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By Henry Dubroff / 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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By Editorial Board / 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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By Editorial Board / 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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By Henry Dubroff / 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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By Guest commentary / 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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By Editorial Board / 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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By Editorial Board / 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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