of the land and Roe v. Wade and a woman’s right to choose. Second, PP isn’t guilty of anything. Third, only 3% of their funding goes towards providing abortions. And lastly, Sophie Sidky is correct and the videos that people are talking about are either non-existent (Fiorina’s) or completely out of context. Get real please!
I don’t hear any negotiations or comprise from the dems on any issue, ever! Our def. is 20 trillion. This is not showing good sense in past budgets. Their funding is going for abortions! So they are doing something illegal. They are selling body parts for a profit,and that’s illegal.the videos don’t lie. You are part of the problem, trying to brush off something thatsevil! Women can choose but they better do it in the first 2 months. Then they better use birth control. How many have you paid to abort!
Oh Shirley Vercelli — pull the wool away from your eyes. The Dems are not the ones threatening to shut down the government if they don’t get their way. Only the Repubs are saying “all or nothing.” Second, it is our debt that is nearing 20 trillion — not our deficit. So learn your civics and economics. I’d be glad to explain how the debt got where it is, but I can guarantee you it’s not because of Planned Parenthood funding. 3% of Planned Parenthood’s funding goes towards legal abortions…miniscule. They do not partake in body parts for profit. At utter lie that people like you buy into. And what exactly is “evil.” Cut the drama please! Pregnancy is between a woman and her doctor and the government has no place being involved. I love how the Repubs preach “get the government out of our lives,” but are perfectly fine letting some olden in government dictate what they can do with their bodies. Pretty hypocritical I’d say. And stop the crazy accusations you know nothing about.
Sophie Sidky, I bet you didn’t know that in 2013 PP performed 197,070 abortions, and 1 out of every 4 abortions in America is done by PP. I’m tired of my hard earned tax dollars going towards the butchering of these innocent lives!!!
Planned Parenthood is funded by two things: Medicaid and the Title X Family Planning Program.
None of the money from Title X can be used for abortions. NONE of it.
Medicaid doesn’t cover any abortions, in most States, unless they pregnancy is a result of rape, incest, or threatens the life of the mother. In fact, only 17 States go above and beyond that (with California being one of them, thank goodness).
And to be clear? I don’t give a rats ass how many abortions are performed on who. Would I choose an abortion myself? Probably not, unless medically necessary. But that doesn’t mean I want to rip that decision away from other women who might need them.
Title X –> http://www.hhs.gov/opa/title-x-family-planning/title-x-policies/statutes-and-regulations/
And this’ll tell you which States won’t send your precious dollars to help women survive. –> http://kff.org/medicaid/state-indicator/abortion-under-medicaid/
Get over yourself Judy. Nobody is butchering innocent lives. Women are choosing, as they should, what is best for them in their lives with their bodies. This does not affect you. Planned Parenthood provides vital services in all our communities that have nothing to do with abortion and only 3% of their budget goes towards that. Women need abortions — would you rather we revert back to decades ago where women had to see 2-bit doctors on dirty back room tables or go to Mexico to get an abortion? Please feel free to join the rest of us in the 21st century.
Actually, no Federal dollars whatsoever go to fund abortions outside health issues that may endanger the life of the mother, or in the case of rape or incest. General abortion funding was made illegal in 1976 with the Hyde Amendment.
“SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for any abortion. (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion….
SEC. 507 (a) The limitations established in the preceding section shall not apply to an abortion— (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.”
Jonathan Kent… A+ to you, taking on these bigotted fools. Trying to deny women of affordable sexual health care based off of doctored videos… I dont think the definition of sheep ever fit so snug.
In an eastern state, the only two planned parenthood centers were shut down because of this whole abortion controversy and guess what… those center didn’t even offer abortion services! Idiocy at its finest.
Right. And “lawmakers” in Texas are doing their best to get centers shut down based on ridiculous technicalities.
let’s get some figures correct…. http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2015/08/05/planned-parenthood-services-2013-14_chartbuilder-2-_custom-2c71379b77e7eb35a5d6357662032d86fa0ef32a-s400-c85.png
Sophie and Jonathan: Please stop saying the videos are edited! There are full versions of ALL of the videos! Also, just because it’s legal doesn’t mean it’s unethical! Gay marriage was illegal in most states prior to June 26th, does that mean it was unethical? And one more thing, just because you claim abortions are only 3% of what they do (a highly uninformed and misleading number, by the way) does not in fact justify that they kill 3% of everything that comes into their establishment! I’m sure the Holocaust was only 3% of everything the Nazis did (a lot of their efforts were focused on the war and controlling cities, probably 97%) but they were STILL wrong. If it is in fact 3%, why not just abort the abortion practices? Seems easy enough right?
Jesse — your logic is faulty and so are your numbers. The 3% is in fact an accurate number. Clearly you’re just flat out against abortion. You are entitled to your feelings on the subject, but using inflammatory language doesn’t make your stance any more righteous. The majority of people in this country believe in a woman’s right to choose and have control over their own bodies vs. having government having control. The Nazi comparison us just plain stupid, irrelevant and shows your immaturity on the subject.
//The 3% is in fact an accurate number. //
Source?
//Clearly you’re just flat out against abortion//
Clearly you’re just for abortion. See I can do it too!
//You are entitled to your feelings on the subject, but using inflammatory language doesn’t make your stance any more righteous.//
Where did I use inflammatory language? Telling someone they’re wrong is inflammatory?
//The majority of people in this country believe in a woman’s right to choose and have control over their own bodies vs. having government having control.//
Women don’t choose to have sex? Ever?
//The Nazi comparison us just plain stupid, irrelevant and shows your immaturity on the subject.//
Really? Seriously? As someone who is philosophically minded that is quite a charge. I take truth seriously and I’ve actually made arguments as to why you’re dead wrong. You’ve just made assertions which are not arguments.
Here’s one source for the abortion number, complete with a detailed description of how the misleading “90%!” came into play, along with the Representative’s admittance it wasn’t even supposed to be a real number –> http://www.factcheck.org/2011/04/planned-parenthood/
Another source, from Washington Post –> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/wp/2015/08/12/for-planned-parenthood-abortion-stats-3-percent-and-94-percent-are-both-misleading/
And one more for good luck and actual numbers –> http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/aug/04/sandra-smith/fox-business-reporter-95-planned-parenthoods-pregn/
All of these pages, by the way, take facts from PP’s own website.
Joe’s attempts at lighting the fuse of controversy follows a predictable and ultra boring trajectory. You can almost smell him hovering over the computer, becoming aroused as the comments come in. And when said comments plateau, and everyone realizes he’s only baiting those he already knows he disagrees with – Joe slinks away. Metaphorical pants around his ankles, his ego limp. Back to the drawing board, Joey.
It doesnt matter if you oppose abortion or not. Either way women are going to seek out this service to have so you might as well give them a place where they can safely have a medical procedure done instead of a not so sanitary place. Abortions are not even funded by taxes at all anyways and pp has helpful services for both genders.
Stop trying to tell a woman what she can and cant do with HER body. Its not your choice.
But why should I have to pay for someone else’s choice???
You mean paying for social services that help the members of a community? The services that are provided to low income citizens are essential to their health. What do you want people who can not afford health care or know anywhere else to seek these services to do/go?
Judy you dont pay for abortions. The government does not fund that. In order to have an abortion a women has to pay out of pocket. No insurance covers that, no tax dollars do.
Judy needs a “long year” of studying facts.
https://youtu.be/MjCs_gvImyw
Selling fetus parts is ILLEGAL !!!
Using taxpayer dollars to fund an organization which does this is legally and morally wrong! When Obama was a senator he voted for a bill which prohibited doctors from helping an aborted fetus if it was still alive. Barbaric!
Did somebody say “barbaric”?
He should own up to the fact that these “videos” he’s preaching about have been looked into. Republicans wants to continue looking into this matter which has already been closed….. be my guest. But that’s just further wasting money.
It is NOT FAKE!!!!!!!!!!
Judy believes what she sees on that there TV box. It ain’t never lied to her before.
Don’t try to make sense with this idiot. It only feeds his wimpy fire.
Good point. But Obama care doesn’t cover illegal women,does it? Hummm, may be a hidden fact for the dems and is why they are protesting. Welfare covered legal Americans free! Un fund PP and let’s see what happens.
Dems? Really? How about people with common sense and decency?
It’s not about either. It’s about taxpayers have a voice and don’t want to pay for late term abortions and medical expense for illegal immigrants. It’s the liberal democrats t hat support socialism or they wouldn’t have voted Obama in,not once but twice! We have a 20 trillion $ debt due to socialist thinking and incompetence!
Is Joe Messina another air head with no interest in becoming educated.
He’s a “man” he has no idea what it’s like to be a woman and planned parenthood helped me (not to get an abortion, helped me in another way) I’d be pissed if they took it away in scv when other women might need it.
Men!
Please go away
You’re still a moron. You’ve always been a moron. You will always be a moron. In all possible tenses… past, present and future… you are a moron.
Says the guy holding a baby.
that guy is a human thumb. who is this shmoe?
Just go away. Can’t believe this guy is on the school board.
He’s on the school board?!?! Dammit… I’d love to hear his beliefs on marriage equality.
Sorry. I thought this page said SCTV. I was hoping to find John Candy, Andrea Martin and Eugene Levi. Sadly disappointed. Nevermind.
So is SCVTV a republican news outlet now? How about you stick to news that is actually relavent to santa clarita. There are already enough incredibly biased political pages on Facebook. Just because you are able to post to SCVTV doesnt mean you get to share your political views as if they are better than any other persons beliefs. Move to a red state and start a Donald Trump fan group.
We need Planned Parenthood because their clinics are in rural areas where money-hungry doctors don’t want to go.
We are being double taxed by subsidizing both!!!!……but since Obama was given 12 million dollars by PP to fund his reelection campaign, I guess he feels obligated to stand up for them……Your tax dollars at work!!!
Or maybe, just maybe, stand up for women? Just a crazy thought.
this is why I am so tired of SCVTV Santa Clarita. Only pushing one side and one side only.. Yes I know, They going to reply, that if I like to write a column, they will put it up on their page. But in reality it is always the GOP agenda being push here…
Obama care covers Planned Parenthood, my daughter has Medi-Cal through Obamacare. With Medi-Cal you are pretty limited on what doctor’s you can use, and we were able to get an appointment right away with Planned Parenthood. Why are you afraid of women having control of their own bodies? Does it insult your manhood in some way? Where should we go to get birth control? The emergency room? Obamacare is still expensive, we need better universal health care like Canada, the UK, and every other civilized nation.
Uneducated liberals.. Try northeast valley health clinic they have two in Santa Clarita.. And all over cali. There u can get an appt with in a day or two . You get as much birth control as you want ,condoms , women check up paps. And basic care. They have 3 programs all which are free unless u are over qualified then you would use ur reg insurance there.. Laziness is not an excuse for abortions..
Who said anything about an abortion? And it takes months to get an appointment there, when it took one day to get one at PP, stuck up conservative.
Why does everyone come here from Canada for there health insurance ?? You all on here are hilarious
They don’t, try doing some research. You are a low level name caller, not worth my time.
They don’t so abortions there your correct they refer you to a Dr that performs them at the hospital.. You know where real hosiptal staffs Are.. It doesn’t take months .. That’s the excuses of lazy people
For your information i am constantly researching .. Btw where’s the choice of the woman baby she’s carrying? D.a.L
The number of people that I know that have benefited from OBAMA Care is impressive. The “REPS” cannot stand the fact that Obama, and Democrats, have once again made a positive impact in America. Additionally, OBAMA CARE is pretty much what former Senate Leader BOB DOLE offered the Clintons in the early ’90’s. The Clintons wanted a single payer system. BOB DOLE, folks. These are facts. Chew on them for awhile and learn. Oh, I’m a teacher with good benefits… and if it costs me a few extra bucks a month to help my fellow Americans have health insurance, not use “Emergency Rooms” as a last resort and NOT pay the bill, well I am okay with it costing me a few dollars.
It’s not called Obama Care or Obamacare. It’s called The Affordable Care Act. And thank you for supporting it. You are educated unlike many on here who don’t get how important this really is. The lack of education in this country is astounding. Our news sources have blurred and skewed facts into a blinding mess of misinformation and too many people have fallen ill to their remote control.
Yes, Obamacare has failed. So has the rest of his programs.
I was thinking the same thing!!!!
Abortion is murder, period. There is no difference between murdering an infant, than there is a fetus. If you think otherwise, you belong in a straight jacket or behind bars. Only in modern times is this considered acceptable. I have an alternative ladies, don’t spread em’ if you can’t raise em’. That was an easy fix!
It’s another form of genocide. You pro abortion peeps are no better than the Nazis, sorry.
It’s simple Joe. The left gloss it over and call it a “women’s health issue” because they don’t want to own up to the fact that they simply want to maintain the right of a woman murder her baby. It all comes down to convenience.
What Jonathan said.
There is a movement where women are calling PP all over the country for mammograms. So far what is being reported is that they offer manual exams only and do not offer mammograms. The numbers of comprehensive women’s health centers greatly out number PP clinics. Lets fund those clinics instead. Pp is getting enough money from killing children and selling their intact body parts.
Wow I said the same dam thing