‘You Think You Know People’ –
Kurt Starman

Because people are more than just the bodies they haul to work, we sometimes ask well-known folks nosy, personal questions that have nothing to do with their jobs, just for fun. Call us crazy. Today’s interview is with City Manager Kurt Starman.

Redding City Manager, Attorney Decline Raises

Redding City Manager Kurt Starman and City Attorney Rick Duvernay are asking the City Council to OK a change that would reduce their salaries by 2 percent immediately and forgo their 2009 raises.

They say things are tough all over, and…

Updated: City of Redding personnel boss is on her way out

City of Redding Personnel Director Linda Johnson’s job is suddenly up for grabs.

It has been the buzz for a week or two that the embattled personnel director was going to announce her retirement at the age of 60, but nothing could…

12 days of Dancing with the Stars (Shasta County Style), to calm our nerves

It’s been three months since I performed in Dancing with the Stars, Shasta County Style at the Cascade Theatre, I was one of 12 dancers, including the couple you see here, Kurt Starman, Redding city manager, and Sarah Leavers, Starman’s professional dancer partner.

My…

Tracy Edwards & Matt Armstrong: 12 days of Dancing with the Stars Shasta County Style

Welcome to Day 2 of our Dancing with the Stars Shasta County Style recap.
Monday we featured Kurt Starman, Redding city manager, and Sarah Leavers, his professional dance partner, as they waltzed to the theme from “Romeo and Juliet.”

Maybe you were…

Kurt Starman & Sarah Leavers Disco: Dancing with the Stars, Shasta County Style

Welcome to Day 7, Week 2 of the Dancing with the Stars Shasta County Style performances extracted from the DVD by Jeff Adams of Adams Video Productions. The event was July 12, but perhaps you missed it, or maybe you were there…

Redding to REU union: Knock it off, knuckleheads

In an ongoing dispute about management practices in the Customer Service Division of Redding Electric Utility, we’ve brought you the city’s secret investigation, insiders’ incredulous reaction and the employees union charge against the city.

Now read the city’s take on the situation as…

Who’s zooming who about REU?

As you might recall from our Aug. 18 report, the city of Redding says a private investigation into mismanagement at its Redding Electrical Utility Customer Service Division is being kept secret because no violations were found and no one was…

City Hall investigates REU; report sealed

First it was the City Hall sex scandal. Then it was Solid Waste’s Moonlighting Madness Sale. Now the city is mopping up another fine employee mess, this time at Redding Electric Utility.

What started four years ago as a quiet internal…