In a move likely to impact Shasta County voters and election procedures directly, California’s Secretary of State Shirley Weber is seeking to clarify and adopt regulations governing manual tallies of election ballots. Such regulations, Weber explains, will “provide clear and… Continue Reading
A circus atmosphere, complete with sideshow barkers collecting recall petitions, angry Millville Plains residents airing grievances, and honking motorists on Court Street showing support for striking county workers greeted attendees gathering Tuesday for the third evening meeting of the Shasta… Continue Reading
Shasta County’s Board of Supervisors will consider approval Tuesday evening of a three-year employment contract with David J. Rickert, 56, recently of Elgin, Ill, where he served as Winnebago County’s Chief Financial Officer. Rickert, who is not related to Shasta… Continue Reading
Shasta County Elections Department administrators and staff are scrambling to pack up and return leased Dominion Voting Systems Inc. machines, precinct voting kiosks, printers, sorters, optical readers, computers, memory cards and other assorted paraphernalia following the March 28 decision —… Continue Reading
On behalf of the state’s Gambling Control Commission, California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed a new, 25-year tribal gaming compacts with the Redding Rancheria and the Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians. Redding Rancheria’s previous gaming compact was most recently amended… Continue Reading
For the third time in as many months, Shasta County’s Board of Supervisors upheld a 3-2 vote Tuesday to scrap the county’s Democracy Suite 2.2 ballot counting system leased by Dominion Voting Systems of Denver, Colo., in favor of a… Continue Reading
Pending the background check results, Shasta County Supervisors may announce Chriss Street is the county’s new Chief Executive Officer following an 8 a.m. closed session, and prior to the start of their 9 a.m. regular open session meeting. Both meetings… Continue Reading
Within 20 minutes of the polls closing in a special election to fill one seat on the City of Shasta Lake City Council, Shasta County Clerk and Registrar of Voters Cathy Darling Allen was able, with the help of the… Continue Reading
It appears Shasta County’s loss is private industry’s gain. Former District 1 Supervisor Joe Chimenti and Jaclyn Disney, previously Director of Housing and Community Action Programs for the county, have each found employment with Emergent 3D, a cutting-edge construction company… Continue Reading
Following a weekend punctuated by special closed-session meetings to interview prospective candidates for the position of County Executive Officer both Saturday and Sunday, Shasta County Board of Supervisors will take up several other weighty matters beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday… Continue Reading
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