Treasurer candidates bank on being the one
The seven candidates for Ventura County treasurer-tax collector include former bankers, a retired judge and the head of the county’s Taxpayers Association. The crowded field is seeking the position now held by Lawrence Matheney, who is retiring. In addition to collecting property taxes, the Ventura County Treasurer’s Office touches billions of dollars in public money. Read More →
Putting Cal Lutheran on the map
As part of its 50th anniversary celebration, California Lutheran University has taken the wraps off a much-anticipated economic impact study. It turns out that the Thousand Oaks campus pumped $142 million into the Ventura County economy in its last fiscal year, accounting for about 1,400 jobs and, importantly, more than $20 million in capital expenditures, Read More →
Business takes action to save vital flights
In Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, a business-led effort to reverse United Express’ plans to slash service between the Central Coast and major markets is beginning to gain altitude. In Ventura County, the pushback has begun with a grassroots petition effort to restore several daily United Express flights between Oxnard and Los Angeles International Airport. Read More →
Oil
ExxonMobil has set a new record for slant drilling from an oil platform off the coast of Santa Barbara County, setting the stage for decades of more tension between energy companies and environmentalists as new technology unlocks billions of barrels of oil. Houston-based Exxon said April 16 that it had drilled more than six miles Read More →
From the editor: SEC finally cracks down
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s April 16 complaint against Goldman Sachs for failing to disclose the near-certainty of failure in the synthetic debt products it sold under the Abacus brand is an important first step in restoring a fair and equitable balance of power in the financial system. Allowing a select club of investment Read More →
