No more new taxes until they cut out the fraud, waste and abuse of taxpayer money.

California Legislators are scheming to implement several new taxes. However, if these bureaucrats worked harder at stopping fraud, waste and taxpayer abuse they wouldn't need more revenue.

As California lawmakers in Sacramento push forward with ambitious new tax proposals to plug budget holes created by federal cuts and runaway spending, one inconvenient truth stands out: the state isn’t broke because it taxes too little. It’s hemorrhaging money through fraud, waste, mismanagement, and a bloated regulatory apparatus that strangles businesses and drives residents away. If the California Legislature focused on eliminating fraud and corruption rather than raising taxes and driving more businesses and people out of the state, we might just be able to improve the quality of life and the economic climate of the State.

An important election will take place this June to decide who will serve as Shasta County's Registrar of Voters for the next four years. Clint Curtis, the current Shasta County Registrar of Voters (ROV), was appointed on April 30, 2025, by the Board of Supervisors after the retirement of Thomas Toller (who only held the position for approximately 10 months). Before Toller, ROV Cathy Darling Allen held the position for two decades and retired, citing health issues related to job stress. Until Curtis's appointment, citizen election observers were treated poorly, kept behind metal fences and other barriers, and unable to observe the election process meaningfully. Dozens of citizen election observers repeatedly expressed their dissatisfaction with how the elections were being run at Board of Supervisors meetings and signed affidavits about these problems.