Letter: Local governments should be commended for efforts to mitigate fracking threats
Dear Editor: The opening sentences in the Business Times’ March 1 editorial on the oil recovery technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” (“Let California set the stage on fracking rules”) would be more appropriately posed as questions: Fracking here? Fracking there? Fracking everywhere? In California, no one but the oil industry knows the answers Read More →
Letter to the editor: Presidential pardon would compromise integrity
There is a sticking point on a presidential pardon, and that is integrity.
Letter to the editor: CEQA makes for better projects
CEQA isn’t perfect, but it provides a vehicle for community engagement and an opportunity to make projects better.
Letter: Goleta’s Measure G would not stifle growth
Dear Editor: This is in response to the Pacific Coast Business Times’ editorial on Oct. 26 that opposed Goleta’s Measure G2012. We begin by thanking the newspaper, whom we contacted to clear up a misconception. As a correction has since indicated, Measure G2012 is extremely limited in that it does not affect 121 agricultural parcels Read More →
Letter: SB County needs to restore private-sector job balance
Seventy-one percent of the top 25 employers provide government jobs.
Letter: Business groups should stand firm opposing Props. 30 and 38
Taxpayers and small businesses have been pushed to the limit.
Letter: ‘Job creators’ attack is simply wrong
Abel Maldonado’s op-ed in the Aug. 17 issue is patently wrong on several levels.
