Henry Dubroff | Friday, August 22nd, 2014
Columns,
Opinion Large energy companies, most of the North County’s elected officials and chambers of commerce and many others are firmly opposed to this November ballot measure, which would bar “high-intensity” energy production in the county.
Henry Dubroff | Friday, August 15th, 2014
Columns,
Opinion Santa Barbara County is about to fill what some people have taken to calling the region’s doughnut hole when it comes to economic development efforts. Thanks to a $150,000 grant in the recently approved county budget, the Santa Barbara Region Chamber of Commerce will soon begin development of an Economic Vitality Team. What Chamber President Read More →
Henry Dubroff | Friday, August 8th, 2014
Columns,
Opinion “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.” Whether or not The Eagles’ classic rock song, “Hotel California,” was written as an homage to the former Camarillo State Hospital, now the campus of CSU Channel Islands, one thing about it rings true. When it comes to the Ventura County pension Read More →
Henry Dubroff | Friday, August 1st, 2014
Columns,
Opinion What happens on Wall Street is having a direct impact on West Coast jobs, with indirect effects on housing and other markets.
Henry Dubroff | Friday, July 25th, 2014
Columns,
Opinion C’est Cheese is not the only Spirit of Small Business winner we’ve seen grow up a lot over the years.
Henry Dubroff | Thursday, July 24th, 2014
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Tri-County Economy California’s sometimes inward-looking cities need to make economic and business development a key part of their plans. And they will probably have more success if they can think regionally about workforce and business issues. That was the message that Kish Rajan, director of the Governor’s Office of Business & Economic Development, or GoBiz, brought to Read More →
Henry Dubroff | Friday, July 18th, 2014
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Opinion It’s time to hit “pause” on the Santa Barbara Foundation’s Mission & State public-interest journalism project. That’s not just my view. At a packed community meeting with representation from a half-dozen media organizations in the area, Lois Mitchell, president of The Orfalea Foundation, a program funder, urged the foundation to suspend a controversial contract that Read More →