Phil Fountain

10

Sunday Funny: Meet the Candidates!

Posted on by Phil Fountain

Never trust a cartoonist. Read what candidates in the 2010 primary election* have to say for themselves: Click these links for statements from Shasta County District Attorney candidates Steve Carlton and Jerry Benito, and Shasta County Clerk candidates Russell Hunt and Cathy Darling. You’ll find those and more statements from candidates in the “Village Voices” section of A News Cafe — no clownin’ around.
*Shoes need not be removed before entering voting booths … Continue Reading →

3

Sunday Funny: The Asphalt Cowboys Try ‘Going Rogue’

Posted on by Phil Fountain

Learn more about the Asphalt Cowboys — gun-totin’, flapjack-flippin’ mascots of Redding Rodeo Week — and Friday’s annual pancake breakfast at the Cowboys’ web site or the Redding Rodeo Association’s site. At both you’ll find schedules for this year’s Rodeo Week events,… Continue Reading →

8

Sunday Funny: City Council High on Chickens, aka ‘Gateway Critter’

Posted on by Phil Fountain

What’s all the scratchin’ and peckin’ about? For the good dope, check out Doni Greenberg’s latest, Redding City Council Drama: Medical Marijuana, Backyard Chickens and Beleaguered Turtle Bay. Phil Fountain is a cartoonist, writer and occasional bed-wetter based in the far… Continue Reading →

20

Sunday Funny: Mayor Patrick Henry Jones Crosses the Sactopotomac

Posted on by Phil Fountain

Phil Fountain is a cartoonist, writer and occasional bed-wetter based in the far reaches of Northern Californey. This week, he was inspired to dig out his crayons at the sight of Redding Mayor Patrick Jones — arriving by boat and wearing… Continue Reading →

4

Sunday Funny: A Tea Party? Without Johnny Depp?

Posted on by Phil Fountain

You don’t need tea leaves to decipher this cartoon. Just check out A News Cafe’s story, Debate Between D.A. Candidates Benito and Carlton: No Contest? Phil Fountain is a cartoonist, writer and occasional bed-wetter based in the far reaches of… Continue Reading →

8

Sunday Funny: Midnight at the Oasis

Posted on by Phil Fountain

Mayor Patrick Jones goes to D.C. to lobby for Oasis Road’s big box store developer…

For background on this cartoon, read the City Council meeting’s agenda item on the mayor’s “potential violation of Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) regulations relative to no gifts.” Continue Reading →