Picture This…

February 2, 2026 Dear John, Picture this: tents on your streets, sky-high rents, shops closing, crime unchecked. That’s California today. And the worst part? Politicians think it’s a “blueprint” for every other state.

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☆ Opinion: Prop 5 lost, but SJ Mayor Mahan and councilmembers still want easier taxes

January 27, 2025 Image generated using Dall-E San Jose City Council recently voted 10–0 to endorse lower voter thresholds for new taxes (despite Prop 5’s rejection in Election ‘24), calling them a “tool” for infrastructure. But Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association’s tax expert Susan Shelley rebuts their big gov’t arguments, calling the lower thresholds a “mortgage…

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☆ Cohen misses the point of taxpayer protections

September 20, 2025 Source: sanjosedistrict4.com CM David Cohen continued his tax ’n spend disinformation crusade last week at SJ CC, when he said that The Local Taxpayer Protection Act to Save Prop 13 would spell doom for cities like SJ. Fact is, says Susan Shelley of HJTA, Cohen’s preferred scheme to raid taxpayer wallets is underhanded, unconstitutional, and simply…

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Stopping runaway taxes: ☆ Coupal: taxpayers hoped CA courts would protect Prop 13. They didn’t. Can voters now stop runaway taxes?

Special Reports January 31, 2026 Photo by Sindre Fs A scaled-down measure to Save Prop 13 could make it on the CA ballot this year, says Jon Coupal. It would repeal real estate transfer taxes above .11%, and raise the bar for local special taxes to a 2/3 majority vote. In this Opportunity Now exclusive 2026 forecast, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer…

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America changes forever.

January 29, 2026 Dear John, In my life’s journey, from being the son of refugees who fled communism to serving at the highest levels of government and hosting The Next Revolution on Fox News, I’ve learned that some moments change everything.

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