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Closing the gap between the Tri-Counties’ haves and have nots

By   /  Friday, March 29th, 2013  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Closing the gap between the Tri-Counties’ haves and have nots

How choppy and tough is the recovery in our region? Recent unemployment data from Santa Barbara County underscored the “haves and have nots” phenomenon that underpins a society that is segregated into tourism centers with uber-rich residents and agricultural cities where the poor people who service the tourists and the rich folks reside. Consider that Read More →

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Editorial: Wallar could have major impact staying in Santa Barbara County

By   /  Friday, March 29th, 2013  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Wallar could have major impact staying in Santa Barbara County

Chandra Wallar, Santa Barbara County’s first woman chief executive, isn’t moving to Orange County after all. Wallar kicked up quite a fuss in the media over the past month after she emerged as a top candidate for the CEO spot in the OC. Unable to conclude a deal on her terms, she’s back at the Read More →

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Editorial: The perils of a declining Golden State population

By   /  Friday, March 22nd, 2013  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: The perils of a declining Golden State population

California’s stubbornly high unemployment rate reflects structural problems that simply will not go away.

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Reflecting on a tumultuous five years in business journalism

By   /  Friday, March 15th, 2013  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Reflecting on a tumultuous five years in business journalism

In financial journalism, it seems the future belongs more and more to the specialists.

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Letter: Local governments should be commended for efforts to mitigate fracking threats

By   /  Friday, March 15th, 2013  /  Letters to the Editor, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Letter: Local governments should be commended for efforts to mitigate fracking threats

Dear Editor: The opening sentences in the Business Times’ March 1 editorial on the oil recovery technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” (“Let California set the stage on fracking rules”) would be more appropriately posed as questions: Fracking here? Fracking there? Fracking everywhere? In California, no one but the oil industry knows the answers Read More →

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Editorial: Region remembers the late Tom Petrovich

By   /  Friday, March 15th, 2013  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Region remembers the late Tom Petrovich

Nobody exemplified the old-school Ventura County business culture better than Tom Petrovich, a community leader and CPA who died March 8.

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Editorial: Sansum project speeds through

By   /  Friday, March 15th, 2013  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Sansum project speeds through

The development for Sansum appears to have hit a sweet spot — good-paying jobs, a much-needed surgery suite for the giant clinic and, plenty of parking and no objection from neighbors.

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