I want to take a moment to share my thoughts about the county signing a contract with Chriss Street to be a Shasta County healthcare consultant.
The first thing that comes to mind is wondering if perhaps this appointment is a case of quid pro quo. Continue Reading
When Shasta County Assistant CEO Eric Magrini arrived at work on March 22, 2023, he’d been on the hit list for about eight months. The former sheriff and a half-dozen other high-ranking county officials had been placed on the unofficial list the year before by a new majority Continue Reading
Shasta County Supervisors Kevin Crye, Patrick Jones and Chris Kelstrom allege that in 2023 Elections Office administrators and County Counsel went behind the board’s back when they negotiated a $1.5 million grant with the Center for Tech and Civic Life.… Continue Reading
It’s 7 p.m. election night, and CBS News is reporting former president Donald Trump is alleging widespread cheating in Pennsylvania. It’s not clear who’s winning the presidential contest, Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris. All the battleground states are toss-ups… Continue Reading
The beauty of being an anonymous fake-journalist living among the fake “citizen journalists,” the self-appointed “experts,” the politicians, the public officials, and regular folk with interesting observations? People talk to me much more freely. Out of respect for the people… Continue Reading
If medals of honor were given for local governmental bravery in the face of intimidation, abuse of power and bullying, Tim Garman, Leslie Morgan and Mike Freeman would be among this week’s most deserving Shasta County recipients. Garman is a… Continue Reading
Welcome to a new series of the North State Breakdown. In addition to the full episodes I work on, I am working on shorter, more concise stories I like to call ‘Fast Facts’. Today we examine allegations against District 1… Continue Reading
This week we cover District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye’s opposition to funding the SCOE Community Connect Program, and the Shasta County Board majority’s controversial stance against AB-2642, a law aimed at preventing voter intimidation by restricting firearms near polling places.
During the last several years of extremist upheaval inside Shasta County Board of Supervisors meetings, most citizens who show up at the meetings to make public comments are regulars. But Tuesday, a woman’s appearance at the lectern brought a hush… Continue Reading
District 4 Supervisor Patrick Jones “did not improperly fail to disclose the Attorney General’s January 29, 2024 letter”. That was the conclusion of an outside investigation conducted by Sacramento-based Ellis Investigations into the controversy that arose after Jones destroyed a… Continue Reading
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