I originally set this blog up on a whim because I didn’t think that there was an outlet for me to publish opinion pieces, news that was relevant to our community and the occasional satire. Yes, you read that right, satire which would make me the occasional satirist.

The dictionary defines satire and satirist as follows:

satire n. 1. a) A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit. b) The branch of literature constituting such works. 2) Irony, sarcasm, or caustic wit used to attack or expose folly, vice, or stupidity.

sat•i•rist n. 1) One who is given to satire, especially a writer of satirical works. 2) a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm.

Yesterday, I posted a piece titled “CalArts and Vista Valencia Golf Course Possibly to Annex into West Ranch!” in which I wrote in “sarcasm and folly” that some how an annexation was afoot for CalArts and the golf course. I laid out the theory that there was an un-named “river” running through the West Ranch community and that it was a “tributary” to the Santa Clara River. Complete bunk! A total joke that was poking fun at the way the City of Santa Clarita has tried to circumvent our community in regards to annexation. I even went so far as to call residents, which I am one, “pesky homeowners”.

Well, by mid-afternoon the prime mates and knuckle draggers at the local advertising circular (fish wrap) had their panties in a bunch and were calling County officials to find out if this was true. God help us all!!! Now, I have been told for years that apparently the local fish wrap regularly tries to piece together stories from other publications and that in recent months they apparently have been reading this blog daily to get information that is turned into content.

Let me tell you, there was a butch of us around the Santa Clarita Valley and the County who had a really great belly laugh yesterday. The phones were ringing and the emails were flying! It was absolutely astounding to us all that the local “paper” actually took the posting seriously even after I signed it “..sometime satirist”.

As for the simpletons at the “fish wrap”, here’s the thing, if I ever post an essay on say “Martians Buying Real Estate in West Ranch”, that there is “A Discovery of a New Sub-Continent west of I-5”, or maybe that “The Bureau of Land Management Okays new Kryptonite Mine”, just check and see how I signed the piece. If it says “satire” or “satirist” anywhere take it as just that, satire. Please don’t bother calling County Officials when you read some satire as it just wastes their time and makes you look like even bigger fools than you already are.