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Seeing the light: From insurance executive to LED manufacturer

By   /  Friday, July 26th, 2013  /  Features, Small Business, Technology  /  Comments Off on Seeing the light: From insurance executive to LED manufacturer

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Op/ed: Family business lessons from the House of Windsor

By   /  Friday, July 26th, 2013  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: Family business lessons from the House of Windsor

’d argue that succession planning is the key component, and that nobody addresses this concept earlier than the Royal Family.

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Op/ed: Supreme Court decision in Koontz case may complicate development in California

By   /  Friday, July 19th, 2013  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: Supreme Court decision in Koontz case may complicate development in California

I take a more sober view of this 5-4 ruling, particularly as it may relate to development in California.

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Op/ed: How to protect a loved one from financial fraud and elder abuse

By   /  Friday, July 5th, 2013  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: How to protect a loved one from financial fraud and elder abuse

Baby boomers increasingly are facing the difficult task of protecting aging parents from financial fraud, scams and undue influence.

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Op/ed: Brown’s school funding plan won’t save our dysfunctional education system

By   /  Saturday, June 29th, 2013  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: Brown’s school funding plan won’t save our dysfunctional education system

By Steven Mintz on June 29, 2013 Will Gov. Jerry Brown’s legacy be that he transformed the state’s dysfunctional school funding system? The general consensus seems to be “yes.” The reason is Brown’s Local Control Funding Formula, which is designed to fund all school districts more fairly and direct more resources to disadvantaged students, who Read More →

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Op/ed: To work on spec, or not?

By   /  Friday, June 21st, 2013  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: To work on spec, or not?

By Scott Harris on June 21, 2013 I recently had a fascinating and illustrative new business meeting. I received a call from the owner of a small chain of restaurants who wanted to meet to discuss our getting involved in his marketing. Not surprisingly, we met at one of his restaurants. He was immediately interested Read More →

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Editorial: Santa Paula leader remembered

By   /  Friday, June 21st, 2013  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Santa Paula leader remembered

Santa Paula lost one of its leading citizens when Joe Nesbitt passed away June 12 at age 89.  A native of Arizona, Nesbitt discovered California during service as a Navy medic in World War II. He was lead banker at Citizens State Bank in Santa Paula from 1971 to the early 1990s when that bank Read More →

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