Preston Sharp has a dream. You probably have heard about this 12-year-old boy. If not, you need to know him. I met with Preston Wednesday at the Redding Memorial Park during an afternoon with others who’d volunteered to place flags… Continue Reading
I’ve lived in this community for most of my life. I’ve worked for the community for 33 years. I’ve attended countless council meetings. On Tuesday, March 6, at the beginning of the agenda item — public safety tax — the… Continue Reading
I’d like to speak to the elephant in the room, tax for Public Safety. What is the reality? No jail space, Redding down at least 25 police officers, community safety officers and civilian support compared to 2001. The crime problem… Continue Reading
MAUI, Hawaii – Jan. 13, 2018: I don’t normally post like this, but today was one of those days. Today when we received an emergency alert telling us that a ballistic missile attack was imminent, I thought I was going… Continue Reading
Antonia Walker studied illustration and anthropology at The New School in New York. She worked as a professional illustrator before dedicating herself to painting. She is a realist painter and has shown her work in the United States and Spain.… Continue Reading
I keep saying I’m in the home stretch of this remodeling project, but the home stretch is a moving target, and the finish line seems to be disappearing into the horizon. Two steps forward, one step back. I was pretty… Continue Reading
As the newly appointed Director of your Electric Utility, I am committed to openness and transparency. On Wednesday, the Record Searchlight published a story concerning Redding Electric Utility billing errors. I would like to set the record straight regarding what… Continue Reading
On the eve of the House Republican Plan – called the American Health Care Act, or AHCA – we will see one of the most major moves to reverse the coverage gains of the Affordable Care Act. The ACA had… Continue Reading
Recently Shasta County Board of Education officials quietly voted to demolish Magnolia Park and build a new building and parking lot in its place. Construction is expected to begin in March, 2017. Several of us who were at an… Continue Reading
Redding’s generous nature has become a self-fulfilling prophesy about why we do not change and meet the wolf at our collective door. Other places have adopted rules and strategies which work while we endlessly meet, study, debate, hire consultants, wring… Continue Reading
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