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By Editorial Board / Friday, November 8th, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Santa Barbara County needs to think of its future
Santa Barbara County is edging closer to an economic development strategy. At least that was our takeaway after sitting in on the “Morality of Prosperity,” the name for this year’s action summit put on by the Santa Barbara County Technology & Industry Association.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, November 1st, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Airport leader helped South Coast lift off
Faced with a community whose utter contempt for the words “economic development” is legendary, Karen Ramsdell did something surprisingly entrepreneurial.
She cobbled together roughly $170 million in debt capital and government grants and gave the South Coast one of the greatest economic development tools ever invented — a spanking new airport.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, October 25th, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Retired sheriff should consider public perception
He will have a lot more success settling with the county or dropping his complaint.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, October 18th, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Private sector should step up in debt debate
Business owners and managers are key stakeholders — we hold the keys to far more economic activity than politicians.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, October 11th, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: UAVs should be at core of iHub
Working hand-in-hand with a statewide manufacturing initiative and the emerging unmanned aerial vehicle industry, it could give production, design, energy and technology firms along the Highway 101 corridor a lift.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, October 11th, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Women government leaders could reset tone
They may fare better than their predecessors in coping with the nagging problems of slow growth, high housing prices and the need to foster a culture of innovation that keeps the job engine of the region humming.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, October 4th, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Ventura and Oxnard should let the food trucks roll
Moves afoot to “regulate” food trucks in downtown Ventura and Oxnard strike us as singularly short-sighted.
