Posts by Take Back San Jose
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February 5, 2026
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February 5, 2026
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January 30, 2026
Read MoreCalls to bail out local transit agencies don’t make economic sense
January 29, 2026 Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Here’s the standard narrative: the state’s transit systems are still struggling because of the COVID-19 lockdowns. Therefore, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), Muni and other public systems need a state bailout and higher sales taxes to avoid severe service cutbacks – and carry them over…
Read MoreInstagram: The car that almost never was.
☆ Opinion: Cultivating young common-sense activists doesn’t have to be like chasing rainbows
Special Reports October 11, 2023 Jean-Francois Millet: Garden Scene, 1854. Image by Wikimedia Commons 22-year-old Business major Jacob Spangler is SFSU’s College Republicans club president; he also holds office with the SF Republican Party/Young Republicans. In this Opp Now exclusive, Spangler analyzes what’s keeping young folks from meaningful political involvement, particularly at First Amendment-tentative institutions…
Read More☆ Hear that? If not, it’s thanks in part to local activist Tony Guan.
Special Reports February 3, 2026 When new flight routes started to rattle the skies above Sunnyvale and Cupertino, one local activist led the charge to push back. A voice for residents who felt helpless, Tony Guan and his grassroots team spent years fighting federal bureaucracies, to restore some measure of peace and quiet. An Opportunity…
Read More☆ Verbica: A Philip K Dick future is underway. Will taxpayers regret it?
Special Reports February 2, 2026 In 2026, innovation spurred by Silicon Valley will bring sci-fi closer to reality, suggests Peter Verbica. But as airborne Joby cabs and Amazon drones deliver us from inconvenience, so too might technology help the taxman get creative. The MIT grad & GOP candidate for CA’s 19th congressional district also warns…
Read MorePicture 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.
Read More☆ 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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