Storm runoff rules threaten property rights
OpinionProperty rights rapidly are becoming the newest endangered freedom in Ventura County. As Stephen Nellis reported in a recent edition of the Business Times, new stormwater runoff rules are threatening to wreak havoc with development and even redevelopment plans in Ventura County. These rules would require builders to deal with 75 percent of rainwater runoff on-site, Read More →
Confirm Maldonado already
OpinionAt press time, the California Legislature had not acted on one pressing piece of business that should be a no-brainer — the confirmation of Sen. Abel Maldonado as Lieutenant Governor. Our position was made clear when the capable Santa Maria Republican was nominated last year to fill a seat that was vacated by termed-out John Read More →
Westlake
ColumnsHuitt-Zollars just nabbed a contract to provide on-call civil engineering design consulting services for the Port of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Harbor Department awarded the Westlake Village Huitt-Zollars office a three-year contract for infrastructure projects. Jim Faul, who heads the Dallas-based firm’s Westlake Village office and will take the point on the project, has Read More →
Herb put the McMuffin on the map
ColumnsAsk any mom or grandmom to name one item of fast food that’s reasonably healthy for kids and you likely will get a single answer — the Egg McMuffin. Ditto Consumer Reports or the popular “Eat This, Not That” books or diet consultants trying to cope with the obesity epidemic that plagues American families. As Read More →
Estate tax rules challenge middle-class heirs
UncategorizedThe federal estate tax is gone for 2010. But estate planners and political scientists say a crop of uncertainties and unintended consequences have sprung up in its place. In a move that surprised longtime lobbyists and observers, the U.S. Senate let the federal estate tax — the tax levied on wealth passed on to heirs Read More →
Banking
UncategorizedJim Glines sure knows how to seal a deal. The fifth-generation Santa Marian developed his knack for dealmaking during his early years on a cattle ranch near Cuyama. Now, as president of the Community Bank of Santa Maria, he’s finding new ways to put his auctioneering skills to use, implementing country strategy into the community Read More →
