So he used his riches to remake the county board. Marine Reverge Anselmo had a beef with Shasta County land use officials.
It’s time to take it back, one state, county and city at a time.”Ĭalifornia The ex-Hollywood filmmaker bankrolling a far-right political revolt in rural Californiaįormer U.S. The group’s website declares that “our country is under assault. Now the newly formed “Liberty Committee” is backing a Tuesday election slate of Crye and five other candidates to further consolidate power. But to many throughout California, the stakes of his campaign - and five other seats up for grabs on Tuesday - go far beyond the concerns of Shasta County Supervisorial District 1.įar-right activists, including members of a local militia, led a successful recall campaign in February against a Republican supervisor. If elected, Crye said his priority will be to listen to his constituents and make their voices heard - an attribute he says has been missing from county government. Now Crye is doing his utmost to run a traditional campaign: raising money, getting his name out and, most important, trying to personally connect with every possible voter before Tuesday’s election. “I actually hate politicians,” he confided to one prospective voter after chasing him up his driveway to give him a flier. When people answered their doors, Crye would introduce himself and cheerfully demand to know what they considered the top issues in this city in the far north of California’s Central Valley.Ĭrye has never run for office before, and only got into politics last fall after far-right power brokers - who are trying to wrest control of county government away from the traditional Republican establishment - encouraged him to join their ballot-box insurrection. He charged from house to house dropping fliers depicting a Crye family portrait.
Kevin Crye, the owner of a local children’s “Ninja Gym” who is running for a seat on Shasta County’s Board of Supervisors, was undaunted. The sun was blindingly bright, and the streets in Redding’s Buckeye neighborhood were mostly empty - anyone at home on this Tuesday afternoon was wisely staying out of the 100-degree swelter.
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