January 10, 2024 Dear Governor Newsom: I guess you have heard of Shasta County’s Supervisor/Chair Kevin Crye, and the effort to recall him in March. I wanted to let you know that your name is being used in the effort… Continue Reading
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics,” Mark Twain famously wrote in the late 19th century. The phrase didn’t originate with Twain, but he’s the writer who popularized it, and it still applies today. Consider… Continue Reading
Millville Plains residents filed a lawsuit demanding a halt to any construction on the High Plains Shooting Sports Center until a full environmental impact report has been completed, according to a writ of mandate filed in the Shasta County Superior… Continue Reading
Once upon a time — before Shasta County was overtaken in January by an ultra-right board majority — the words “special Board of Supervisors meeting” meant something, well, special, outside regular supervisors meetings. Yesterday was the board of supervisors eighth… Continue Reading
Please join me in welcoming District 3 Supervisor Mary Rickert to A News Cafe as we discuss what led her to make an important decision earlier this afternoon. CHAMBERLAIN: Good evening, Supervisor Rickert. Thank you for taking the time to… Continue Reading
A verbal altercation between Judy Salter, 75, of Redding, and Shasta County’s District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye, 49, at the close of last week’s board of supervisors meeting dominated public comment time with numerous people either taking jabs at Crye… Continue Reading
I don’t know why it didn’t dawn on me sooner to knit during Shasta County Board of Supervisors meetings to make them more tolerable. Knitting is not a new coping strategy for me. I once anxiously knit an entire hat… Continue Reading
It may be the greatest rags-to-riches story in Shasta County’s political history. In just two short years of public life, District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye has gone from declaring no reportable income on his campaign finance forms to purchasing, with… Continue Reading
For rational folks who’ve kept abreast of the nearly four-year-long dumpster fire that’s Shasta County’s new normal, a cringeworthy dread often accompanies the sight of dignified newcomers at Shasta County Board of Supervisors meetings. It’s akin to the anxiety one… Continue Reading
Shasta County’s Board of Supervisors set a new record Tuesday by ejecting an audience member and clearing the board chambers within the first 10 minutes of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at 9 a.m. This was the fourth such ejection… Continue Reading
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