Shasta supervisors face recall efforts by community group
A group of unhappy people with some of the Shasta County Board of Supervisors are pushing for a recall of the supervisors.
Posted: Mar 4, 2021 6:59 PM
Updated: Mar 4, 2021 7:43 PM
Posted By: Ana Torrea
SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. - A community group in Shasta County is pushing to recall some local leaders.
A group unhappy with some of the Shasta County Board of Supervisors is now pushing for a recall. Cottonwood barbershop owner Woody Clendenen is one of them.
Clendenen said one of the group’s biggest reasons is the pandemic restrictions. They also claim there is a mishandling of funds.
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.
I say
most of us because here in the North State, many state mandates have been flat-out ignored, mocked and flaunted by tens of thousands of citizens. Generally speaking, the more rural the region, the more that’s true, such as in Cottonwood, where militia leader/barber Woody Clendenen has boasted on social media that Cottonwood never has shut down because of pandemic state mandates, and it never will.
In fact, in Shasta County, COVID-19 compliant restaurants in particular are the exception, not the rule. For months now, it seemed that the longer we were submerged in the purple tier, the more businesses joined the ranks of the noncompliant. It’s not like these acts of defiance were especially brave, since enforcement is pretty much non-existent around here.
Posted on
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Feb. 20 on Shasta Scout. We thank Annelise Pierce for sharing her work with us here today on A News Cafe. This article is published verbatim, with the exception of photos posted by A News Cafe.
###
Two individuals with ties to militia groups in the North State have expressed interest in being appointed to the City of Shasta Lake Council.
Individuals are beginning to apply to fill a vacancy on the City of Shasta Lake Council created by the death of Council member Larry Farr only a few months into his term.
Print this article
REDDING, California Mark Baird is a third-generation Californian who hopes to one day be a first-generation Jeffersonian.
Baird, like many in California s sprawling, mostly rural north, is disillusioned with his state s Sacramento-based government, which he believes no longer represents northern interests.
That s why Baird and many others in the 23 counties above Sacramento have officially declared the reclamation of their state, even if it means breaking away and starting anew in the proposed 51st state of Jefferson, named for the third U.S. president. People are basically hopeless here, said Baird, who lives in Siskiyou County. We’ve gone from being economically viable and net contributors to the general fund to being what the rest of California jokingly refer to as the welfare counties. But, we weren’t the welfare counties. We were made the welfare counties by the state of California.