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Blockbuster business deals heat up region

By   /  Friday, June 3rd, 2011  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Blockbuster business deals heat up region

Last year, it was Gerald Ford of Texas who led the way as investors poured something like $700 million of new capital into the region’s banking system.

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Editorial: Don’t punt on prisons

By   /  Friday, May 27th, 2011  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Don’t punt on prisons

We need fiscally sound and lasting prison reform.

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Editorial: Task force gets tough on mortgage fraud

By   /  Friday, May 27th, 2011  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Task force gets tough on mortgage fraud

In creating a mortgage fraud strike force, Attorney General Kamala Harris has taken a big, if belated, step forward in writing the last chapter of California’s housing meltdown. As we have chronicled in these pages during the past two years, the boom and bust in housing in our region and across the Golden State did Read More →

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Editorial: Terminal ushers in new South Coast style

By   /  Friday, May 20th, 2011  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Terminal ushers in new South Coast style

At a cost of $55 million, the new Santa Barbara Municipal Airport terminal is one of the more expensive public buildings to open in the 21st century. And true to the Pearl Chase heritage of South Coast building, it is a Spanish Colonial Revival structure. But lead architect Fred Sweeney has done something few would Read More →

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What the gov’s ego trip meant for CA

By   /  Friday, May 20th, 2011  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on What the gov’s ego trip meant for CA

The Governator era suddenly it looks like one big ego trip.

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Editorial: New generation sets challenge for Congress

By   /  Monday, May 16th, 2011  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: New generation sets challenge for Congress

With graduation season in full swing, it may be instructive to take a look at how the next generation of civic and business leaders views the current state of play in politics. Suffice it to say, that view is dim. A report from the Panetta Institute for Public Policy, a think tank located at the Read More →

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Award adds spark to our new ventures

By   /  Friday, May 6th, 2011  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Award adds spark to our new ventures

Pacific Coast Business Times is the winner of a Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi award for excellence in news.

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