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Cancer Self-Advocacy in the North State: Supervisor Kevin Crye’s Journey and the Push for Personalized Care
Kevin Crye (on the right), photo courtesy of VoteKevinCrye.com Shasta County Supervisor Kevin Crye is fighting colon cancer the only way he knows how — with eyes wide open, a growing integrative toolkit, and a refusal to sit quietly in the passenger seat. Diagnosed by Redding gastroenterologist Dr. Paul Dhanuka after Crye noticed increasing rectal bleeding (symptoms he had first seen roughly two years earlier but delayed addressing), Crye has undergone conventional chemothera

Elisa Ballard
Jul 205 min read


Gorder’s Failed Lawsuit Against Shasta County Backfires, Costing Taxpayers a Quarter-Million Dollars
Shasta County, CA — A politically motivated lawsuit filed by a vocal critic of Supervisor Kevin Crye, Jeffrey Gorder, has been dismissed with prejudice after draining county resources and delivering zero benefit to taxpayers. In March 2025, Gorder — a former Shasta County Public Defender and leader of the failed recall effort against Crye — sued County CEO David Rickert, the County of Shasta, and the Board of Supervisors. His target: a $40,000 Personal Services Agreement (PSA

Elisa Ballard
Jun 153 min read
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