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Citizens Group Slaps Impact-Fee-Dumping MAGA Supervisors With Cease-and-Desist Orders

As reported by A News Cafe, during Tuesday’s Shasta County Board of Supervisors meeting supervisors Patrick Jones, chair Kevin Crye and Chris Kelstrom disregarded pleas from fellow supervisors Mary Rickert and Tim Garman, as well as numerous public speakers, to… Continue Reading

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MAGA Board Majority Shifts New Development Costs onto Shasta County Taxpayers

In a move newly appointed Shasta County Board of Supervisors chair Kevin Crye claimed would “spur growth” and help the “little guy,” the MAGA board majority voted 3-2 to suspend new development impact fees in the unincorporated county during Tuesday’s… Continue Reading

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Supervisor Crye Cinches His Recall With More Lies, Retaliation, Cronyism

Does Shasta County District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye want to be recalled in the March 2024 election, or what? It sure looks that way. Your average, rational, elected official who finds himself staring down the barrel of an impending explosive… Continue Reading

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Chair Jones and Dr. Frank Think Shasta County Voters are Stupid and Lazy. Let’s Prove Them Wrong.

  “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

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Millville Plains Residents Sue Chair Jones, Shasta County and Supervisors to Stop Gun Range Project

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

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Rumors Swirl as Hard-right Board Majority Foments Secrets, Lies, and a Legacy of Banished County Counsels

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

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Q&A: Supervisor Crye’s Pointless ‘Special Meeting’ Inspires Supervisor Rickert to Run for Re-election

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

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No Chairman Patrick Jones, You’re Not Over the Target, You ARE the Target!

With his nearly shaved skull sitting atop a blue button-down shirt like a scratched cue ball sinking in a corner pocket, Shasta County Board of Supervisors Chairman and Lex Luther lookalike Patrick Jones appeared on One America News last week… Continue Reading