Bill Siemer grew up on a farm in Lassen County, played basketball at Shasta JC, went to Vietnam, became a newspaper reporter and then a lawyer and now considers himself a champion of the story that needs to be told. He lives on the bank of the river and takes pictures.
In reply to Joe Too. The idea of having districts is that your representative should be local to you to better represent your interests. Unfortunately, Shasta County's districts are drawn in a pie-shaped way that effectively gives Redding control over every district despite having only ~1/2 of the county's population. Such a system predictably rewards […]
In reply to Beverly Stafford. I still say all registered voters in the county should be able to vote for all 5 BOS seats. Look at all the buffoonery the MAGAs have brought us the last 5 years. The decisions the BOS makes affect us all.