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☆ (#10) Woke follies on display at SJCC

In February, SJ's Dept.of Racial Equity raised some eyebrows at a Council meeting, in which any questions of its sweeping goals and contortions of language were met with howls of--you guessed it--"racist" by councilmembers and city staffers alike. Our editorial team reviewed the theater. An Opp Now exclusive.

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ExclusiveLauren Oliver
☆ Mark Hinkle: Atlas Shrugged and my brush with socialism

Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association president Mark Hinkle considers how Ayn Rand’s renowned “Atlas Shrugged” (albeit fictitious) echoes the terrifying realities of socialism — that he’s experienced firsthand. The latest installment in favorite political book analyses. An Opp Now exclusive.

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Watchdog group finds trouble in Liccardo's rosy State of the City pitch

Pat Waite, president of Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility, notes budgetary irresponsibility is creeping back in SJ--this time in the form of grandiose ideas about a futuristic airport connector and SJ's own public utility organization. Citizens, beware.

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Opp Now Exclusive: Mayoral candidates examine roots of our housing fiasco, and how to fix it

In the first of a three-part series about the key issues in the mayor's race, County Supervisor Cindy Chavez and D10 Councilmember Matt Mahan dig into the history of land use and housing policy decisions that led to our unaffordability crisis, and their plans to fix it.

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ExclusiveJax Oliver