Council candidates: 9 Fridays, 9 questions

The political free-for-all of election years usually blasts out of the chute right after Labor Day. This year is no different.

Beginning this week, Food for Thought: A News Cafe will ask one question a week of the eight Redding City Council candidates.

Answers will be posted word-for-word on Fridays, and will be limited to 200 words. Nine Fr…

Who is Ken Murray’s campaign manager?

There’s no name on the document for “campaign manager,” but Les Melburg is the only name on Redding City Council candidate Ken Murray’s paperwork listed as a principal member of the campaign committee other than his treasurer, Rick Goyne.

I asked Murray about it.

I have a question about your campaign committee,…

Why I decline to align - politically speaking

In a land of Pepsi versus Coke, Mac versus PC, FedEx versus UPS, the powers that be are constantly trying to force us to make a choice that defines us as individuals. Thanks to the grand world of advertising that is interminably thrust upon us, when I decide that the blue can is going to better quench my thirst than the red can, I’m not buyin…

Score one for Staci Bertagna