Henry Dubroff

Henry Dubroff | Friday, August 21st, 2015

LA hosting 2024 Olympics would be great for Central Coast

Editorials

Efforts to designate Los Angeles as the U.S. host city for the 2024 Olympic are worth more than passing attention by leaders along the Highway 101 corridor. That’s because a successful bid by Los Angeles for the summer games would produce multiple benefits for the Central Coast, with a broad impact on business. The 1984 Read More →

Henry Dubroff | Friday, August 14th, 2015

Mine mishap shows EPA stewardship inadequate

Editorials, Opinion

Just when you think environmental stewardship can’t get any worse … it gets worse. About three months ago, the Central Coast witnessed its worst environmental disaster in decades when Plains All American Pipeline leaked more than 140,000 gallons of oil onto the Refugio Beach area. About a fourth of that ended up in the ocean, Read More →

Henry Dubroff | Friday, August 14th, 2015

Big winner in next GOP debate will be Ronald Reagan library

Columns, East Ventura County, Latest news

Whatever the political outcome, one certain winner in the Sept. 16 GOP candidates’ debate is going to be the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum in Simi Valley. The debate will be the fourth presidential candidate forum to be held at the library, and it almost certainly will deliver a huge television audience. That means Read More →

Henry Dubroff | Friday, August 7th, 2015

Dubroff: Washington dysfunction over taxes could cost jobs in Tri-Counties

Columns, Health Care & Life Science, Tri-County Economy

This is a column about how dysfunction in Washington is handing billions over to Wall Street while threatening thousands of jobs on the Central Coast. Just a year ago, Allergan shut its Goleta breast implant operation after it came under siege from corporate raiders, Activis, a New Jersey-based company that used an acquisition in Ireland Read More →

Henry Dubroff | Friday, August 7th, 2015

Donald channels Arnold in taking on GOP brass

Editorials, Opinion

We have seen this movie before. A larger-than-life figure in entertainment and business struts on to the political stage and captivates an audience of disaffected conservatives. Never mind that his personal politics are fairly liberal — it’s the appearance of control and command that pushes the conventional candidates out of the way. Once the momentum Read More →

Henry Dubroff | Friday, July 31st, 2015

Economic development should be part of Ventura County’s general plan

Editorials, Health Care & Life Science, Opinion

Ventura County is embarking on an important step forward as it weighs the latest update to its general plan. That step would be to include an economic development element to the general plan in the next approval cycle. A letter to county officials from the Economic Development Collaborative of Ventura County recommends the county include Read More →