The following Q&A is a transcript from the Saturday, July 17 episode of Common Ground Radio, co-hosted by Christian Gardenier and R.V. Scheide. (Tune in 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays to KCNR 96.5 FM/1460AM.) This transcript has been edited… Continue Reading
Imagine a place where a lieutenant employed by the county sheriff’s department owns a gun shop, promoted by a Facebook page filled with extreme right-wing content, that sells, not only guns, but also gear representing the State of Jefferson secessionist… Continue Reading
Benjamin Nowain is an Analyst at Shasta County Health and Human Services. He grew up in Palo Cedro, and has a penchant for storytelling. He loves technology and film, which he studied at City College of San Francisco. He also… Continue Reading
My, oh, my, how the mighty have fallen! Chances are the Red, White and Blueprint project wouldn’t exist if Palo Cedro restaurateur and RW&B co-producer Carlos Zapata’s seditious rant before the Shasta County Board of Supervisors hadn’t gone viral last… Continue Reading
Even though he has been out of the public spotlight over the last few weeks, Carlos Zapata is one of the leading voices in the movement to recall three Shasta County Board of Supervisors members. He is an extremist right-wing… Continue Reading
As the old saying goes, a lie can travel to Mars and back before truth gets off the launching pad. That’s what it’s been like attempting to fact check the first three episodes of the Red White & Blueprint docuseries… Continue Reading
On Sun., June 6, Carlos Zapata, one of the leaders of the movement that’s documenting the recall of three Republican members of the Shasta County Board of Supervisors in order to replace them with far-right-thinking individuals, appeared with his wife… Continue Reading
District 4 Shasta County Supervisor Patrick Henry Jones is hurting. From the moment Episode 3 of Red White and Blueprint’s docuseries opens to the gloomy retro doo-wop strains of The Hazelnuts, it’s clear Jones is in some serious pain. You… Continue Reading
I have an on-and-off relationship with Carlos Zapata, founder of Red, White and Blueprint, the production company that’s making a documentary series of the effort to recall three Republicans from the Shasta County Board of Supervisors for following COVID-19 health… Continue Reading
A darkness spreads over the land as three horsemen gallop toward the abyss, urging those who would follow them to recall three county supervisors, drain the swamp and bring back to Shasta County the pioneer spirit that won the West.… Continue Reading
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