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Editorial Board


| Friday, August 3rd, 2012

Editorial: $2.3B is too much change to find in couch

Editorials, Opinion

Just how “special” are California’s “special funds”? It turns out they are very special indeed. News reports during late July ripped the mask off these stealth reserves, revealing the fact that  millions of dollars in cash are lying around in accounts reserved for recycling, parks and other state-operated activities. Even state organizations that have gone Read More →

| Friday, July 27th, 2012

Editorial: Soaring worker’s comp costs threaten California

Editorials, Opinion

Increased costs are once again choking the California worker’s compensation system. That’s the conclusion reached by the Worker’s Compensation Action Network, a broadly based coalition of business and government groups fighting to keep employers from seeing their costs spiral out of control. The coalition includes the California Chamber, National Federation of Independent Business and a Read More →

| Friday, July 20th, 2012

Editorial: Ventura County’s green farming ready for spotlight

Editorials, Opinion

Ventura County’s ability to be an attractive location for filming depends heavily on its ability to preserve its historic landscape and culture.

| Friday, July 20th, 2012

Editorial: Good luck to new chamber chief

Editorials, Opinion

Zoe Taylor is taking the job as interim president of the Santa Barbara Region Chamber of Commerce.

| Friday, July 13th, 2012

Editorial: Business battles brew as competition heats up

Editorials, Opinion

You’ve got to fight for your right to protect your turf.

| Monday, July 9th, 2012

Editorial: Pay raise for Camarillo leaders raises questions

Editorials, Opinion

The Ventura County Taxpayers Association has a reputation for telling it like it is, without passing political judgments on how governments spend their money. That’s why we appreciate the Taxpayers Association’s recent criticism of the way the city of Camarillo has gone about handing 5 percent pay hikes to its council members. It appears that Read More →

| Friday, June 29th, 2012

Editorial: Moving dirt on Miramar should be top priority

Editorials, Opinion

Santa Barbara County’s Board of Supervisors has narrowly approved a new tax rebate for hotel mega-projects. Now it will be up to Los Angeles developer Rick Caruso to walk the walk and start moving dirt at the much debated, long-delayed Miramar Hotel and Cottages in Montecito. And it will be up to the Board of Read More →