Tag Archives: Opinion

With the first of the Sierra snowpack surveys under our belt, the results are alarming. The surveyors found mostly bare ground, and manual and electronic readings showed the water content in the statewide snowpack at just 20 percent of average for this time of year. If things don’t change, the …

According to a story in the San Bernardino Sun, “Jorge Jr. jumped at the chance to work with his father…but the ports enacted a Clean Trucks program in 2008…That move pushed the cost of buying a truck from $5,000 – $15,000 to …$100,000 for port compliant trucks…” and there nearly …

The headline on IE Business Daily read “Enterprise Zone Holds One Last Workshop.” With this headline we are reminded that the one egalitarian economic incentive program for businesses in the State of California will die shortly. The program was put on death watch by Governor Jerry Brown and its suicide …

I consider myself extremely fortunate to have been introduced to, worked with and been counseled by Ruben Estrada. Almost one year ago to the day, Ruben left us after a long and tough battle with cancer. Ruben was incredibly stoic, strong and positive (at least when I was with him) …

Even in seemingly the worst of times, there is reason for hope and Cliff Cummings is providing some of that in San Bernardino. Last week Mr. Cummings did something historic for one of the world’s most successful companies and one of America’s struggling cities.  On the same day that he was celebrating the …

The continued pressure on businesses in California emanating from Sacramento will have disastrous effects on our economy and will particularly hurt the least educated and most vulnerable in our society.  This will have the effect of causing more unemployment and more stress on our social services and result in the …