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TUESDAY JANUARY 11, 2011 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Clean comedy See Inside American Profile RED BLUFF Auburn Oregon Sports 1B Scattered rain 48/37 Weather forecast 8B DAILYNEWS TEHAMACOUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Brown seeks 5-year extension of taxes SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a budget Monday that would slash funding to most areas of state government and maintain a series of tax increases for five years to close California’s huge budget deficit. The Democratic governor released his first budget proposal since winning election last fall. He called for $12.5 billion in spending cuts, including reductions in wel- fare, social services, health care for the poor and a combined $1 billion cut to the University of California and California State University systems. Brown also wants the Legisla- ture to call a special election in June to give voters an opportunity to continue hikes in the income, sales and vehicle taxes for five years. His proposal relies on new revenues of $12 billion. The governor’s office said the only area of state spending he would protect is K-12 education. Brown said his recommenda- tions would close an 18-month budget gap estimated at $25.4 bil- ‘‘For 10 years, we’ve had budget gimmicks and tricks that pushed us deep into debt. We must now return California to fiscal responsibility and get our state on the road to economic recovery and job growth.” Gov. Jerry Brown statement lion and require sacrifice from all Californians. ‘‘For 10 years, we’ve had bud- get gimmicks and tricks that pushed us deep into debt. We must now return California to fiscal responsibility and get our state on the road to economic recovery and job growth,’’ he said in a statement. Brown also has said he will Overdue project completed By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer The Tehama County Board of Supervisors is closing the book on repairs that started in September at the Tehama County Library in Red Bluff. Supervisors approved a notice of completion at their Jan. 4 meeting that allows Tom Eubanks General Building Contractor, Inc. to finish up a few last minute items to an oth- erwise completed project that repaired broken soffit and lighting on the library’s exterior. The metal soffit, the underside of the building’s eaves, fell off the building, at 645 Madison St., in 2006. “We came to work and saw all the concrete and rebar on the ground,” said Sally Ainsworth, a public services coordinator and librarian. Fortunately, the soffit fell on the weekend when the library is closed and nobody was around. It fell where there normally would have been cars or people and it could have been much worse, Ainsworth said. Workers removed the debris after the soffit fell, but for the next four years it was left for the birds, literally. Pigeons began to roost in the bare wood beams that were left exposed. The birds’ droppings cre- ated a problem. “We had to go out and clean everything off,” Ainsworth said. “It was disgusting really.” Then, when the county-funded project to repair the soffit came, workers had to wait a season. Pigeons had nested in the eaves, so the project was stalled until the eggs could hatch and the birds were gone, she said. During the months of construc- tion, library staff made the best of things, parking on the street to give patrons more room in the parking lot and decorating the temporary fully-enclosed wood walkways at each door for Halloween. Now, the project is in its final stage, with only one minor touch left to finish. “It went really smoothly over- all,” Ainsworth said. The Library Winter Book Sale went on successfully for six hours Saturday after volunteers had post- poned it because of construction, according to the library website. The sale, which benefits the library’s children’s services, sold books, magazines and media, such as cassette and video tapes, each for less than a dollar. Trisha Blair, 34, of Red Bluff By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Two men arrested over the weekend in separate incidents were booked into Tehama County Jail on the charge of criminal threats. Red Bluff Police arrested a 56-year-old man Saturday at the Super 8 Motel, 30 seek to fundamentally restructure state government, shifting a host of responsibilities from the state to See BROWN, page 7A Baymiller’s trial suspended again By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer A six-day trial that was supposed to begin today for a Los Molinos man accused of killing his father two years ago has been suspended until a decision can be made on his mental competence. The court has been back and forth on if William Holt Baymiller, 55, was legally insane at the time of the incident. In September 2008, Baymiller allegedly shot his 89-year- old father, Fredrick Hamilton Baymiller, in the torso at their home with a shotgun. After the shooting Baymiller walked outside the home and told a group of neighbors to call 911 because he had just killed his father. Baymiller claimed he was going to be killed by Muslims and believed his father was in on it. He is charged with one count of murder and a special allegation of personal and intentional discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury. He originally entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, and a trial date was set in 2009. Before the trial he changed his plea to guilty. He later withdrew the guilty plea, and a trial was set to begin today. Two court appointed doctors who examined Baymiller have said while there is evidence of Baymiller having a men- tal illness, they could not conclude that he was legally insane at the time of the incident, according to court documents. His behavior was induced by methamphetamine abuse not a mental disorder. Baymiller’s attorney, Grady Davis, found another doctor whose opinion is that Baymiller has a mental illness that played a significant part in the behavioral and cognitive aspects of the alleged offense, according to court documents. Two more doctors have been appointed by the court to examine Baymiller, meanwhile the trial has been suspended. Baymiller will be in court again Jan. 31. The doctors are expected to provide their opinion then. He is still being held in Tehama County Jail on $1 million bail. Council to discuss eligibility of Lopez By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Kimberly Castro, 19, of Red Bluff peruses a dust jacket in the fiction section of the library’s Winter Book Sale. Castro came with a friend and just loves books, she said. attended the sale with her family. “My husband brings our girls to the preschool hour, so we got a lot of kids’ books,” Blair said. Some of the more popular items during the sale were the children’s books, which sold for 25 cents each or less, volunteers said. Fiction and media also sold well. “It was a good way to support my library,” said Sandy Wanker of Red Bluff. Wanker was just looking for Gilmore Road, after he made threats to blow-up the building. Officers were sent at 11:11 a.m. Saturday to the motel after staff reported they had telephoned a rented room to ask the occupant to leave and he told them he had a bomb and would blow up the motel, Red Bluff Police Sgt. Kevin Busekist said. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Officers tried to contact the man, Derrick Carlos Alexander who is a transient from the San Diego area, but something there to read, she said. The construction project was scheduled for completion Dec. 31, and it was mostly complete by then. The Notice of Completion approved by the board allows the release of a 10 percent retention that was held until the project was finished. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagn- er@redbluffdailynews.com. Man threatens bomb at Super 8 motel he refused to answer the door. Officers forced entry into the room and arrested Alexander without further incident. Alexander was booked into Tehama County Jail on the felony charge with mak- ing terrorist threats and tres- passing. Bail was set at $12,500. According to Red Bluff logs, Alexander had a dog with him who was taken to shelter. On Friday afternoon a 35-year-old Red Bluff man, Jacob Sky Vaughn, was arrested by the Tehama County Sheriff’s Depart- ment on Antelope Boule- vard in Red Bluff. He was booked into Tehama County Jail on the felony charge of criminal threats and misdemeanor charges of assault and bat- tery. Bail was set at $15,000. Calls to Sheriff Dave Hen- cratt were not returned. Nothing further was avail- able. The Corning City Council will again revisit the question regarding the eligibility of top vote getter Jesse Lopez at tonight’s meeting. A special meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. tonight in council chambers to discuss the situation along with a conference with Labor Negotiator William May. Council will reconvene to report on the matter prior to starting the regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Lopez was convicted of a single count of forgery in 2005, which was reduced to a misdemeanor following a 36-month probationary period. According to City Attorney Mike Fitzpatrick’s staff report a copy of a July 27, 2009 Tehama County Supe- rior Court order provided to the city says Lopez is “released from all penalties and disabilities resulting from the offense.” However, California Government Code section 1021 reads that anyone convicted of a crime specified in the Constitution, which includes forgery, is disqualified from holding any office. “There’s a definite conflict between what seems very clear in the court order obtained by Mr. Lopez and Government Code section 1021,” Fitzpatrick said. Lopez has requested through his attorney, Christo- pher Logan of Martin and Logan in Red Bluff, that council wait 40 days to give his attorney time to seek a See LOPEZ, page 7A ATTENTION !!! Painful corns? WHO needs them! COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR Smog Inspection $ 2595 + cert. (MOST CARS & PICK-UPS) Pass or FREE retest 195 S. Main St. Red Bluff 530 527-9841 DR. 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