Opinion: How the networking world adapted to a world without handshakes
By Bill Saleebey People in my networking group were getting dressed and ready to go to the board room of a law firm, as we did every fourth Wednesday morning at 7:30 a.m. We had on our business suits and name tags, and we were ready to network. Our photo IDs were in hand to Read More →
Read More →Letter to the Editor: We must make the region welcoming to all
Dear Editor, I was quite dismayed to read the high-tech trends article from earlier this month regarding new opportunities with remote working (“Five tech business trends to watch in 2021,” Dec. 31, 2020). A source in the article suggested that with this new flexibility, tech companies could establish their headquarters in the region and “CEOs, Read More →
Read More →Opinion: Your brand is your face to the world
By Erika Schlomer-Fischer If there is one lesson to be learned during this challenging time, it is to embrace core values and meaning in our lives. We have been forced to reassess and reprioritize. In the business world, we have the opportunity to reconsider value creation and meaning for our customers. It is a good Read More →
Read More →Our View: Mike Garcia should step up, or step down
Take the high road. That is our advice to U.S. Rep Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, who owes his constituents in Ventura County and elsewhere a better answer than he has given for his decision to vote for overturning November’s election results even after the Capitol was invaded by rioters. Garcia won re-election in November by Read More →
Read More →Our View: No excuse for Garcia’s anti-democratic behavior
The civil war within the Republican party arrived at the edge of the Tri-Counties, when recently re-elected U.S. Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, said he would oppose the certification of Joe Biden as president-elect. “I do believe there is enough evidence of compromised processes and breakdowns in election integrity by certain state legislatures that do Read More →
Read More →Our View: State’s virus response plagued by bureaucratic bumbling
What’s really frustrating for Central Coast business owners is the way California continues to be heavy on tax and regulation and light on services and delivery. The state’s COVID-19 response has put businesses through the ringer time and again, with opening and closing and reopening orders. Now that things are out of control again, the Read More →
Read More →Opinion: Ventura County supervisors are taking our energy jobs
By Kelly Stater Throughout the fall, a broad coalition of union members, business leaders, energy workers, contractors, mineral owners, and other community partners spoke out against an unprecedented plan to politicize zoning decisions in Ventura County through the county’s so-called “update” process to its General Plan. Despite this broad opposition, the Board of Supervisors moved Read More →
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