Posts by Take Back San Jose

February 14, 2021 In a smart report that leaves the Merc in the dust, SVBJ reporters Mark Calvey and Allison Levitsky dissect why companies are leaving the Bay Area, and what local governments can do to slow the exodus. An edited summary is below; the whole story’s available here. What can state and local officials…

Special Reports March 4, 2026 Image by Pickpik Sacramento and local governments have long relied on the glories of the Golden State to get away with “unpredictable” tax policy: HJTA’s Susan Shelley asks if Silicon Valley tech founders have finally had enough. In this Opportunity Now exclusive prediction, she warns of a “bumpy ride” in…

February 24, 2026

Dear John,  The establishment has packed up and left. California just pulled off the most extreme gerrymandering scheme in history. Millions of conservative voters silenced. And the so-called “leaders” in Washington? Sipping cocktails while the rest of us clean up the mess. I’m Steve Hilton,and I’m taking action where the establishment won’t. I’m fighting to…

February 27, 2026 Woman Helping a Sick Person to Drink, Between 1824 and 1828, Francisco Goya, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons James Plunkett notes that the problem with gov’t runs deep; it’s not enough to try harder, or to run things better, because at least part of the problem relates to the logic by which bureaucracy…

February 27, 2026 The escape refugees from the Libey Prison, February 1864, See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Bureaucracy is an outdated, centralised control system for organisations that do not work with an ethos of co-creation and that do not believe in shared value. So says Petra Andersen in Apolitical. It’s past-time to break…

February 27, 2026 Early German edition of Franz Kafka’s The Trial, 1925 © Foto H.-P.Haack, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Like Orwell and Huxley, author Franz Kafka predicted in fiction the rise of the rigid, absurdist, all-powerful bureaucratic state in 1925’s The Trial. Interesting Literature explores novel’s critique of the Borg-like state. In a sense, the English title by which…

February 25, 2026 Dear John,  The increased crime you see isn’t random. It’s the result of a secret plan. The Deep State and Left-Wing Politicians are not failing on crime, they are running a calculated experiment to destroy law and order. We have found the hidden law they use. This secret trick lets people who…

February 18, 2026