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Public Pushes Supervisors on Wind Farm, Hand-Count Election Controversy, Exodus of County Employees

A 90-minute gripe session that led Shasta County’s Board of Supervisors 9 a.m. meeting Tuesday seemed to signal growing public dissatisfaction with an apparent lack of progress on various substantive issues. Following a brief lesson on historical disenfranchisement of citizens… Continue Reading

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The Great Missouri Hand-Count Swindle: How MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Conned Patrick Jones and Kevin Crye, Costing Shasta County Millions

A manual tally voting system touted by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and Shasta County supervisors Patrick Jones and Kevin Crye and recently deployed in Osage County, Missouri, costs more money, takes more time, and is less accurate than ballot tabulation… Continue Reading

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In a Rare Moment of Harmony, Shasta County Supervisors Adopt $665-Million Budget Wednesday

Following 10 hours of sometimes raucous public hearings spread across two days, Shasta County officials added another $5 million earmarked for planning and construction of a jail annex to their nearly $659 million budget for Fiscal Year 2023-24. The proposed… Continue Reading

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Shasta County Meeting Highlights: Proposed Shooting Range Misses Its Mark, Supes Hire New CEO, Union Workers Await Final Word

A circus atmosphere, complete with sideshow barkers collecting recall petitions, angry Millville Plains residents airing grievances, and honking motorists on Court Street showing support for striking county workers greeted attendees gathering Tuesday for the third evening meeting of the Shasta… Continue Reading

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Shasta Supes Vote 3-2 to Scrap Machine Votes in Favor of Hand Tally for Election Ballots

For the third time in as many months, Shasta County’s Board of Supervisors upheld a 3-2 vote Tuesday to scrap the county’s Democracy Suite 2.2 ballot counting system leased by Dominion Voting Systems of Denver, Colo., in favor of a… Continue Reading

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If Final Background Check Clears, Supervisors May Introduce CEO Tuesday. Voting Machine Contracts Revisited

Pending the background check results, Shasta County Supervisors may announce Chriss Street is the county’s new Chief Executive Officer following an 8 a.m. closed session, and prior to the start of their 9 a.m. regular open session meeting. Both meetings… Continue Reading

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Homeless Sleep on Snow-Covered Sidewalks as Wrecking-Ball Board Majority Destroys the County

It’s 8:15 a.m. Monday outside the Shasta County Library. It’s snowing. Three men with large backpacks and an assortment of bulging plastic bags stand in front of the library’s tall spiked locked gate. They’re waiting for the library to open,… Continue Reading

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Shasta County Supervisors Face Weighty Matters Tuesday With Packed Agenda

Following a weekend punctuated by special closed-session meetings to interview prospective candidates for the position of County Executive Officer both Saturday and Sunday, Shasta County Board of Supervisors will take up several other weighty matters beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday… Continue Reading