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Guest Commentary


| Friday, July 5th, 2019

Murphy: Dispersed teams can be effective

Higher Education, Latest news, Op/Eds, Opinion

By Susan Murphy Visit any workplace today and you will likely encounter teams of employees who work from various locations and seldom, if ever, meet face-to-face. In some industries, the vast majority of workers report always or frequently working in dispersed teams. Especially in Southern California, where commute times and costs are considerable, the appeal Read More →

| Friday, June 28th, 2019

Hill: Get ready to retire with ownership transition plan

Latest news, Op/Eds, Opinion, Small Business

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| Friday, June 21st, 2019

Lesh: Tri-Counties face middle-income housing problem

East Ventura County, Higher Education, Latest news, Op/Eds, Opinion, Real Estate

By Kirk Lesh It seems like every week I read an article regarding California’s housing crisis. Depending on what paper you read, there are various reasons for the problem and few, if any, solutions. But first, we need to understand what kind of a problem we have so that policymakers can draft appropriate legislation. I Read More →

| Friday, June 14th, 2019

Lakireddy: State needs policies that increase housing supply

Latest news, Op/Eds, Opinion, Real Estate

By Sid Lakireddy With the pressing need to relieve the housing shortage, there has been multiple legislative proposals to address this growing crisis. Some proposals are bold and challenge the norms — such as SB 50 by state Sen. Scott Wiener — while others continue to repackage failed decades-old policies that have not resulted in Read More →

| Friday, June 7th, 2019

Fienup: Federal Reserve actions diminish economic future

East Ventura County, Latest news, Op/Eds, Opinion, Tri-County Economy

By Matthew Fienup For years, we have been critical of Federal Reserve policy and the significant impacts that it is having on the U.S. economy. As we wrote in 2017, “U.S. monetary policy is among the greatest of internal risks to U.S. economic growth.” And in 2018, “Extraordinary policy experimentation undertaken by the Federal Reserve Read More →

| Friday, May 31st, 2019

Farhad: Tourism is the lifeblood of Solvang

Latest news, Op/Eds, Opinion, Tourism

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| Friday, May 24th, 2019

Apfelthaler: Trade war is bad for the economy

Higher Education, Latest news, Op/Eds, Opinion, Tri-County Economy

By Gerhard Apfelthaler It’s back! After months of negotiations with China, the pause button has been released and the nation finds itself back in the trade war. Fact is, it never went away. Ask, for instance, the folks at Volvo’s plant in Ridgeville, S.C., which is running at a fraction of its capacity. Or ask Read More →