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Max Taves

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California, San Jose
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Covers:  Politics and economics of the Bay Area, particularly Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, as well as California-wide issues.
Doesn't Cover: UFOs, gremlins, the Kardashians, yacht sales and traffic jams.
Editorial page editor & columnist at Bay Area News Group's @mercnews & @eastbaytimes. Columns in 25+ US dailies. Ex-columnist @WSJ & @CBSi-@CNET & @LAWeekly.

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I'm Deputy Opinion Editor of Bay Area News Group (includes The Mercury News and The East Bay Times), focused on the politics, economics and culture of the Bay Area, particularly Silicon Valley and South Bay cities and counties. I'm also an award-winning investigative journalist and columnist who has written for The Wall Street Journal, CBSi's CNET.com, ALM's Law.com and Village Voice's LA Weekly. My columns on California, US and global affairs have appeared across 25 daily newspapers spanning t…

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Taves: Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is paving California's road to hell

Taves: Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is paving California's road to hell

A new state insurance regulation, expanding homeowners' coverage in the most flammable areas, greases the whe…

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Why Men Need To Rethink Their Budding Bromance With the GOP

Why Men Need To Rethink Their Budding Bromance With the GOP

The gender gap widens, as men shift toward the GOP and Trump while women increasingly support Democrats and H…

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Immigrants from Central America aren't stealing jobs. They're running for their lives | Opinion

Immigrants from Central America aren't stealing jobs. They're running for their lives | Opinion

"The immigrants, whom Americans fear most, have fled failed states torn apart by gangs armed with American gu…

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Immigrants from Central America aren't stealing jobs. They're running for their lives | Opinion

Immigrants from Central America aren't stealing jobs. They're running for their lives | Opinion

"The immigrants, whom Americans fear most, have fled failed states torn apart by gangs armed with American gu…

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Here's what Turkish President Erdoğan and Alabama's Tommy Tuberville have in common | Opinion

Here's what Turkish President Erdoğan and Alabama's Tommy Tuberville have in common | Opinion

"The far-from-virtuous few continue exploiting institutions requiring unanimity to delay, disrupt and deny th…

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Why Confidence in Republican Economic Competence is Misplaced | DCReport.org

Why Confidence in Republican Economic Competence is Misplaced | DCReport.org

Democrats face economic confidence decline as recent polls show Republicans' surging advantage, per a new Gal…

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Taves: Why the DA in Super Bowl LX's backyard is losing sleep over ICE

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By Max Taves Verified
| Fresno Bee Verified
Something remarkable happened last week. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta warned California's law enforcement officers that the Trump administration will try to obstruct local and state police investigations into killings by federal agents in California. Let that sink in.
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Taves: Failed Silicon Valley politician plans to inject California’s Prop. 13 with steroids Original

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By Max Taves Verified
| The Mercury News Verified
Some promises aren’t worth keeping. A mechanical engineer, perennial candidate for higher office and Silicon Valley gadfly, Kumar shamelessly pandered to baby boomers last year while running to be the next assessor of Santa Clara County, repeatedly misleading voters that, were he to win, he’d exempt seniors from property taxes. Kumar knew that lowering taxes isn’t the duty of county assessors, whose core job is establishing the value of taxable properties.
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Kumar vs. Fligor: Santa Clara County assessor candidates make final pitches for Dec. 30 runoff

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By Max Taves Verified
| The Mercury News Verified
After none of the four candidates vying to replace Larry Stone as Santa Clara County assessor received a majority of votes in November’s special election, the race comes down to a Dec. 30 runoff between the two highest vote-getters — Neysa Fligor, a Los Altos-based ex-corporate and county lawyer who is currently the assistant assessor, and Rishi Kumar, a Saratoga-based mechanical engineer and tech executive. County assessors in California have one job: assess the value of taxable property.
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