Op/ed: The fiscal cliff is the perfect financial storm of 2013
A toxic combination of tax increases and spending cuts that happen on Jan. 1.
Read More →Editorial: Silliness in Sacramento continues
In Sacramento, the annual budget follies continue. The Democrat-controlled Legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown can’t agree on a formula to come up with a plan for the new fiscal year. Opposition from small business groups and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association dramatically increases the odds that Brown’s plan for tax hikes to close a $16 Read More →
Read More →Feinstein: Federal and state gov’t needs to focus on tax policies
For the United States to truly recover from the Great Recession, the federal government and its state counterparts need to be creative with tax reform and budget proposals to jumpstart the economy. That was the view of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who spoke at a luncheon hosted by the Santa Barbara Region Chamber of Read More →
Read More →Editorial: Ryan shies away from VP talk
House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, made news May 22 with a speech at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley. Notably he warned against the kind of austerity trap — a combination of tax hikes and spending cuts — that has badly crippled several European economies. He also dodged questions about joining Read More →
Read More →Williams: Green jobs key to Central Coast economy
The Central Coast has the potential to be a green-jobs leader, but the public sector must provide supportive policies. That was the view from 35th District Assembly Member Das Williams, D-Santa Barbara, who hosted the second annual Green Jobs Summit at Ventura City Hall on May 19. Government needs to “send the right signals,” he Read More →
Read More →Ventura County supervisor race heats up around economic issues
Elections do have consequences. And in the case of the First District Supervisor race in Ventura County, the consequences for business and economic development could be very large indeed. This race did not look too complex just a few months ago when incumbent Steve Bennett was widely seen as a shoe-in to win another term. Read More →
Read More →Oxnard corruption probe ends in reports of gov’t waste, but no arrests
More than two years after storming Oxnard’s city hall in a search for documents, Ventura County District Attorney Greg Totten’s office has ended its corruption investigation without pressing charges. In a 99-page report, the District Attorney’s office said it uncovered significant waste of taxpayer money by suspended City Manager Ed Sotelo, Mayor Tom Holden and Read More →
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