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By Tony Biasotti / Monday, October 18th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Elections could rattle region’s city halls
The battles for the 112th Congress and the governor’s office may be sucking up most of the oxygen this campaign season, but voters up and down the Tri-Counties will also pick new city councils on Nov. 2. The region’s largest cities — Oxnard, Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley — all have contested council elections. Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, October 15th, 2010 / Latest news, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Fox tells VCEDA group state must improve business climate
The pain of the status quo will determine the pace of California’s reform effort. That’s the view of Joel Fox, head of the Los Angeles-based Small Business Action Committee. In a keynote presentation on Oct. 15 at the 40th annual Ventura County Economic Development Association business outlook conference, Fox said reforms take place in waves Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, October 14th, 2010 / Latest news / Comments Off on FPPC approves Copeland fine
California’s Fair Political Practices Commission fined San Luis Obispo businessmen James and Thomas Copeland and banker David Booker $80,000 at its Oct. 14 meeting for violating the state Political Reform Act. The Copelands and Booker are accused of staging a secret and illegal campaign in 2006 to block rancher Ernie Dalidio’s development plans. The five-member Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Monday, October 11th, 2010 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Sneaky attack subverts property rights in SLO
In a spread that garnered national publicity in Parade Magazine on Oct. 3, San Luis Obispo was crowned “Happy Town, USA,” where, among other things, author Dan Buettner found it to be the No. 1 place in America for emotional health. But just a few days later, California’s Fair Political Practices Commission tore the cover Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Monday, October 4th, 2010 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: A race to watch
While the surging Tea Party threatens a battle for the soul of the Republican Party, Democrats on the Central Coast face a nasty fight of their own. In what was once the safest of seats, termed-out Assemblyman Pedro Nava, D-Santa Barbara, seems unlikely to support his one-time protege, Das Williams. Williams, a Santa Barbara city Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Monday, October 4th, 2010 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on A chat with Santa Barbara County’s new CEO
Chandra Wallar wants to engineer a more efficient Santa Barbara County government — one that responds faster to property owners and businesses. And as the new county executive officer, she will get a chance to streamline the county’s sometimes balky bureaucracy when Mike Brown, who has run the show for the past 13 years, retires Read More →
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By Tony Biasotti / Monday, October 4th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Eight vie to chart future of Harbor District
Whatever the outcome in November, this is a history-making election for the Port of Hueneme. The Oxnard Harbor District, the public agency that owns and operates the deep-water commercial port, is in the midst of its most competitive campaign in decades. Two of the three incumbents who are up for re-election are retiring, throwing the Read More →
