Business lessons learned in fall disasters are lost on politicians in 2012

The lessons of the three crises — 9/11, Katrina and the Lehman collapse — are hard to put into words.
Op/ed: Leadership by fiat seldom works
Effective executives don’t put obstacles in front of people; they help remove them
Editorial: In post-Cole era, Ventura will need to reinvent itself
Ventura continues to have a reputation as a place where permits are hard to come by, where city planners are slow to respond and where the rules of the development game are not as transparent as they could be.
Stability fund could pave way for California out of budget hole

A stability fund should be put into place to hold and recycle windfall IPO tax revenue.
Editorial: Gov. Brown’s pension moves don’t go far enough
The reforms themselves won’t fix California’s deep pension woes.
Op/ed: All jobs, not just green jobs, are what California should focus on
Thoughts on growing the tri-county economy from State Senate candidate Mike Stoker, R-Buellton.
Op/ed: Balancing conservation and innovation are key to growing region’s economy
Thoughts on growing the tri-county economy from State Senate candidate Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara.