Opportunity Now SV subject lines
190 subject lines averaging 28 characters.
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| Jul 9, 2026 9:04 AM | Ride into the Danger Zones | 26 | Email Template More World Cup mayhem, shootings in downtown SJ Even though SJ tried to… | Jul 9, 2026 9:04 AM · 26 characters. Email Template More World Cup mayhem, shootings in downtown SJ Even though SJ tried to… | |
| Jul 8, 2026 9:06 AM | Bad-faith Buffy | 15 | Email Template East Bay rep Buffy Wicks brags about her legislative duplicity In one of… | Jul 8, 2026 9:06 AM · 15 characters. Email Template East Bay rep Buffy Wicks brags about her legislative duplicity In one of… | |
| Jul 7, 2026 9:02 AM | Fill 'er up blues | 17 | Email Template Pefley: How Sacto jacks up gas prices Assembly candidate Carol Pefley… | Jul 7, 2026 9:02 AM · 17 characters. Email Template Pefley: How Sacto jacks up gas prices Assembly candidate Carol Pefley… | |
| Jul 6, 2026 9:09 AM | DTSJ: First shootings, then stabbings | 37 | Email Template Predictably, more violent mayhem in SJ's downtown "Entertainment Zones"… | Jul 6, 2026 9:09 AM · 37 characters. Email Template Predictably, more violent mayhem in SJ's downtown "Entertainment Zones"… | |
| Jul 3, 2026 4:04 PM | Backlash to the transit tax | 27 | Email Template Verbica: How gov't policy trashed the prospect of homeownership in SV and… | Jul 3, 2026 4:04 PM · 27 characters. Email Template Verbica: How gov't policy trashed the prospect of homeownership in SV and… | |
| Jul 3, 2026 9:03 AM | Perpetual renters | 17 | Email Template Verbica: How gov't policy trashed the prospect of homeownership in SV and… | Jul 3, 2026 9:03 AM · 17 characters. Email Template Verbica: How gov't policy trashed the prospect of homeownership in SV and… | |
| Jul 1, 2026 1:02 PM | Unsafer, still | 14 | Email Template Domestic violence deaths in SJ tracking much higher than 2025 {From San… | Jul 1, 2026 1:02 PM · 14 characters. Email Template Domestic violence deaths in SJ tracking much higher than 2025 {From San… | |
| Jun 30, 2026 9:04 AM | Hitting the sales tax boiling point? | 36 | Email Template Transit scheme pushes these two Bay Area cities past 11% sales tax rate… | Jun 30, 2026 9:04 AM · 36 characters. Email Template Transit scheme pushes these two Bay Area cities past 11% sales tax rate… | |
| Jun 29, 2026 4:01 PM | Transit tax to hit South County hard | 36 | Email Template --> --> --> Yesterday's (June--> SJ Council vote advancing the idea of… | Jun 29, 2026 4:01 PM · 36 characters. Email Template --> --> --> Yesterday's (June--> SJ Council vote advancing the idea of… | |
| Jun 29, 2026 1:02 PM | Progressives cave on taxes | 26 | Email Template --> --> --> Yesterday's (June--> SJ Council vote advancing the idea of… | Jun 29, 2026 1:02 PM · 26 characters. Email Template --> --> --> Yesterday's (June--> SJ Council vote advancing the idea of… | |
| Jun 28, 2026 9:01 AM | Progressives blink on taxes | 27 | Email Template --> --> --> Yesterday's (June--> SJ Council vote advancing the idea of… | Jun 28, 2026 9:01 AM · 27 characters. Email Template --> --> --> Yesterday's (June--> SJ Council vote advancing the idea of… | |
| Jun 26, 2026 9:11 AM | Is local mass transit a big polluter? | 37 | Email Template --> Those mostly empty light rail trains trundling down the tracks are… | Jun 26, 2026 9:11 AM · 37 characters. Email Template --> Those mostly empty light rail trains trundling down the tracks are… | |
| Jun 25, 2026 9:15 AM | That old-time Marxism | 21 | Email Template --> --> --> Yesterday's (June--> SJ Council vote advancing the idea of… | Jun 25, 2026 9:15 AM · 21 characters. Email Template --> --> --> Yesterday's (June--> SJ Council vote advancing the idea of… | |
| Jun 24, 2026 9:05 AM | The Incrementalism 3-step | 25 | Email Template Yesterday's (June 23) SJ Council vote advancing the idea of Ranked Choice… | Jun 24, 2026 9:05 AM · 25 characters. Email Template Yesterday's (June 23) SJ Council vote advancing the idea of Ranked Choice… | |
| Jun 23, 2026 9:05 AM | The perils of "all-of-the-above" planning | 41 | Email Template The Mayors of Morgan Hill, Gilroy, Campbell, Saratoga, and Milpitas ask… | Jun 23, 2026 9:05 AM · 41 characters. Email Template The Mayors of Morgan Hill, Gilroy, Campbell, Saratoga, and Milpitas ask… | |
| Jun 22, 2026 1:33 PM | VTA doesn’t need a taxpayer bailout | 35 | Email Template Three ways local gov't drives up energy prices, making SV even less… | Jun 22, 2026 1:33 PM · 35 characters. Email Template Three ways local gov't drives up energy prices, making SV even less… | |
| Jun 21, 2026 9:05 AM | Hidden costs behind unaffordable housing | 40 | Email Template How state and local gov't policies jack up SV housing prices Housing… | Jun 21, 2026 9:05 AM · 40 characters. Email Template How state and local gov't policies jack up SV housing prices Housing… | |
| Jun 19, 2026 9:05 AM | VTA fails. Again. | 17 | Email Template And they want us to bail out this loser transit agency? Merc says: "A Santa… | Jun 19, 2026 9:05 AM · 17 characters. Email Template And they want us to bail out this loser transit agency? Merc says: "A Santa… | |
| Jun 18, 2026 9:09 AM | San Jose misrepresents the Save Prop 13 Act | 43 | Email Template Taxpayer expert rips into SJ Mayor and City Councilmembers’ bogus claims… | Jun 18, 2026 9:09 AM · 43 characters. Email Template Taxpayer expert rips into SJ Mayor and City Councilmembers’ bogus claims… | |
| Jun 17, 2026 1:01 PM | Constitutional defenders | 24 | Email Template San Jose CM’s Doan, Casey hold out against the city council’s coordinated… | Jun 17, 2026 1:01 PM · 24 characters. Email Template San Jose CM’s Doan, Casey hold out against the city council’s coordinated… | |
| Jun 17, 2026 9:01 AM | "We won't get fooled again" | 27 | Email Template Assembly candidate Carol Pefley claims it's cynical that many SJ City… | Jun 17, 2026 9:01 AM · 27 characters. Email Template Assembly candidate Carol Pefley claims it's cynical that many SJ City… | |
| Jun 16, 2026 11:52 AM | No more easy money? | 19 | Email Template What San Jose CM David Cohen gets wrong in his bid to keep squeezing taxes… | Jun 16, 2026 11:52 AM · 19 characters. Email Template What San Jose CM David Cohen gets wrong in his bid to keep squeezing taxes… | |
| Jun 15, 2026 1:57 PM | An end-run around voter preference | 34 | Email Template Those wacky loopholes Save Prop 13 would close* We caught up with Susan… | Jun 15, 2026 1:57 PM · 34 characters. Email Template Those wacky loopholes Save Prop 13 would close* We caught up with Susan… | |
| Jun 14, 2026 7:00 PM | More taxes=wrong answer | 23 | Email Template Verbica: Opposing Save Prop 13 is a "failure of leadership" "San Jose City… | Jun 14, 2026 7:00 PM · 23 characters. Email Template Verbica: Opposing Save Prop 13 is a "failure of leadership" "San Jose City… | |
| Jun 14, 2026 12:19 PM | The Taxman returneth | 20 | Email Template Local leaders oppose SJ City Council's upcoming vote to perpetuate making… | Jun 14, 2026 12:19 PM · 20 characters. Email Template Local leaders oppose SJ City Council's upcoming vote to perpetuate making… | |
| Jun 12, 2026 2:49 PM | Three key q's re: SJ budget | 27 | Email Template Do we get our money's worth? "The City of San Jose Council just adopted a… | Jun 12, 2026 2:49 PM · 27 characters. Email Template Do we get our money's worth? "The City of San Jose Council just adopted a… | |
| Jun 11, 2026 11:45 AM | Unions punished Mahan | 21 | Email Template In which even modest pushback on labor's financial demands prompts bigtime… | Jun 11, 2026 11:45 AM · 21 characters. Email Template In which even modest pushback on labor's financial demands prompts bigtime… | |
| Jun 10, 2026 11:34 AM | It doesn't have to cost this much | 33 | Email Template Three ways local gov't drives up energy prices, making SV even less… | Jun 10, 2026 11:34 AM · 33 characters. Email Template Three ways local gov't drives up energy prices, making SV even less… | |
| Jun 9, 2026 2:49 PM | Peak tax | 8 | Email Template Why Contra Costa County voters overwhelmingly rejected Measure B, the .625%… | Jun 9, 2026 2:49 PM · 8 characters. Email Template Why Contra Costa County voters overwhelmingly rejected Measure B, the .625%… | |
| Jun 8, 2026 11:49 AM | Managing post-election spin-o-rama | 34 | Email Template Sylvia Arenas demonizes her opponents. Dismissed consultant Eric Jaye… | Jun 8, 2026 11:49 AM · 34 characters. Email Template Sylvia Arenas demonizes her opponents. Dismissed consultant Eric Jaye… | |
| Jun 6, 2026 4:00 PM | Weekend Reading 6/6 | 19 | Email Template Pravda: the marriage of propaganda and faux-journalism. 9 June 2004… | Jun 6, 2026 4:00 PM · 19 characters. Email Template Pravda: the marriage of propaganda and faux-journalism. 9 June 2004… | |
| Jun 5, 2026 2:49 PM | How SF's Lurie does it | 22 | Email Template --> Go deeper: --> --> --> Heritage Foundation unearths key factors behind… | Jun 5, 2026 2:49 PM · 22 characters. Email Template --> Go deeper: --> --> --> Heritage Foundation unearths key factors behind… | |
| Jun 4, 2026 6:00 PM | Mahan campaign assessment | 25 | Email Template SJ Mayor Matt Mahan raised a ton of money and scored really exceptional… | Jun 4, 2026 6:00 PM · 25 characters. Email Template SJ Mayor Matt Mahan raised a ton of money and scored really exceptional… | |
| Jun 3, 2026 12:34 PM | Taxes never sleep | 17 | Email Template If you thought Election Day might signal a pause in the rapid-fire rollout… | Jun 3, 2026 12:34 PM · 17 characters. Email Template If you thought Election Day might signal a pause in the rapid-fire rollout… | |
| Jun 2, 2026 2:54 PM | Election Day tax scams | 22 | Email Template Whether it's lying on the ballot measures or fudging the true cost of their… | Jun 2, 2026 2:54 PM · 22 characters. Email Template Whether it's lying on the ballot measures or fudging the true cost of their… | |
| Jun 1, 2026 8:00 AM | Is it just too much? | 20 | Email Template CA Governor's race dubious honor: most outside money spent ever… | Jun 1, 2026 8:00 AM · 20 characters. Email Template CA Governor's race dubious honor: most outside money spent ever… | |
| May 31, 2026 4:00 PM | Weekend Reading 5/31 | 20 | Email Template The novel Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk (and its movie adaptation)… | May 31, 2026 4:00 PM · 20 characters. Email Template The novel Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk (and its movie adaptation)… | |
| May 29, 2026 2:45 PM | Why taxes keep escalating | 25 | Email Template #1: Local gov't is insatiable "Since the passage of Measure X, the overall… | May 29, 2026 2:45 PM · 25 characters. Email Template #1: Local gov't is insatiable "Since the passage of Measure X, the overall… | |
| May 28, 2026 11:45 AM | Thrift delivers better results | 30 | Email Template In which tighter budgets bring forth more creative homelessness solutions… | May 28, 2026 11:45 AM · 30 characters. Email Template In which tighter budgets bring forth more creative homelessness solutions… | |
| May 27, 2026 12:34 PM | The virtues of choice and diversity | 35 | Email Template The public school monolith has failed "There’s a large and growing body of… | May 27, 2026 12:34 PM · 35 characters. Email Template The public school monolith has failed "There’s a large and growing body of… | |
| May 26, 2026 2:49 PM | Must you open your wallet for Open Space? | 41 | Email Template Why the Merc & tax groups say “No” to Measure D, the parcel tax for Santa… | May 26, 2026 2:49 PM · 41 characters. Email Template Why the Merc & tax groups say “No” to Measure D, the parcel tax for Santa… | |
| May 25, 2026 11:49 AM | Local media oversimplifies | 26 | Email Template Merc analysis of high-rent/homelessness associations misses a lot Sunday's… | May 25, 2026 11:49 AM · 26 characters. Email Template Merc analysis of high-rent/homelessness associations misses a lot Sunday's… | |
| May 23, 2026 4:04 PM | Weekend Reading 5/23 | 20 | Email Template A sacred cow roaming Tian Tan Buddah Square in Hong Kong. Cisca657 , CC… | May 23, 2026 4:04 PM · 20 characters. Email Template A sacred cow roaming Tian Tan Buddah Square in Hong Kong. Cisca657 , CC… | |
| May 22, 2026 2:45 PM | Statewide homelessness fraud epidemic | 37 | Email Template LA: fed audits ignored One of L.A.’s biggest homeless service providers has… | May 22, 2026 2:45 PM · 37 characters. Email Template LA: fed audits ignored One of L.A.’s biggest homeless service providers has… | |
| May 21, 2026 2:45 PM | Right before our eyes | 21 | Email Template Ohtaki: Three straightforward, in-plain-sight moves that could help… | May 21, 2026 2:45 PM · 21 characters. Email Template Ohtaki: Three straightforward, in-plain-sight moves that could help… | |
| May 20, 2026 12:30 PM | Three ways to waste local taxpayers' money | 42 | Email Template #1: Burn cash on personal agendas “At a time when the County is bleeding… | May 20, 2026 12:30 PM · 42 characters. Email Template #1: Burn cash on personal agendas “At a time when the County is bleeding… | |
| May 19, 2026 2:45 PM | Tax-Free Tuesday: Bully for San Jose | 36 | Email Template Tax-Free Tuesday, May 19, 2026 City leaders dubiously threaten deep… | May 19, 2026 2:45 PM · 36 characters. Email Template Tax-Free Tuesday, May 19, 2026 City leaders dubiously threaten deep… | |
| May 18, 2026 11:45 AM | The perils of boosterism | 24 | Email Template Masking real problems With election season in full swing, local candidates… | May 18, 2026 11:45 AM · 24 characters. Email Template Masking real problems With election season in full swing, local candidates… | |
| May 16, 2026 2:49 PM | One San Josean's sprawl... | 26 | Email Template ...is another's affordable home "CA progressives seem to believe they can… | May 16, 2026 2:49 PM · 26 characters. Email Template ...is another's affordable home "CA progressives seem to believe they can… | |
| May 15, 2026 2:45 PM | The VTA con | 11 | Email Template How the "worst performing transit agency" scams low-income folks: Subsidies… | May 15, 2026 2:45 PM · 11 characters. Email Template How the "worst performing transit agency" scams low-income folks: Subsidies… |
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