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Guest Commentary


| Friday, August 21st, 2015

Eastside Business District best option

Op/Eds

The recent article “Battle over Milpas” (Aug. 7) really missed the mark. The plain and simple fact about the “Battle over Milpas” is that a small handful of people have turned the attempt of a vibrant business district to continue improvements into a racially charged political issue. The Milpas Community Association was asked to submit Read More →

| Friday, August 7th, 2015

Emergence of the ‘dependent contractor’

Op/Eds

A recent decision by the state Division of Labor Standards Enforcement has greatly shaken the California business community. The ruling found that an Uber driver is an “employee” and not an “independent contractor” as the entire industry had previously presumed.  Although this decision only pertains to that specific case, it could end up changing the Read More →

| Friday, July 31st, 2015

Personal finance really family finance

Op/Eds, Opinion

Personal finance has always been a family affair that involves the interests of children, parents and other relatives. Currently, many trends exacerbate situations where relatives’ assistance is needed, which makes family situations increasingly challenging and difficult to plan for. First, expanded life expectancy brings expanded financial challenges. A longer life does not only imply greater Read More →

| Friday, July 24th, 2015

Smart innovation key to business success

Op/Eds

Smart business leaders know that there is an important distinction between risk taking and intelligent risk taking. It is the former that may make the headlines, but it is the latter that often leads to the greatest rewards. There is an increasing awareness within the business community of the world of difference between innovation and Read More →

| Friday, July 24th, 2015

Proposed peaker plant in Oxnard bad idea because of flood vulnerability

Energy, Op/Eds, West Ventura County

Reliability is the key point emphasized in the Pacific Coast Business Times editorial July 17 (Oxnard peaker plant should be approved). During the CPUC evidentiary hearings held in May regarding the NRG proposal, the city of Oxnard provided proof based on state of the art scientific evidence that storm surge patterns and sea level rise Read More →

| Friday, July 17th, 2015

For cybersecurity, ignorance is not bliss

Columns, Technology

With all of the talk about hacking of big business and government, it’s time for small business owners to access their own vulnerabilities and design a plan of action. If they do not tackle this head on, small business owners risk the possibility of significant financial loss, litigation or even business failure. Ignorance is not Read More →

| Friday, July 17th, 2015

Refugio oil spill shows companies haven’t learned lesson after 46 years

Columns, Energy

Why does our collective memory seem so short? The gorgeous coast where we live and work was despoiled by a massive oil spill 46 years ago and we vowed never to let it happen again. That was in 1969, when a Union Oil Co. platform six miles off the Santa Barbara County coast suffered a Read More →