Op/ed: How to protect a loved one from financial fraud and elder abuse
Baby boomers increasingly are facing the difficult task of protecting aging parents from financial fraud, scams and undue influence.
Editorial: Region would gain edge from immigration reform
The Tri-Counties have a lot to gain and very little to lose from the comprehensive immigration reform bill that’s headed for passage in the Senate by a bipartisan and filibuster-proof majority.
Op/ed: Brown’s school funding plan won’t save our dysfunctional education system
By Steven Mintz on June 29, 2013 Will Gov. Jerry Brown’s legacy be that he transformed the state’s dysfunctional school funding system? The general consensus seems to be “yes.” The reason is Brown’s Local Control Funding Formula, which is designed to fund all school districts more fairly and direct more resources to disadvantaged students, who Read More →
Institutional mergers will be the name of the game under ObamaCare
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Op/ed: To work on spec, or not?
By Scott Harris on June 21, 2013 I recently had a fascinating and illustrative new business meeting. I received a call from the owner of a small chain of restaurants who wanted to meet to discuss our getting involved in his marketing. Not surprisingly, we met at one of his restaurants. He was immediately interested Read More →
Region’s emerging leaders overlooked in E&Y Entrepreneur awards
The judges’ decisions are in. And in the case of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards in Los Angeles, the Central Coast once again has been shut out. Three apparently well-qualified finalists failed to bring home the hardware at a gala dinner at the Beverly Hilton on June 18, extending a string Read More →
Editorial: Santa Paula leader remembered
Santa Paula lost one of its leading citizens when Joe Nesbitt passed away June 12 at age 89. A native of Arizona, Nesbitt discovered California during service as a Navy medic in World War II. He was lead banker at Citizens State Bank in Santa Paula from 1971 to the early 1990s when that bank Read More →
