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A local political drama is playing out in Shasta County ahead of a Feb. 1 recall election. Just one member of the county board of supervisors faces removal. But it’s emblematic of the way frustrations over pandemic mandates have pinned targets on local elected officials.
The meeting was held virtually after three supervisors said they received death threats. COVID-19 concerns also factored into closing the chambers.
The column is an interesting piece because it exemplifies how so many in our society equate honest disagreement with hate or lack of acceptance.
At Tuesday’s Shasta County Board of Supervisors meeting, the board members voted 3-to-2 to censure two of its own members.
Posted on On Jan 5, in defiance of a Dec. 15 board resolution, supervisors Patrick Jones, left, and Les Baugh shunned the county’s official virtual meeting and seated themselves as the lone supervisors on the board dais, and the only county representatives inside the closed board chambers. Photo by Steve DuBois. For more than two weeks since Jan. 12, and Shasta County Supervisor Leonard Moty’s surprise motion during the board of supervisors meeting, there has been keen anticipation to learn the answer to two questions: Would a majority of the board vote to censure supervisors Patrick ...