Opinion: Led the Fed do its job, and let Powell finish his work leading it
Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, Op/Eds, OpinionBy Kirk Lesh The question of whether Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s term should be extended has received a lot of attention recently. It seems like The Washington Post, The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal has an article on this topic every week. In a similar vein, it seems someone from the Read More →
Opinion: ExxonMobil’s oil trucking plan in Santa Barbara County is dirty and dangerous
Energy, Government, Latest news, Op/Eds, OpinionBy Linda Krop On Sept. 29, the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission will consider ExxonMobil’s proposal to restart its three platforms offshore from Gaviota and truck its oil along highways 101 (to Santa Maria) and 166 (to Pentland, in Kern County). Last year, the county planning staff recommended against allowing tanker trucks on the windy Read More →
Opinion: Five ways your business can win the war for talent
Banking & Finance, Latest news, Op/Eds, OpinionBy Greg Bland With the U.S. economy continuing to grow, businesses are beginning to scale their operations back to pre-pandemic levels. Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties all added jobs from June to July. As the Pacific Coast Business Times recently reported, Ventura County led the way with 2,500 new jobs in the Read More →
Opinion: ‘Use it or lose it’ policy wastes our natural resources
Energy, Government, Higher Education, Latest news, Op/Eds, OpinionBy James Salzman The Bureau of Land Management auction in February 2016 for oil and gas drilling rights near Arches National Park was unremarkable. The high bidder, Tempest Exploration Co. LLC, paid $2,500 for the 1,120-acre lease by credit card and began paying annual rental fees. What soon did prove remarkable, though, was the revelation Read More →
Opinion: Oxnard was central to Chicano movement
Higher Education, Latest news, Op/Eds, OpinionBy Frank P. Barajas This column is an excerpt from the book “Mexican Americans with Moxie: A Transgenerational History of El Movimiento Chicano in Ventura County, California, 1945-1975,” by Frank P. Barajas. From the United Farm Workers Boycott Office in Delano, California, Jessica Govea, 24, examined a clipping of a full-page advertisement in the Ventura Read More →
Opinion: Your workers want a sense of purpose
Latest news, Op/Eds, OpinionBy Christie Garcia If staff can work from anywhere in the world, why would they work for you? Once they do, what motivates them to perform their best? And perhaps most importantly, what would make them stay? In the last year we’ve watched a dramatic shift in employee satisfaction and seen that people are no Read More →
Opinion: Pandemic accelerated already rapid rise of the fluid workforce
Higher Education, Op/Eds, OpinionBy Vlad Vaiman Talent management (TM) has been a key priority for CEOs throughout the world for nearly two decades. Aging populations, shrinking talent pools, expanding skill gaps, shifting workforce mobility, and other critical considerations all contribute to TM remaining a top priority for both large and small organizations. However, it is difficult to have Read More →
