February 23, 2024

		

Editorial board


| Friday, November 11th, 2016

Small business backlash fueled Trump’s victory

Editorials, Latest news, Opinion

When the Business Times asked Labor Secretary Tom Perez last spring if the Obamacare mandates, new overtime rules and other new regulations amounted to a war on small business, he dismissed us with a wave of the hand. “Predictions of disaster amount to exactly that,” he said. On Nov. 8 the disaster arrived. And it Read More →

| Friday, November 4th, 2016

Our democracy needs you to vote on Nov. 8

Editorials, Latest news, Opinion

Forget all the talk about rigged elections. Dismiss idle chatter that votes don’t matter. Do not be discouraged by all the negative ads. America was founded on the principle that individual citizens should choose their leaders and the purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to state clearly that our nation should not be subject Read More →

| Friday, October 28th, 2016

Measure AA, Measure F deserve voter support

Editorials, Latest news, Opinion

Ventura County has a lot at stake in the 2016 election. Voters on Nov. 8 will be asked to weigh in on two key issues that will help chart the future of the county and surrounding areas. The first is transportation. With Measure AA, which this newspaper has endorsed, voters are being asked to approve Read More →

| Friday, October 21st, 2016

Proposition 61 will not cure sky high drug prices

Editorials, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Law & Goverment, Opinion

Proposition 61 goes before California voters in just a few weeks. And as the Business Times reported on Oct. 14, Amgen, the Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant, along with other major drug companies, is spending millions to oppose Proposition 61 and its plan to control drug prices. Proponents promote the David vs. Goliath aspect of their Read More →

| Friday, October 7th, 2016

Patagonia weighs in on climate change policies

Editorials, Latest news, Opinion

In a widely circulated New Yorker magazine profile, Patagonia co-founder Yvon Chouinard fumed this summer about Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech at the Democratic Party convention — complaining that including just one sentence about climate change fell far short of the mark. Apparently, we haven’t heard Patagonia’s last words on the matter of politics and climate Read More →

| Friday, September 30th, 2016

Direct Relief International rooted in Santa Barbara

Editorials, Opinion

In a region that takes pride in its philanthropic organizations, nothing stands out like Direct Relief International. Founded as a humanitarian organization by immigrants who fled the horrors of World War II, DRI is the nation’s ninth largest U.S. charity, according to Forbes, and by most measures one of the most cost-effective organizations of its Read More →

| Friday, September 23rd, 2016

Mayors deserve a say in Diablo Canyon closure

Editorials, Energy, Latest news, Opinion

Cities that form the heart of the San Luis Obispo County economy should not become collateral damage as PG&E works out a plan to shutter the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant. On Sept. 15, the mayors of San Luis Obispo, Morro Bay, Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Paso Robles and Pismo Beach took what they called an “unprecedented Read More →