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By Editorial Board / Friday, May 11th, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Giving California the tools it needs to succeed
Sacramento, we’ve got a problem. CEO Magazine has ranked California dead last among the 50 states in its annual survey of the best and worst places to do business. An Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation study of 6,000 small business owners has given California an F grade when it comes to business friendliness. When your state Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Friday, May 11th, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Oil could bring much-needed jobs to North Santa Barbara County
The UC Santa Barbara forecast in Santa Maria recently raised a provocative idea for speeding jobs and growth in the Central Coast: What if the North County opened the doors to more onshore oil-and-gas exploration and development? Many experts believe that discoverable reserves are plentiful throughout the Tri-Counties. But getting permits is practically impossible at Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Friday, May 4th, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Montecito, a rebuilt 101 would benefit you too
Deal with it. That’s our advice to the citizens of Montecito, that exclusive community which now faces the “horror” of a plan to add one additional car pool lane in each direction on Highway 101 from Casitas Pass Road in Carpinteria to the recently widened exits at the far eastern border of the city of Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Friday, April 27th, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Region’s banking crisis fades
The final phase in the region’s ongoing banking crisis may have begun.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, April 27th, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Recognizing Rathmann, Amgen’s visionary
The co-founder of the world’s biggest biotechnology company has cast a long shadow.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, April 20th, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Holding our police chiefs accountable for actions
Top cops in cities across our region are finding themselves in hot water.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, April 13th, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Oxnard business zone would be a boon for small businesses
Adding OBIZ to Oxnard is like adding one more staff person to every business in the city.
