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High Plains Grifter: Board Chair Patrick Jones, the Gun Range Project and the Peculiar Case of Schrödinger’s Pig

Head east on Highway 44 toward Lassen Peak and turn south on Millville Plains Road shortly after you pass Palo Cedro, and you might as well be in a different state. Kansas perhaps. Nebraska. Or maybe an Andrew Wyeth painting.… Continue Reading

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Supervisors Set New Ejection Record Tuesday; Hear 3 Hours of Public Comments Then End Meeting With Plenty of Verbal Fireworks

Shasta County’s Board of Supervisors set a new record Tuesday by ejecting an audience member and clearing the board chambers within the first 10 minutes of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at 9 a.m. This was the fourth such ejection… Continue Reading

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Senate Passes AB 969 Tuesday, Even as Costs of Shasta County’s Manual Tally of Election Ballots Continue to Rise

By a vote of 30 – 6 late Tuesday, California’s State Senate passed Assembly Bill (AB) 969 prohibiting Shasta County and other similarly minded voting jurisdictions from cancelling voting system contracts and counting votes by hand except under very limited… Continue Reading