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California law – Elections Code Section 14001 – requires employers to allow their workers time to vote every Election Day. The law also requires employers to post notices and provide up to two hours of paid time for workers to vote. But we think there’s a bigger reason for encouraging all of our readers to Read More →
Transportation looms large in ballot issues
Two of the most important items are Measure A in Santa Barbara County and Measure V in Oxnard. We want to remind our readers why we support Measure A and oppose Measure V. Arguments against Measure A focus on cost, but the argument for it faces commuters on Highway 101 twice a day, five days Read More →
Region leads the way in
Amid the doom and gloom of the current economic picture, a glimmer of hope can be found for the future of the tri-county region, particularly its gift for developing niche operations at the cutting edge of technology. Those niches are sometimes hard to find and they don’t always get the public attention they deserve. But Read More →
Airport in holding pattern
The frozen bond market claimed another potential victim in mid-October when the city of Santa Barbara said it might shelve plans for a bond issue to pay for major improvements to the biggest airport in the Tri-Counties. It makes sense not to overpay for financing costs for big capital projects like the $60 million Read More →
Political epicenters about to shift north
Although our politicians are fixated on the November election and the changes that are going to be coming from Washington no matter who wins, we’d like to look just a little further out on the horizon. There’s a national census that will take place in 2010 and for Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Read More →
Measure V would snarl business growth
We’ll take the rest of this editorial to remind readers about the improvements taking place on the Oxnard portion of Highway 101. On Oct. 7, Assemblyman Pedro Nava, Mayor Tom Holden and others were set to announce the official switch of the state-controlled portion of Highway 1 to Rice Avenue. This represents a big step Read More →
Measure A can shift region into fast lane
Traffic continues to be a big problem for communities along the Highway 101 corridor. No-growth advocates in places like Oxnard want to constrict it through draconian limits on the number of cars “allowed” through certain intersections. We’ll have more to say about the evils of Measure V below. No-tax advocates want to stop projects like Read More →
