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Public-sector manager pay adds up: We reveal comp of region's top execs

By   /  Monday, August 30th, 2010  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Public-sector manager pay adds up: We reveal comp of region's top execs

Lompoc City Administrator Laurel Barcelona and Moorpark City Manager Steve Kueny run cities of about the same size, but their paychecks are in different weight classes. Barcelona took home $166,557 in pay and benefits last year, while Kueny’s compensation was 73 percent higher, at $288,583. Lompoc and Moorpark are both bedroom communities with roughly 40,000 Read More →

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SLO divided over which road to take on Broad Street project

By   /  Monday, August 30th, 2010  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on SLO divided over which road to take on Broad Street project

Some members of the San Luis Obispo business community are hoping to drive Measure H — a ballot proposal to stop the planned extension of Prado Road to Broad Street — right into a dead-end. The City Council approved the road extension in a 3-2 vote, but Measure H now puts the decision in voters’ Read More →

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A summer that changed everything

By   /  Monday, August 30th, 2010  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on A summer that changed everything

Grab the nearest calendar. Find a sharpie. Put a big thick line through August 2010. For those of us who are neurotic enough to follow the banking game, we are witnessing a once-in-a-decade event: A complete realignment of financial services in the tri-county region. The collapse of Los Padres Bank and its sale to Pacific Read More →

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Melton

By   /  Monday, August 30th, 2010  /  Small Business  /  Comments Off on Melton

Mark Melton has grown his cleaning business into a tidy little tri-county empire over the past decade, sweeping in $19.8 million in revenue last year. Carpinteria-based Melton Franchise Systems, a master franchisor for Coverall Health Based Cleaning Systems and owner of the Molly Maid business in the region, made the No. 19 spot on the Read More →

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Public-sector pay data

By   /  Sunday, August 29th, 2010  /  UNKNOWN  /  Comments Off on Public-sector pay data

Public-sector top executive pay – For the original story, "Public-sector manager pay adds up," with accompanying charts and data, click here.

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Tenants hold all the cards in commercial real estate market

By   /  Monday, August 23rd, 2010  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Tenants hold all the cards in commercial real estate market

It’s a tenant’s market out there, which means more landlords are offering sweet deals and incentives such as lower rents, built-out spaces or shorter lease terms — anything to attract and retain quality lessees. “Based on the offers we’ve received the tenants definitely know that it’s a tenant market. There’s no such thing as an Read More →

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A new rule for the California budget game

By   /  Monday, August 23rd, 2010  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on A new rule for the California budget game

With California headed into the dog days of August with no budget deal in sight, I’d like to offer my own idea for ending the summer gridlock: the 75-25 solution. I offer this solution for one reason and one reason only. With very few exceptions, the folks in Sacramento have absolutely no idea how much Read More →

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