How to get a rest from the rest of the campaign season

The year was 1960. I was in my first year in college. The presidential election was fewer than 30 days away. The reaction was: “Why can’t we just vote no?”

The debates had gone on and were still to come. The attacks and counterattacks on television and in the newspapers and the radio had made us all sure we wanted nothing to do…

Question 7 for Redding City Council candidates

We asked the eight Redding City Council candidates to answer one question a week for nine weeks until the Nov. 4 election.

QUESTION 7

Please discuss your assessment of and intentions toward
Stillwater Business Park.

Questions are asked on Tuesdays. Answer deadline is noon Thursday.
Answers may be up to 200 words; email to kellyb.anewscaf…

Redding City Council candidates answer Question 6

We asked the eight Redding City Council candidates to answer one question a week for nine weeks until the Nov. 4 election. Answers appear word-for-word in the order in which they were received.

QUESTION 6
Are there functions of city government
you’d like to see privatized?
Which ones, why and when?
If not, why not?

Dick Dickerson

The o…

Please, vote against the Pauline-Wally-doodle all the day!

One of the problems that we have in this country is that we seem to treat elections like some kind of sporting event. We sign up for a team, and then mindlessly cheer the people on that team to victory. Frankly, elections are way too important for that. But that is exactly what is happening. If you don’t believe me, imagine what the reactio…

Redding City Council candidates answer Question 5

We asked the eight Redding City Council candidates to answer one question a week for nine weeks until the Nov. 4 election. Answers appear word-for-word in the order in which they were received.

QUESTION 5
Very soon Redding Electric Utility will seek a new director.
What are your thoughts on REU’s internal controls,
oversight and pu…

Question 5 for Redding City Council candidates

We asked the eight Redding City Council candidates to answer one question a week for nine weeks until the Nov. 4 election.

QUESTION 5
Very soon Redding Electric Utility will seek a new director.
What are your thoughts on REU’s internal controls, oversight
and public accountability,
and what criteria should be used to choose a new dir…

Vice-presidential debate Thursday, Oct. 2

Each debate will begin at 6 p.m. Pacific time.

First presidential debate
Friday, Sept. 26
The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss.
Moderator Jim Lehrer, Executive Editor and Anchor, The NewsHour, PBS

Vice presidential debate
Thursday, Oct. 2
Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.
Moderator Gwen Ifill, Senior Correspondent, The…

Redding City Council candidates answer Question 4

We asked the eight Redding City Council candidates to answer one question a week for nine weeks until the Nov. 4 election. Answers appear word-for-word in the order in which they were received.

QUESTION 4
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City of Redding employees currently do not contribute any portion of their salary toward the cos…

Question 4 for Redding City Council candidates

We asked the eight Redding City Council candidates to answer one question a week for nine weeks until the Nov. 4 election.

QUESTION 4
Courtesy of Shasta Voices White Paper.*

City of Redding employees currently do not contribute any portion of their salary toward the cost of their own Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) pension plan. T…

Redding City Council candidates answer Question 3

We asked the eight Redding City Council candidates to answer one question a week for nine weeks until the Nov. 4 election. Answers appear word-for-word in the order in which they were received.

QUESTION 3

Should the employment terms of high-ranking city department heads (such as city attorney, city manager, personnel director, economic…