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Editorial: EDV-VC advances small business agenda

By   /  Monday, July 12th, 2010  /  Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: EDV-VC advances small business agenda

Ventura County scored a coup of sorts last month when the Economic Development Collaborative of Ventura County was granted the contract to run small business training programs. The programs, put together under the Small Business Development Center umbrella, are operated out of the Long Beach Community College District. In our region, the EDC-VC will keep Read More →

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Editorial: Shared sacrifice

By   /  Monday, July 5th, 2010  /  Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Shared sacrifice

Unions hate making concessions. The very purpose of a union is to secure better pay and benefits for its members. The idea of lower compensation is usually a non-starter. That’s why it’s refreshing to see so many public-sector unions in the Tri-Counties accepting wage and benefit concessions. In some cases, unions have agreed to reductions Read More →

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Editorial: Santa Barbara DA talks tough on white-collar crime

By   /  Monday, July 5th, 2010  /  Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Santa Barbara DA talks tough on white-collar crime

For the first time in recent memory, white-collar crime is going to be a top priority of the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s office. That’s the word from newly named Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce Dudley, who already has designated one of her deputies, attorney Gordon Auchincloss, as her point person on the white-collar Read More →

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Editorial: Pacific Capital deal moving along

By   /  Monday, June 28th, 2010  /  Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Pacific Capital deal moving along

There are signs that the $500 million investment by Ford Financial Fund into Pacific Capital Bancorp is inching forward. An increased offer to bondholders has met, we understand, with positive responses from a large group of investors. The expiration of TARP funding this fall means the U.S. Treasury might be highly motivated to swap its Read More →

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Editorial: Small business is the real key to fixing state

By   /  Monday, June 28th, 2010  /  Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Small business is the real key to fixing state

A California Forward meeting for Ventura and Santa Barbara business leaders on June 16 provides a useful marker for how far California has come toward real reform — and how far it needs to go. Over the past several years, voters have overhauled the state’s method for drawing districts and, thanks in part to Lt. Read More →

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Editorial: Santa Barbara, stand and be counted

By   /  Monday, June 21st, 2010  /  Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Santa Barbara, stand and be counted

The city of Santa Barbara is the latest among the region’s cities to review and update its general plan. The next public meetings are on June 22 and June 23 at 630 Garden St. This is a chance to create a denser, more energy efficient and more prosperous city that better attends to the needs Read More →

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Editorial: Capps steps up on Gulf oil spill

By   /  Monday, June 21st, 2010  /  Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Capps steps up on Gulf oil spill

U.S. Rep. Lois Capps usually is content to capably represent her district and stick to her strengths on issues such as education and health care. But in her response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster on the Gulf Coast, she’s demonstrated real leadership — and proven to her constituents in the 23rd Congressional District that when Read More →

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