Op/ed: To protect community assets, Congress needs to level the playing field for small banks
Op/Eds, OpinionFor community banks, these new regulations are as onerous as they are expensive.
Op/ed: Running up a tab at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show
Op/Eds, OpinionShow me a flat space anywhere — home, office, car — and it’s yet another great place to put a tablet touch screen.
Op/ed: Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and Congress
Op/Eds, OpinionBy Billie Greer on Jan. 11, 2013 Butch Cassidy: Alright. I’ll jump first. Sundance Kid: No. Butch Cassidy: Then you jump first. Sundance Kid: No, I said. Butch Cassidy: What’s the matter with you? Sundance Kid: I can’t swim. Butch Cassidy: Are you crazy? The fall will probably kill you. So went the dialogue as Read More →
Op/ed: Why Jon Stewart’s ‘softer cushion for failure’ will create jobs
Op/Eds, OpinionWould-be entrepreneurs with families or pre-existing conditions are being blocked from self-employment.
Letter: Goleta’s Measure G would not stifle growth
Letters to the Editor, OpinionDear Editor: This is in response to the Pacific Coast Business Times’ editorial on Oct. 26 that opposed Goleta’s Measure G2012. We begin by thanking the newspaper, whom we contacted to clear up a misconception. As a correction has since indicated, Measure G2012 is extremely limited in that it does not affect 121 agricultural parcels Read More →
Op/ed: Regulations alone won’t instill ethics in corporate America
Op/Eds, OpinionThe bottom line is that ethical behavior cannot be legislated.