Today was another regular meeting of the local Board of Supervisors. Kevin Crye reiterated last week’s ultra-popular reduction of speaker time from three minutes to two minutes, and the distaste for that was evident in comments from speakers who tend… Continue Reading
Please forgive the ShastaAnon-style headline: I decided to borrow from the worst. And honestly, that is much better than shameful Shasta County Board of Supervisors District 4 Supervisor Patrick Henry Jones deserves. Let’s dive in. Continue Reading
I want to start out by saying that I don’t think that I speak for the writers or the editor of A News Café when I’m weighing in on the other local media outlets out there. I’m just a person… Continue Reading
Safe and Sane meaning: Fireworks are often used to celebrate the founding of the United States of America, some are safe, some not, and some are illegal. In the political realm, orientation, speech, and political behaviors are sometimes safe, some… Continue Reading
Shasta County has a long, sad, sordid history of improper land use practices. These hurtful decisions date to over a century ago. Jurors deliberating effects of the “Smoke Wars 1896-1917” were paid by local mine owners. ”Experts” gave testimony that… Continue Reading
On Tues., Sept. 5 the Redding City Council considered a recommendation from city staff regarding the parking program and the issuing of parking permits. I attended the meeting as I had previously written the Redding City Council, the City Manager… Continue Reading
I am a lifelong resident of Shasta County. I graduated from Shasta High School and, thereafter from the University of San Francisco with a degree in public administration and political science. I was honored to have served as Mayor of… Continue Reading
For Matt Romeyn, every day was an adventure. Whether kayaking the open waters off the Florida coast or studying methods for growing food on the International Space Station, each day offered a new opportunity for discovery. Continue Reading
I was talking over coffee with a colleague today and the upcoming election for the Shasta County District Attorney was on both of our minds. She told me that there are several radio commercials airing right now in which the… Continue Reading
As the kids would say, “That’s lower than whale poop, and that’s at the bottom of the ocean!” That’s how I feel about the companies that are raking in billions with the myriad of frauds perpetrated on the public. They… Continue Reading
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