Shasta County Elections Department administrators and staff are scrambling to pack up and return leased Dominion Voting Systems Inc. machines, precinct voting kiosks, printers, sorters, optical readers, computers, memory cards and other assorted paraphernalia following the March 28 decision —… Continue Reading
If you think it’s fine and dandy for taxpayers to pay for the installation of a PacMan arcade machine in an elected official’s office, then District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye is your guy. If you see nothing wrong with a… Continue Reading
A countywide sigh of relief was expelled yesterday after a special closed session meeting revealed that Chriss Street will not be Shasta County’s CEO. Before the decision, the majority of citizens who spoke during the public comment period beseeched the… Continue Reading
It appears Shasta County’s loss is private industry’s gain. Former District 1 Supervisor Joe Chimenti and Jaclyn Disney, previously Director of Housing and Community Action Programs for the county, have each found employment with Emergent 3D, a cutting-edge construction company… Continue Reading
The United Public Employees of California LiUNA Local 792 which represents approximately 1,000 County employees in the County “General Unit” announced that it has reached an impasse in negotiating a new labor contract with Shasta County. The parties have held… Continue Reading
When does a drizzle become a downpour?
Even casual observers of Shasta County government are increasingly alarmed by the number of key administrators and analysts vacating their positions of employment and leaving their respective departments without strong and proven leaders. Continue Reading
I think if one were to focus on the “exodus of employees“ and the loss of great leaders as a result of the political tensions in our community, then we lose the most important part of our story, which is… Continue Reading
“Just deleted my Twitter account because Elon Musk has turned it into a rightwing cesspool,” I posted on Facebook one week ago today, and I still feel the better for it. I was worried I’d become addicted to watching the… Continue Reading
From a distance the ship known as Shasta County Government looks attractive enough. It’s big. It’s strong. It’s also the county’s largest employer, with more than 1880 souls paid to serve and protect Shasta County citizens. The Shasta County Government… Continue Reading
Residents in the east Redding neighborhoods of Alder Creek and Hacienda Heights awoke Monday morning to find that antisemitic pamphlets had been left in their front yards. Residents of the two neighborhoods estimate that the pamphlets started to be… Continue Reading
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