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By Guest commentary / Friday, December 12th, 2014 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Putting oil on the road to nowhere
Oil as a transportation fuel will be around for a few more decades. But oil as a hazardous monopoly fuel is now merely one of multiple options.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, December 5th, 2014 / Columns, Opinion, Top Stories / Comments Off on Dubroff: Small Business Saturday adds up for Orcutt’s Mark Steller
In a year where Black Friday disappointed the big boxes and Cyber Monday was not as strong as online giants might have liked, Mark Steller is happy about the smaller scale results that Small Business Saturday delivered for Orcutt’s Old Town Market. I first met Steller in August when he was our North Santa Barbara Read More →
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By Guest commentary / Friday, December 5th, 2014 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Cheap oil won’t help Detroit sell more cars — but discounts will
By Edward Niedermeyer U.S. auto sales boomed on Black Friday as huge discounts pushed volumes to more than 17 million units on an annualized basis, the highest level in 11 years. But even with big price cuts pumping up deliveries of new cars — likely at the expense of fourth-quarter profit margins — the biggest discounts of Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Friday, December 5th, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Williams bill a small step in sorting out Isla Vista
Isla Vista, as Williams points out, is a one-square-mile area with 20,000 residents and the most heavily urbanized area within California that is not part of a city.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, December 5th, 2014 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: The Gold Bug’s bull narrative keeps on failing investors
Rather than accepting certain unpleasant realities, gold bugs have contorted themselves into a painful waiting game.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, November 28th, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Immigration reform misses the mark
The curious thing about the immigration reform initiatives launched by President Barack Obama this November is that they pretty much echo the steps California already has taken to acknowledge the role that illegal immigrants play in our economy.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, November 28th, 2014 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Report on Isla Vista gets an ‘incomplete’
I certainly agree with the independent committee that Isla Vista suffers from “inadequate representation, insufficient public services and a lack of infrastructure . . .” But that’s been the reality for 50 years, and the question remains: “What do we do about it?
