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Editorial Board


| Friday, February 11th, 2022

Our View: Remembering a giant of the region’s business community

Editorials, Latest news, Opinion

Patrick James McCarthy, known simply as Pat, did not invent the idea of a tri-county economy. But thanks to a creative mind and a strong work ethic, he built a powerhouse construction firm that specialized in commercial-scale residential projects on a regionwide basis. Irreverent at times, always unflappable and with a keen sense of opportunity, Read More →

| Friday, February 4th, 2022

Our View: Santa Barbara City Council misses the point on rents, housing

Editorials, Government, Latest news, Opinion, Real Estate, South Coast, Tri-County Economy

When it comes to wasteful government spending, it’s hard to find a worse case in recent memory than the $200,000 the Santa Barbara City Council is spending to study a 2% cap on residential rents. Such a cap would be one of the most onerous in the nation. It is astonishing to think that after Read More →

| Friday, January 28th, 2022

Our View: Rooftop solar a big part of state’s energy future

Editorials, Energy, Government, Latest news, Opinion, Subscriber content

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| Friday, January 21st, 2022

Our View: Redistricting shakes up Central Coast politics

Editorials, Government, Latest news, Opinion, Subscriber content

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| Friday, January 14th, 2022

Our View: It’s time to take retail crime seriously

Editorials, Latest news, Law & Goverment, Opinion

The tri-county region counts on low crime rates as a foundation for the claim that it is a terrific, if expensive, place to work and live. That’s why Staff Writer Brooke Holland’s front-page story on retail crime in the current edition of Pacific Coast Business Times is worth a close look — and worth action Read More →

| Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021

Our View: Air travel among the region’s bright spots in 2021

Editorials, Latest news, Opinion, South Coast, Subscriber content, Tourism, Tri-County Economy

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| Friday, December 17th, 2021

Our View: An entrepreneurial legend moves on from Inogen

Editorials, Government, Latest news, Opinion, Technology, Women Inc.

Among the rock stars of the Central Coast innovation culture, Inogen co-founder Ali Bauerlein will always be near the top of our list. It was her grandmother’s health problems that sparked the idea for a new type of oxygen concentrator more than 20 years ago. And Bauerlein followed the company from an award-winning student business Read More →