May 5, 2025

		

Editorial Board


| Friday, November 1st, 2013

Editorial: Airport leader helped South Coast lift off

Editorials, Opinion

Faced with a community whose utter contempt for the words “economic development” is legendary, Karen Ramsdell did something surprisingly entrepreneurial.

She cobbled together roughly $170 million in debt capital and government grants and gave the South Coast one of the greatest economic development tools ever invented — a spanking new airport.

| Friday, October 25th, 2013

Editorial: Retired sheriff should consider public perception

Editorials, Opinion

He will have a lot more success settling with the county or dropping his complaint.

| Friday, October 18th, 2013

Editorial: Private sector should step up in debt debate

Editorials, Opinion

Business owners and managers are key stakeholders — we hold the keys to far more economic activity than politicians.

| Friday, October 11th, 2013

Editorial: UAVs should be at core of iHub

Editorials, Opinion

Working hand-in-hand with a statewide manufacturing initiative and the emerging unmanned aerial vehicle industry, it could give production, design, energy and technology firms along the Highway 101 corridor a lift.

| Friday, October 11th, 2013

Editorial: Women government leaders could reset tone

Editorials, Opinion

They may fare better than their predecessors in coping with the nagging problems of slow growth, high housing prices and the need to foster a culture of innovation that keeps the job engine of the region humming.

| Friday, October 4th, 2013

Editorial: Ventura and Oxnard should let the food trucks roll

Editorials, Opinion

Moves afoot to “regulate” food trucks in downtown Ventura and Oxnard strike us as singularly short-sighted.

| Friday, September 27th, 2013

Editorial: Done right, Clark Estate could be major attraction

Editorials, Opinion

A settlement reached in New York has created a path to a more certain future for Santa Barbara’s famed Clark Estate, a mansion near East Beach that could be the next cultural attraction for the region.