Fair pay may be key issue for our time
ColumnsDoes the position of state or local bureaucrat come with entitlement to a job and retirement that far exceed those in private industry? Does the job of public company CEO come with an entitlement to get fabulously rich? These are two of the most important questions of our time. My own answer to both questions Read More →
Not drilling leaves money on the table
Opinionke for the state Land Board to spurn a hard-fought agreement between South Coast environmentalists and PXP over the future of the so-called Tranquillon Ridge project. To refresh, the agreement would have allowed PXP to drill new wells on an existing platform and drain the field in return for abandonment of the platform and an Read More →
Former homestore CEO signs plea
UncategorizedThe former chief executive officer of Homestore.com — the predecessor to Westlake Village-based realty Web site Move.com — signed a plea agreement admitting to securities fraud for his alleged role in a scheme designed to artificially inflate the company’s profits. Westlake Village resident Stuart Wolff admitted to conspiring to artificially inflate Homestore’s public advertising revenue, Read More →
Follow Direct Relief
OpinionHaitian officials are hearing reports that scores of thousands may have died in the powerful earthquake that struck the country. Many more may have been injured and made homeless. News reports tell of survivors without food and water digging the dead and injured from the rubble with their bare hands. As governments were readying responses, Read More →
