Posted on
I woke up Sunday planning to listen to one long radio program that was scheduled to last three hours. It related to Shasta County’s future. But as I prepared my coffee and listened to my regular station, I heard an unexpected short story that made my heart sag a little.
The surprise story that featured Shasta County was broadcast on North State Public Radi0.
The second program, the one I’d known about, was broadcast on Redding-based KCNR where a group of high-profile right wing citizens promised to unveil their blueprint to “take back” the county via a recall.
Posted on
While there’s a mounting, messy statewide movement afoot to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom, here in Shasta County there are abundant threats to also recall some Shasta County Supervisors. And when I say
some, I mean that of the five supervisors, the North State recallers have all but one supervisor in their sights for the chopping block. The only one spared from the threat of recall is gun-shop manager Patrick Henry Jones of District 4.
To those beating the recall drum, Jones is the only
District 4 Supervisor Patrick Jones.
The summertime planting of the recall seed
Summertime 2020 was when the first public threats surfaced from angry citizens who vowed to recall Shasta County Board of Supervisors, ticked off at county leaders who were complying with state COVID-19 mandates.
From Supervisor Les Baugh’s Facebook page.
Congratulations are in order for District 5 Supervisor Les Baugh. Tuesday he received his “badge of honor” (commonly known as censure) by his colleagues in a 3-2 vote.
District 4 Supervisor Patrick Jones, Baugh’s shenanigans buddy, also received the censure “badge of honor”.
Supervisor Patrick Jones inside Board of Supervisor chambers during a virtual board meeting.
Of course, Baugh and Jones were the only board members who saw any humor in the looming dubious distinction of a censure vote. To any other (sane) elected official, it would be a shameful thing to be censured by one’s fellow supervisors; a black mark on their public-service report card.