The third time proved to be the charm for freshly minted Shasta County Clerk/ROV Clint Curtis as the Shasta County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to approve his whittled down budget request at Tuesday’s meeting. District 2 Supervisor Allen Long… Continue Reading
With 70 days to go until the Nov. 4 statewide election, perhaps the most important thing that happened at Tuesday’s Shasta County Board of Supervisors meeting wasn’t on the agenda: Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis pulled R6, his $125,000 budget… Continue Reading
Word to the wise: When Shasta County Deputy CEO Erin “No Money” Bertain says there is no money in the county budget, that means THERE IS NO MONEY. Recently selected Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis is merely the latest county… Continue Reading
Those who thought our local election deniers would be satisfied with the selection of their guy, Florida fabulist Clint Curtis, as Shasta County Registrar of Voters two months ago were disabused of that notion at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting when… Continue Reading
Shasta County District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye’s vow to be “more collaborative and not so accusational (sic)” at last week’s Board of Supervisors meeting lasted approximately two hours into Monday’s special meeting. That’s when Board Chair Crye once again tried… Continue Reading
If there’s one thing local election deniers such as former Shasta County supervisor Patrick Jones, right-wing enforcer Rich Gallardo and SoCal transplant Laura Hobbs constantly demand, it’s transparency. “We can’t have free and fair elections unless we have absolute transparency… Continue Reading
Brent Turner, a progressive voting systems reform activist from San Francisco who believes President Donald Trump was not elected by the will of the people in 2016 has been hired to be Shasta County’s Assistant Registrar of Voters. A confidential… Continue Reading
In an effort to scare up support for a proposed medical school, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors declared at last Tuesday’s board meeting that the county’s longstanding shortage of physicians constitutes a public health crisis . District 1 Supervisor… Continue Reading
Here’s a question for all you restaurant owners, cattle ranchers, strawberry farmers, construction contractors and any other local businesses reliant on Latino labor, documented and undocumented, not to mention all the customers dependent on your products and services: When ICE and… Continue Reading
It was precisely noon when Bob Sanders pulled up to From the Hearth in downtown Redding on his bicycle Saturday. He was right on time. The 70-year-old Jewish American from New Hampshire left the Bay Area last Monday on a… Continue Reading
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