Tuesday morning Recall Shasta members got the circus they desired for their extra-special Shasta County Board of Supervisors meeting. It just wasn’t held exactly where they expected it. Because of a series of events following the supervisors’ Jan. 4 meeting,… Continue Reading
I hate to give Steve Bannon credit for anything, but CNN media critic Brian Stelter is spot-on when he says one infamous quote from the erstwhile Trump advisor is key to understanding the crazy politics in America today, including right… Continue Reading
“I can’t wait until this nightmare is over.” That’s a common anticipatory refrain lately from Shasta County residents as next month’s recall election draws closer. Many people speak those words as if after the recall election, we’ll all return to… Continue Reading
Longtime District 2 Shasta County Supervisor Leonard Moty faces a recall election on Feb. 1 for essentially one reason: According to his anti-mask anti-vax critics, he has allegedly caved to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s various COVID-19 mandates during a pandemic that… Continue Reading
Three months ago, I wrote that Reverge Anselmo is seeking revenge against Shasta County after he donated $50,000 to the Shasta County General Purpose Committee/Recall Shasta, the two now-merged organizations behind the effort to recall three Shasta County Supervisors for… Continue Reading
In “Vaccination Mandates: The Public Health Imperative and Individual Rights,” published in the Oxford University Press, authors Kevin M. Malone and Alan R. Hinman view the concept of herd immunity through the lens of Garret Hardin’s classic essay, “The Tragedy… Continue Reading
Shasta Forward is urging signatures recently submitted by Recall Shasta for the recall of District 2 Supervisor Leonard Moty be examined with the strictest scrutiny given that their effort is currently under investigation by elections officials and the recall campaign’s… Continue Reading
There’s no question District 4 Supervisor Patrick Henry Jones is Shasta County’s prevaricator par excellence. In recent months, as documented by ANC, Jones has blatantly and maliciously lied about political opponents past and present. Continue Reading
Reverge Anselmo is out for revenge. The Connecticut-based son-of-a-billionaire believes he was jilted by Shasta County a decade ago, after his efforts to establish a restaurant, ranch and winery near Shingletown ran afoul of local zoning ordinance provisions enforced by… Continue Reading
District 4 Shasta County Supervisor Patrick Henry Jones is an inveterate liar. As more than one victim of Jones’s prevarications has commented to me, he just makes stuff up. Case in point: About halfway through Episode 5 of Red, White… Continue Reading
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