Category: Updates

Below is a link to the local candidates who will be on the November ballot, including contact info.

Tehama Candidates on the Ballot

The only opinions I personally have are about the RB City council. I don’t live in the city limits so I don’t get a vote, but their decisions still impact those of us who call Red Bluff home.

Who I would vote for if I were in the city limits:

• Kris Dieters is a current councilwoman and is aligned with the majority of our local political beliefs. There is a talk about a recent decision made by Ms Dieters and 2 other councilmen in regards to Dog Island Park being a designated homeless encampment. Before you write them off, talk with them. The 3 that voted this way are and have been representing the people of Tehama County as we would want to be represented. Get the full picture before voting out the good ones!
• Pat Hurton is a long time resident of Red Bluff, retired law enforcement officer, and pastor. He is also the current chairman of Christian Peace Officers of Tehama County. He has been attending the council meetings for quite some time and has been disappointed with some of the decisions made in the past. He sees the need for good, local representation and wants to make a difference.

Who I would not vote for:

• Danielle Eyesrone is a current councilwoman and former mayor pro tem. She was removed as mayor pro tem last year when she became visibly and verbally angry toward the other councilmen about an incident that she believed was a violation of the Brown Act (which is designed to ensure public transparency). She ended up walking out of the closed session meeting. The DA ultimately determined no violation had been committed. However 3 of the other councilmen (Parker, Dieters & Gonzales) determined her behavior was not appropriate for someone leading the council; they voted to strip her of her title as mayor pro tem. KRCR Article
• Johanna Jones is also a current councilwoman. She is often aligned with Ms Eyestone.
• Cody Strock ran for council 2 years ago. He is young, which is not in and of itself a bad thing! But his grand ideas, which sound good on the surface, are not realistic. When problems were pointed out to him, he became defensive and argumentative. He is also the author of Measure E – which would turn Tehama into pot central.
• Colton “Magi” Douglas Epperson is clearly connected to Strock. Check him out on FB.

Get to know these people! Email them, call them – find out if they are aligned with your values!

Personally, I’m tired of elected officials who don’t listen to or care about our values and opinions. We need people who want to take a stand for the people of our community.

When the mask and vaccine mandates were an issue last year, I sent a great deal of information to all of our county officials. Some responded with support – some, like Ms Eyestone, responded with criticism (her emails were quite dismissive because she didn’t agree with my political stand).

We have the opportunity to create change for the better – let’s do that!

THERE ARE LOTS OF POSITIONS UP FOR ELECTION! If you’ve ever thought about running, you still have time to file!

The deadline for candidates to file a declaration of candidacy for the Nov. 8 general election is Friday, Aug. 12.

Red Bluff

• 3 City Council seats open
• 2 Red Bluff Joint Union High School District seats
• 3 Red Bluff Elementary School District seats
• 3 Antelope School District seats
• 3 Los Molinos Unified School District full term
• 1 Los Molinos Unified School District short term seat

Corning

• 2 full term City Council seats
• 1 short term City Council seat
• 3 Corning High School board
• 3 Corning Elementary School board

If you are a patriot seeking to create change for our county, WE WILL BACK YOU! Contact Shawn at shawn@tehamafreedom.org.

Important Links

Voter Turnout

We have 37,815 registered voters.

In the 2018 primaries, 14,697 voted.

In the 2020 primaries, 18,285 voted.

In the 2022 primary, only 14,004 voted.

What can we do to increase voter turnout?

• Booths at the farmers market and other events to get people to register or update their registration?
• Coordinate rides for those who cannot make it?

What ideas do you have? Email me: shawn@tehamafreedom.org

LOCAL RESULTS – Updated June 13

Tehama Summary Report

We voted at Ridgeway Park – the ladies there were very nice and patient with us.  

You MUST take your mail in ballot or your vote will not count today – they will do a provisional ballot to verify that you did not vote twice.

Here are the steps vote in person:

1. Tell them you are voting in person
   • Write “surrendered” across both ballots (there is an A and B).
   • Put the ballots inside the envelope and seal it 
   • Give it to one of the workers – they will wrote surrendered on the envelope
2. Tell them your name – you will sign a log and they will give you an in-person ballot
3. Fill out your ballot behind one of the curtains
4. Take your ballot to the machine and insert each form separately
   • If the ballot is accepted correctly, you will be able to scroll through and confirm your selections
   • Hit the green CAST butron

That’s it! Easy least – anyone can do it!

IF YOU EXPERIENCE SOMETHING STRANGE ON ELECTION DAY – COMPLETE A CITIZENS INCIDENT STATEMENT

If you have time to watch poll boxes today, document any strange activity

List of Voting Boxes

IMPORTANT NOTE: Electioneering (wearing campaign paraphernalia, handing out campaign literature, talking about politics, advising voters in any way) is NOT legal within 100 feet of a drop box.

• Dress neutrally and just watch. You may be near the box as long as there is no appearance of interference with voters submitting their ballots.
• Check with the elections office in your county to find out the schedule for emptying the boxes you have “adopted”. Try to be there at least once when boxes are being emptied.
• Go at different times of the day and night.

Look for:

• Is the area safe and secure?
• Is the area accessible?
• Is there surveillance?
• Is the box staffed by credentialed elections office employees?
• If so, are the ballots inspected for voter error and required signatures?
• Is the box securely sealed?
• Is anything other than ballots being inserted into the box?
• How often and securely is the box emptied?
• Is the box often over-stuffed?
• Are the ballots carefully and respectfully treated?
• Is there a 2-person chain of custody at all times?
• Is the transporting container locked/sealed for security?
• ON ELECTION NIGHT: is the box locked at EXACTLY 8:00 p.m.to prohibit further ballot drop-offs?

If you or someone you know witnesses anything suspicious or confusing during the election today, please file a Citizens Incident Report:

https://www.eip-ca.com/incident.htm

VIP – Vote In Person

Mail-In Ballots, whether you mail them or drop them in a poll box, are susceptible to adjudication by the elections office.

Adjudication: a formal judgement on a disputed matter

When the poll workers run stacks of ballots through the tabulator (up to 50 at a time), the machine identifies any and all “problem ballots”. These may be damaged, mis-aligned, bleed thru, multiple choices for the same position, etc.

When that happens, they make a decision on how to correct the problem. That’s adjudication.

Adjudication essentially gives the worker the ability to make a change to your ballot. (These systems are set to make changes to one ballot or all 50.)

If the ballot is damaged, workers will recreate the ballot on a new one.

In the 2021 recall election, the majority of Tehama County Mail-in ballots did not align in the tabulators – ALL OF THOSE were recreated by a 4 person board. Action News Now Story on Ballot Errors

We are trusting people we don’t know with our vote. We are trusting they will do the right thing. I don’t doubt that our elections clerk is honest and wants to do the right thing – but she doesn’t know what she doesn’t know (and she clearly isn’t interested in learning what we know).

The Tehama Elections Clerk is up for re-election this year and has no opponent. We need someone new to run in 2026!

This is one of the reasons it is so incredibly important to have POLL WATCHERS from multiple parties. These volunteers ensure the workers making changes are doing the right thing.

In 2020, certain precincts denied access to Republican poll watchers. Do you remember seeing the workers board up the windows and set up barriers too far away to see the details of what they were doing?

In some cities, specifically in the swing states, the workers shut down on the night of Nov 3, sending the poll watchers home. But they continued counting after the watchers left.

One precinct claimed there was a water main break. It turned out that it was a minor leak in a restroom that was easily fixed. There is video showing workers pulling bags of ballots out from underneath skirted tables and scanning batches through the tabulators 2,3, even 4 times over – after the watchers left.

I want to encourage you to do 2 things in future elections:

1. Vote In Person (you scan your ballot – it doesn’t get adjudicated and you know for certain what is recorded)
2. Become a Poll Watcher – anyone can sign up at the elections office and they give you a badge to formally watch the polls. For training:
   • Contact your local political party – Tehama GOP
   • Sign up with EIP-CA

Learn more about the 2020 fraud issues here: https://tehamafreedom.org/live-local/government/election-integrity/

Jim Gibson

• Accountability – for teachers and administrators
• Basics – teach math, reading, science, history (not politics or sex ed)
• Commitment to parents and taxpayers

George Yang

Lance Christensen

not 100% sure where he stands on some the issues but seems to have massive support from some mama bears!

Ones that concern me:

Tony Thurmond (current Sup) – endorses by Nancy Pelosi, Alex Padilla and the Democratic Party.

Marco Amaral will implement ethnic and gender studies.

Joseph Guy Campbell is calling for gun control.

Doug LaMalfa has been in this role a long time. I’m ready for a change.

Tim Geist is the only other republican on the ballot. I like what he has to say but I’m not seeing enough information to feel confident in him. Check him out – watch his videos – let me know what you think!

My concern is that if we divide the vote too much, we could end up not having a conservative in the running at all.

Thought?

My vote goes hands down to Rachel Hamm. Once I heard Juan O Savin talk about her involvement with other conservative leaders across the nation, I had to know more about her.

And I have loved everything she stands for.

Her #1 goal – HONEST ELECTIONS

She is endorsed by Mike Lindell. That tells me everything I need to know.

https://rachelhammsos.com

Oh good Lord – 26 candidates for Governor!

Brian Dahle is apparently the only one financially supported by the Republican Party. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not. I’m not excited about his plans – they just feel questionable to me.

Anthony Trimino – I like him. I like what he stands for: freedom & liberty, faith, family, empowering parents, medical freedom, reducing state tax, economic opportunity, natural and holistic health & wellness. Right now I’m leaning strongly towards him.

Reinette Senum – I agree with a lot of what she wants to do, with the exception of cannabis. I believe medical marijuana can be helpful in the right situations (it can be harmful for some illnesses – like mine, so making it available without understanding the consequences is a concern for me). I also don’t agree with allowing it for recreational use. You may feel differently- that’s just my stand. For that reason, I won’t be voting for her. But her platform is strong otherwise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A7Y-f0D0io

These are the only 2 I’m considering because quite frankly, we can’t afford to split the vote too much and I don’t think any of the others have much of a chance.

That said – I’d love to hear your thoughts! Am I missing something?

Email me at Shawn@tehamafreedom.org.

I have separate posts for Governor, Lt Governor and Secretary of State.

I’ve lumped the remaining state positions here because there’s not a lot to talk about. Do your research, but here’s my thoughts:

Controller – Lanhee Chen

Treasurer – Jack M Guerrero

Attorney General – leaning towards Nathan but like that Eric isn’t a politician

Insurance Commissioner – I like Molnar

State Board of Equalization 1st District – Ted Gaines

State Assembly 3rd District – James Gallagher

There are 8 candidates for Lt Governor. I’ve narrowed my choice down to 3.

But what does the Lt Gov do?

The Role of Lieutenant Governor:

David Hillberg – Aviation Mechanic / Actor

David Fennel – Entrepreneur

Clint W. Saunders – Mental Health Worker

I’m leaning toward David Fennel – unless something surprising turns up, he’s probably got my vote. But I wanted to share the others I’ve been considering too – for you to think about.

Our small county has little impact on the federal and state election. But we control the entire local election.

Red White & Blueprint has a saying: “Drain Your Own Swamp”. That doesn’t necessarily mean that we need to oust the currently elected officials – it means that we need to get better at selecting candidates on future elections.

That starts now.

It’s not enough to read the campaign statements, go to the campaign forums or count signs around the county. We have to get to know the people running. We need to listen to understand their platforms, we need to understand their values, we need to listen to what others have to say about them (positive and negative).

We need to vote for people who listen to WE THE PEOPLE once they get into office.

When there are people who have grave concerns about specific candidates – we need to listen. It’s not enough to excuse certain actions because the candidate has an explanation – we need to vote for ethical people. If we don’t, then we will simply continue to get the same swamp we’ve always had.

If you have read my posts, you know where I stand on this years local elections. But I am sharing my decisions again here and I want to encourage you to take the time to really dig into discussions with people.

The decision to vote for any candidate lies with each of us as individuals – but if we can’t talk about the real issues, we will continue to vote for unethical individuals who don’t listen to WE THE PEOPLE.

Board of Supervisors

We have 5 BOS members in Tehama County – each representing approximately 1/5 of the county population (by district). These individuals make up the executive and legistlative branches of our county and hold some judicial powers as well. They oversee the entire operation of the county and make decisions about how our county operates. LEARN MORE ABOUT BOS HERE

For about 8 years, the board was made up of 4 men and 1 woman (Candy Carlson). If you’d attended any of the meetings during that time, it was easy to see that the men were closely aligned and often took a stand against Candy. In recent years, 2 of the men stepped down and men who replaced them are not aligned with the other 2.

The 2 remaining men are up for election this year. My personal opinion is that both men are good men, but they have failed to listen to the people of the county for too many years and that has hurt their reputation with many. I believe they try to do their job well and in the interest of what they believe is right.

The county government employees are represented by one of 6 unions. In 2020, the County Administrator (who is appointed by the BOS and is the top staff member) was up for contract renewal. 5 of the 6 employee unions voted not confidence in this person. Many employees shared their concerns with the BOS either in writing or at their regular meetings, and the Board held a special evening meeting which allowed members of the community to come speak alongside the employees. MANY attended and spoke, and at the end of the meeting, the 4 men voted to renew the contract, Candy voted against and shared not only her conversations with employees and the public, but her own troubled interactions with the Administrator, who refused to provide important information to her and often refused to meet with her at all.

I personally met with some of the men to discuss my own concerns about several appointed individuals. One of them told me point blank that if someone complains about one of his employees, that person loses credibility – he will protect his employees at all cost.

I’m sorry, but that simply does not sit well with me. Our elected officials have a responsibility to listen to us. THEY REPRESENT THE PEOPLE – not just the employees. If one of their employees is doing a bad job and multiple people have a complaint, they should be taken seriously and the issue needs to be addressed.

For this reason, the two men up for re-election have opposing candidates. (My district is not up for election this year, so I am not voting for these positions)

District 3

Dennis Garton is the sitting Supervisor. Email: dgarten@co.tehama.ca.us https://www.co.tehama.ca.us/board-of-supervisors/district-3/

His opponent is Pati Nolan. I don’t know Pati well, she seems very nice but I’m not sure I agree with all of her issues or the way she has spoken about other elected officials (not just the one she’s running against). Email: waterwitch1965@gmail.com

So I’m not sure how I would vote here. I think if I were in this district, I would start by sitting down with Dennis Garton and asking what he will do to change the way he is viewed by the community. Will he listen to the people he represents? If not, I’m not sure he’s the right choice.

District 4

Bob Williams is the sitting Supervisor. He is well liked by some of his district and engages with those people often. Others in the district don’t feel like he represents them at all. Email: bobito3342@gmail.com https://m.facebook.com/supervisorbobwilliams

Matt Hansen is a Lieutenant at the Red Bluff Police Dept. He is retiring at the end of this year and wants to make a difference in the community. He has a lot to say about how Mr. Williams has handled district 4 issues. https://hansen4tehama.com/

Auditor/Controller

The auditor/controller is the chief accounting officer for the county and is responsible for things like the county budget, payroll, accounts receivable & payable, assets & liabilities, and required financial statements. LEARN ABOUT A/C HERE

The current A/C is retiring. The second in command, Krista Petersen, is running as replacement. She has been with the county for nearly 20 years and has been training for this role. I met her briefly at a candidates forum – we spoke on personal matters and she was incredibly kind to me. That said, I was disappointed in how she treated her opponent during the public debates, at one point wagging her finger and chastising the other.

Candy Carlson (current district 2 Supervisor) is Krista’s opponent. I’ve personally spoken with Candy on many occassions and while we are not of the same political party, she has always checked her party politics at the door and has been very unbiased in our discussions. She listens and she is open to changing her mind.

Candy has shared publicly and in private conversations about her concerns about the county budget for years. She has many years of experience in accounting and has the benefit of having been on the Supervisor end of the county budget, so she has a different perspective than Krista.

I will be voting for Candy because while I believe Krista has the experience to do the job, her behavior towards Candy has shown she has no interest in listening to either the citizens of the community or the Board of Supervisors.

Sheriff-Coroner

I’ve spoken a lot about my views on the sheriff’s candidates. I want to dig in even deeper here because there are critical issues people need to understand before they make their selection.

The current Sheriff, Dave Hencratt, is retiring. Sheriff Hencratt is a good man and a good cop – he is very well respected in our community and by my husband and me.

Background on My Involvement

My husband, David Greer, retired as a Lieutenant from the Sheriff’s office in 2018, not because he was ready to be done, but because the environment and morale were so toxic that it wasn’t worth staying. If you’re interested understanding more – contact me, I’m happy to talk about this.

He went to work as a part-time reserve investigator at the RBPD focusing on standards and ethics (in large part, this was to keep his badge active so he could run for Sheriff in 2020). MANY current employees (including several on Kain’s current campaign) met with my husband and were eager to be part of his campaign team. Their concern? Dave Kain, current Captain and 3rd in command, was also going to run and they did not want that because of the way he treats others.

Due to several very severe family health issues, when it came time to start a committee and file paperwork for the campaign, David made the decision not to run.

Shortly after, Chad Parker threw his hat in the ring. Chad and I had began having discussions – largely because he wanted to better understand what Tehama Citizens for Freedom was all about and how he as Sheriff could support our efforts. Through these discussions, I got to know Chad better and learned about his thoughts on changing the Sheriff’s office. And I liked what I heard.

The issues our family was facing changed and David became available to be more involved. Chad and David have talked about David returning to the Sheriff’s office as 2nd in command – and David has agreed. He wants to make a difference – he wants to see the agency return to the family environment it used to be – he wants to see our county return to the safe community it used to be.

I say all this because I want you to understand that yes, we have skin in the game, but I also want you to understand WHY. Both of us are happy to answer any questions about our involvement. But what I really what you to know is that we didn’t back Chad only because our views on Kain were negative – we back Chad because of his own ideas and values.

There is absolutely NO benefit to David returning to work. It doesn’t impact our finances. It takes him away from home and creates a toll on our family. If we did not believe wholeheartedly that our county desperately needs a change in leadership, he would continue in his retirement, enjoying our property and family, traveling in our RV and simply living life.

I fully support my husbands desire to make a difference for our county and I pray he gets the chance to do that under Chad’s administration.

Chad Parker

Chad has great plans – I encourage you to get to know him and decide for yourself if you like what he wants to do. You can read about his plans and watch his videos: https://chad4sheriff.com.

He is also happy to talk and answer questions – so feel encouraged to reach out to him! chad4sheriff@gmail.com

Dave Kain

If you’ve followed me at all, you know I have major concerns about Kain. My concerns continue to build the closer to election we get. I’ll share all of this below, but I also want to encourage you to reach out to me if you have any questions – shawn@tehamafreedom.org.

Integrity

I add this first because this is the biggest issue. And while there is one incident we keep talking about, it’s not just one incident – it’s a pattern of behavior that is known by law enforcement throughout the county.

The issue is what’s called a Brady violation. Learn More Here

You may have heard him state he has been exonerated. What’s the truth?

Here are the facts:

Below is a copy of the DOJ letter (which I received directly from the DOJ via a public information request – you can submit your own request at: https://oag.ca.gov/contact/publicrecords_form)

I personally obtained this letter directly from the DOJ via a public information request (you can read that here). This is public information folks!

Why is this letter so important? Because it shows that the officer was willing to violate someone’s constitutionally protected rights.

Let me pose a hypothetical theory to you. What if you were the driver who was pulled over? An informant told the officer you had drugs. You don’t – but instead of providing honest information about the real reason for the car stop (the informant info), the officer manufactured a cause saying you were not using your wipers in the rain (even though it wasn’t actually raining). The officer searches your car and finds nothing. Would you be angry? Is this not a violation of the constitution? Yes – it is!

Kain has provided information that he considers to be “exoneration”. One is a letter from his current boss stating Kain was cleared of the incident. The other is a letter from county counsel. Neither of these letters are exoneration. Any evidence proving his innocence would be sent to the DOJ and they would issue the exoneration. Short of that – NOTHING ELSE MATTERS!

To add insult to injury – Kain also states that Dave Greer “cleared him of this incident” when he performed his background investigation to be hired by the Sheriff’s office. Kain stated publicly (even put a video of himself on his FB) that he was given authorization to read his background file because of the accusations.

There are a few things that need to be addressed here:

If anything, the fact that Kain read his own background file simply shows he continues to practice unethical behavior. Couple that with the fact that his initial response when the letter was released on social media was to deny it completely and call the other candidate a liar, I am more convinced than ever that having him as sheriff would be an absolute nightmare for our county.

Community Partnerships

Kain often touts his relationship with some of the community organizations. The ones I’ve heard him mention do not feel the same way.

Board members of 2 of those agencies are part of Chads campaign, as is a retired CPS worker. These individuals (4 total) have all shared that Kain does not have a good relationship with any of the organizations.

Some of the employees of one of those agencies asked for a private meeting with Chad, which I attended. They expressed individually their disappointment in the current lack of engagement by our sheriffs office.

501c3 agencies are prohibited from ANY involvement in politics. The employees and board members are not allowed to publicly talk about the candidates (positive or negative) in representing those orgs. So they cannot make formal statement to say that one candidate lies about their involvement. They can speak privately and of their own views.

This leads back to ethics. It is not ok to say you have a strong relationship with someone who cannot rebut that statement when that relationship does not exist.

If you know someone who works for these organizations, you can speak to them one on one.

Unopposed

I sense these individuals are all ethical and want to do the right thing. Unfortunately I think some of them do not understand what the citizens want (and at least one just doesn’t care).

These positions will be up for election in 4 years – others will be up in 2 years. I want to encourage people to consider running. Look into the roles, think about your own qualifications (most require nothing more than residency) and really consider it.

I’d be happy to support you and help however I can!

• Assessor – Kenneth Brown
• Clerk/Recorder – Jennifer Vise
• Disrict Attorney – Matt Rogers
• Tax Collector – Parker Hunt

Closing Thoughts

Yes – some of this is harsh. Honestly, there is a lot more I could share about the subject of ethics in regards to this individual. The list is long and disturbing. Even more disturbing is that I’ve learned other officials in our county have been complicit in attempting to keep us, the people, from knowing about some of it.

So I’ll say it again – I want ethical people in positions of power in our community. It starts with voting for people who will do the right thing FOR US – no matter what.

Ask questions. Don’t settle. Vote well.

And if at all possible – VOTE IN PERSON!