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Letter: SB County needs to restore private-sector job balance

By   /  Friday, October 12th, 2012  /  Letters to the Editor, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Letter: SB County needs to restore private-sector job balance

Seventy-one percent of the top 25 employers provide government jobs.

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Editorial: Yes on Measure M

By   /  Friday, October 5th, 2012  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Yes on Measure M

Unification has the support of a broad range of businesses and business organizations.

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Prop. 30 draws battle line between education and business leaders

By   /  Friday, October 5th, 2012  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Prop. 30 draws battle line between education and business leaders

Whether it passes or fails, the Proposition 30 debate has drawn some battle lines that won’t easily be erased.

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Letter: Business groups should stand firm opposing Props. 30 and 38

By   /  Friday, October 5th, 2012  /  Letters to the Editor, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Letter: Business groups should stand firm opposing Props. 30 and 38

Taxpayers and small businesses have been pushed to the limit.

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Congressional candidates joust over taxes, housing

By   /  Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012  /  Latest news  /  1 Comment

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Correction appended below.] Assemblymember Julia Brownley and state Sen. Tony Strickland clashed over fiscal policy, housing and education at an Oct. 2 debate in Thousand Oaks as their campaigns for the 26th U.S. Congressional district remained a close contest. Held at California Lutheran University, the debate turned especially heated when Brownley accused Strickland of voting against California’s Homeowners Bill of Read More →

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Editorial: New redevelopment efforts should learn from RDA era

By   /  Friday, September 21st, 2012  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: New redevelopment efforts should learn from RDA era

Getting housing right and at the right price is the key piece to the infrastructure puzzle.

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Colleges threaten to yank $10K from economic conference

By   /  Monday, September 17th, 2012  /  Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Colleges threaten to yank $10K from economic conference

Ventura County Community College may withdraw its title sponsorship of the county’s annual Economic Outlook Conference after the region’s largest economic development group came out in opposition of two state ballot measures that would raise taxes to fund public education. That, in turn, has caused the The Ventura County Economic Development Association, or VCEDA, to Read More →

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