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Op/ed: Ten reasons to scrap employee performance reviews

By   /  Friday, March 1st, 2013  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: Ten reasons to scrap employee performance reviews

Everybody hates giving them and getting them.

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Op/ed: Ten ways to shift to whole-family financial planning

By   /  Friday, February 22nd, 2013  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: Ten ways to shift to whole-family financial planning

By John Ambrecht  on February 22, 2012 For decades, estate and family business succession planning have been primarily about legally protecting and distributing family wealth and reassigning business assets, roles and responsibilities according to the wishes of those at the helm of the company or family unit. However, the landscape is shifting to incorporate a Read More →

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Letter to the editor: Presidential pardon would compromise integrity

By   /  Friday, February 15th, 2013  /  Letters to the Editor, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Letter to the editor: Presidential pardon would compromise integrity

There is a sticking point on a presidential pardon, and that is integrity.

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Letter to the editor: CEQA makes for better projects

By   /  Friday, February 15th, 2013  /  Letters to the Editor, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Letter to the editor: CEQA makes for better projects

CEQA isn’t perfect, but it provides a vehicle for community engagement and an opportunity to make projects better.

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Op/ed: To protect community assets, Congress needs to level the playing field for small banks

By   /  Friday, February 1st, 2013  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: To protect community assets, Congress needs to level the playing field for small banks

For community banks, these new regulations are as onerous as they are expensive.

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Op/ed: Running up a tab at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show

By   /  Friday, January 18th, 2013  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: Running up a tab at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show

Show me a flat space anywhere — home, office, car — and it’s yet another great place to put a tablet touch screen.

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Op/ed: Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and Congress

By   /  Friday, January 11th, 2013  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and Congress

By Billie Greer on Jan. 11, 2013 Butch Cassidy: Alright. I’ll jump first. Sundance Kid: No. Butch Cassidy: Then you jump first. Sundance Kid: No, I said. Butch Cassidy: What’s the matter with you? Sundance Kid: I can’t swim. Butch Cassidy: Are you crazy? The fall will probably kill you. So went the dialogue as Read More →

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