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Guest Commentary


| Friday, October 25th, 2013

Letter: Sheriff’s decision to sue reflects poor judgement

Letters to the Editor, Opinion

The article headlined “Ex VC sheriff sues for supplemental pension” in your Oct. 18 issue got my blood boiling, as I am sure it did with many of your readers.

| Friday, October 18th, 2013

Letter: Clarifying NCHC’s winding-down process

Letters to the Editor, Opinion

NCHC selected the assignment process because it is generally faster and virtually always less expensive than the alternative of bankruptcy.

| Friday, October 18th, 2013

Op/ed: Central planning still rules China’s economy

Op/Eds, Opinion

Does innovation really function in a communist state-controlled economy that only partially incorporates a few facets of free-market capitalism?

| Friday, October 11th, 2013

Op/ed: The case for a revenue-neutral carbon tax

Op/Eds, Opinion

We have a moral responsibility to future generations to take powerful action now to moderate climate change, by severely curtailing our greenhouse gas emissions.

| Friday, October 4th, 2013

Op/ed: How family businesses can beat the succession odds

Op/Eds, Opinion

By John Ambrecht on October 4, 2013 The drive to survive — one of humanity’s strongest, most basic instincts — has become both friend and foe to family businesses in the Tri-Counties. While it has created mega-wealth for many, it has also led to the loss of significant family fortunes when power-holding parents pass away Read More →

| Friday, September 27th, 2013

Op/ed: My latest startup is a corporate rugby team

Op/Eds, Opinion

Shopatron, a growing technology company based in San Luis Obispo, competes both locally and nationally to find world-class talent to drive our business forward.

| Friday, September 6th, 2013

Op/ed: Big business — Reputation vs. reality

Op/Eds, Opinion

By Scott Harris on September 6, 2013 Sometimes what we’re told of the world goes so against our own experiences that we’re left to wonder if we’re in a twilight zone, or if maybe what we’re told is wrong. Or at least not the whole story. After a series of markedly positive business meetings and Read More →