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By Editorial Board / Friday, May 25th, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Cushman set stage for ‘great business’ in Santa Barbara
“Business is great in Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara is great for business.” With these words on the Santa Barbara Region Chamber of Commerce answering system, Steve Cushman has welcomed business owners, service providers and working professionals hoping to build or expand businesses on the South Coast. For the past 24 years, Cushman literally has Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Friday, May 18th, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Henley’s $50M gift puts wind in UCSB’s sails
The timing and wide publicity make it close to a sure bet that UCSB will fulfill its goal of raising at least $1 billion in gifts.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, May 18th, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Pay policy binds schools
In the wake of an ugly political fight over pay rates for newly hired presidents in the California State University system, the CSU Board of Trustees has issued a new policy. The policy states that individual CSU campus foundations can be asked to voluntarily augment an incoming president’s salary in an amount up to 10 Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Friday, May 11th, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Giving California the tools it needs to succeed
Sacramento, we’ve got a problem. CEO Magazine has ranked California dead last among the 50 states in its annual survey of the best and worst places to do business. An Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation study of 6,000 small business owners has given California an F grade when it comes to business friendliness. When your state Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Friday, May 11th, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Oil could bring much-needed jobs to North Santa Barbara County
The UC Santa Barbara forecast in Santa Maria recently raised a provocative idea for speeding jobs and growth in the Central Coast: What if the North County opened the doors to more onshore oil-and-gas exploration and development? Many experts believe that discoverable reserves are plentiful throughout the Tri-Counties. But getting permits is practically impossible at Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Friday, May 4th, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Montecito, a rebuilt 101 would benefit you too
Deal with it. That’s our advice to the citizens of Montecito, that exclusive community which now faces the “horror” of a plan to add one additional car pool lane in each direction on Highway 101 from Casitas Pass Road in Carpinteria to the recently widened exits at the far eastern border of the city of Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Friday, April 27th, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Region’s banking crisis fades
The final phase in the region’s ongoing banking crisis may have begun.
