Port of Hueneme Hosted Its Fourth Innovation and Technology Expo
Part of Its Maritime Advanced Systems & Technology Laboratory (MAST) Program More than 200 students, educators, exhibitors and guests interacted at the fourth consecutive Maritime Advanced Systems and Technology (MAST) Expo ,. PORT HUENEME, CALIFORNIA – The Port of Hueneme hosted its fourth consecutive Maritime Advanced Systems and Technology Expo, an event that added an important […]
2016 Voter Guides
By George Miller & Debra Tash We’re gonna take a different approach from some of the know-it-all newspapers and instead provide you with multiple voter guides from multiple sources. Then, we’ll include our own voter guide at the end. Enjoy! Published 10-8-16. Updated 10-22-16 Liberal-oriented: Ventura County Democrat endorsements 2016 Endorsements — Evolve SEIU- Local 721 […]
Supervisor’s Race Heats Up With Endorsements
In the race to fill the vacancy in District 3 by retiring Supervisor Kathy Long two candidates have received endorsements. Santa Paula Mayor Martin Hernandez receives support of Fillmore’s mayor and Fire Chief Fillmore Mayor Diane McCall, Councilman Manuel Minjares, and Fire Chief Keith Gurrola hosted an event at the Martin Hernandez mobile campaign office […]
Public safety unions seek to exempt themselves from new pension contribution law
By Phil Molina The Oxnard police and firemen unions want to be exempted from the current retirement law. The current law requires new police and firemen to pay half of the cost of retirement and the city pays the other half. (By the way this was the standard formula when I worked in local government […]
Santa Paula City Council Part Two: 2015/2016 Budget
By Sheryl Hamlin In Part One covering the June 1, 2015 Santa Paula City Council meeting, three items were considered: Street Repair, Delinquent Bills and Low-Cost Housing. In Part Two, the council discussion of the proposed 2015/2016 budget will be reviewed. Recall that the special March 21, 2015 council session was devoted to citizen input […]
Ventura Fire Station 4 Needed?
Viewpoint Newsletter of the Ventura County Taxpayers Association- 11/27/13 Last month VCTA contacted Ventura Fire Chief McPherson requesting information supporting an article in the Star that appeared to indicate improvements in citywide response time were related to reopening Station 4. It was obvious response time would improve after reopening, but we wanted to understand […]
