If there’s one thing local election deniers such as former Shasta County supervisor Patrick Jones, right-wing enforcer Rich Gallardo and SoCal transplant Laura Hobbs constantly demand, it’s transparency. “We can’t have free and fair elections unless we have absolute transparency… Continue Reading
On a muggy day in May which will go down in infamy in local politics, newly selected Shasta County Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis fired Assistant ROV Joanne Francescut, a 17-year veteran of Shasta County’s elections office earlier today. “This… Continue Reading
The final candidate interviewed by the board last Wednesday, Ellie Leigh Sharp, a Subject Matter Expert II and top-down integration specialist for the Nevada Secretary of State Elections Division, has worked in elections offices since 2007—about the same length of time as Assistant ROV Joanna Francescut. She was clearly more qualified than Curtis, who has no direct elections experience. Continue Reading
Now that I’ve passed the Shasta County Board of Supervisors coverage baton to veteran journalist R.V. Scheide, I have more mental space to recalibrate, restore and explore random thoughts about various matters unrelated to the Shasta County Shitshow’s nearly five… Continue Reading
Monday morning, inside Shasta County’s Superior Court, Laura Hobbs, election-denier and defeated District 2 Supervisor candidate, sat at a courtroom table before Judge Stephen H. Baker. She was there for a hearing about the fate of the lawsuits Hobbs filed… Continue Reading
If you can’t beat him, sue him. Here in Shasta County’s District 2 Supervisor election, that appeared to be defeated candidate Laura Hobbs‘ last-gasp campaign strategy against Allen Long, who’d overwhelmingly won the District 2 supervisor seat with the most… Continue Reading
Shasta County’s mailed ballots for the March 5 Presidential Primary Election have reached their destinations. Some of the most hotly contested races are among nine Shasta County Board of Supervisors candidates. A News Cafe reached out to all the supervisor… Continue Reading
Retired Redding Police Department (RPD) Lieutenant and current Grant Elementary School Board Trustee, Allen Long, is announcing his run for Shasta County Board of Supervisors, District 2. “It would be an honor to serve the county I love, where I… Continue Reading
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