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dutieswereredundant. The position and hire come as a result of an ad hoc committee focusing on Tehama County job cre- ation that consisted of su- pervisors Bob Williams and Burt Bundy. "I'm excited about it. I think it's a great step for- ward," Bundy said. Bundy said where their are organizations that fo- cus on economic develop- ment within the county, there was a lack of specific business recruitment and job creation. Carlson and the rest of the board also differed over whether data and analysis from a 2009 report "Te- hama County Action Road- map for Economic Growth" was still beneficial. The report recommended four economic goals for Te- hama County: create a Te- hama County brand, create a visitor attraction effort, create a strong county-wide economic development arm that combined the private and public sector and fi- nally leverage resources. Williams said the major- ity of work has already been done for the first two steps and this position would help build the third. Carlson said business owners, who were surveyed for the report, did not have time to be bothered again for more studies and that doing study after study did not lead to progress. Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin said the idea was not to create another report that would sit on a shelf. He also disagreed with the as- sessment that business owners did not want to have more contact with the county, saying he has been told the opposite. He said, besides being a liaison between county government and the busi- ness community, the posi- tion would work on creat- ing a situation where poten- tial site locations would be shovel ready for companies wanting to move here. Supervisor Steve Cham- blin said the latter was important from the con- versations he's had with companies and business leaders. Chamblin also stressed the job creation aspect of the position and said there may be better data available than that collected in 2009. While Carlson asked for a delay to further consider the scope of the work, Su- pervisor Dennis Garton said he didn't want to see the position put off for what could turn into months. "All we're doing is put- ting our county farther and farther behind," he said. Brown, who is relocating from Sacramento back to Tehama County, where she grew up, will be phased in to the new position. She will be paid around $75,000 for the first year of the contract, which can be extended. Goodwin said funding for the first year of services would be offset by revenues the county received as part of a class action settlement the state of California had with Office Depot. Job FROMPAGE1 ter is not self-sustaining, according to a county staff report, it was understood that the city would share such costs as replacing a dead air conditioning unit, despite the language of the 1995 agreement. City Council mem- bers at their Jan. 6 meet- ing also expressed a will- ingness to review agree- ments between the city and county. Tehama County super- visors Bob Williams and Candy Carlson were ap- pointed to the county's ad hoc committee, which was unanimously approved by the board. Center FROM PAGE 1 By Erica Werner The Associated Press WASHINGTON Defiant con- gressional Republicans at- tacked President Barack Obama's agenda from all sides Tuesday, ignoring veto threats and pushing bills to uproot his policies on im- migration and Wall Street, force approval of energy pipeline legislation he op- poses and make him justify any new federal rules before he makes them. Obama invited his antag- onists to the White House for their first face-to-face meeting since the new Re- publican-controlled Con- gress convened. But their show of cordiality for the cameras did little to mask the partisan hostilities be- tween Capitol Hill and the White House. "The key now is for us to work as a team," said Obama, who has issued five veto threats with the new Congress not yet two weeks old. He cited taxes, trade and cybersecurity as areas for potential coopera- tion, and also told lawmak- ers that he would send them a new authorization for the use of military force against the Islamic State group. Back at the Capitol, the Senate debated legislation to force the administration to allow construction of the Canada-to-Texas Key- stone XL oil pipeline. And the House moved toward a vote late Tuesday on a reg- ulatory reform bill that the White House says would im- pose "unprecedented and unnecessary" requirements on agencies trying to write rules. It would require more justifications and notice. That was to be followed by votes Wednesday on two other bills: One would al- ter a key section of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial over- haul in a way that would help banks, and the other would block Obama's execu- tive actions on immigration, including removal of protec- tions for immigrants who arrived in the country ille- gally as children. The Key- stone bill passed the House last week and is expected to clear the Senate next week and head to Obama's desk. Obama has threatened to veto all four pieces of legis- lation. Far from cowed, with the Senate in GOP hands for the first time in eight years Republican lawmakers are ready to make him do it. "I'm a member of Con- gress; I'm not a potted plant. I don't take my orders from the White House," said Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa., after Re- publicans met behind closed doors to discuss their strat- egy. "There's a new sheriff in the Senate, and so he's not going to have a compliant majority leader in the Sen- ate who's going to bottle up and bury everything." In contrast to the presi- dent's tone of cooperation, White House press secretary Josh Earnest chided Repub- lican lawmakers, saying the GOP's approach to the open- ing days of the new Congress raises questions "about how serious they are about trying to work with the president." "In the first five days that they've been in ses- sion, they've advanced five pieces of legislation all the way to the Rules Committee that they already know this president strongly opposes," he said. Republicans had no plans to stop there. Citing the terrorist at- tacks in Paris, Republi- can senators on Tuesday proposed restrictions on Obama's ability to trans- fer terror suspects out of the federal prison at Guan- tanamo Bay, Cuba, for the remainder of his term — making it more difficult for Obama to fulfill his goal of closing the facility. "Now is not the time to be emptying Guantanamo," Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire told reporters. The contentious poli- tics of divided government were on stark display as the House moved forward on a series of bills that face an uncertain future, at best, in the Senate — where the GOP remains six vote shorts of the 60-vote major- ity needed to advance most issues — and certain rejec- tion by Obama. House Judiciary Commit- tee Chairman Bob Good- latte of Virginia said his bill on regulations would take aim at the "endlessly es- calating, excessive federal regulatory costs" under the Obama administration. The White House objected that it would "create needless con- fusion and delay." The bill on Wall Street re- forms — which would give U.S. banks an additional two years to ensure that their holdings of certain risky se- curities don't put them afoul of a new banking rule — was no sure bet to pass the Sen- ate. And on immigration, even some Republican sen- ators were skeptical of the approach being taken in the House, where Republicans were using a $39.7 billion spending bill, which would keep the Homeland Secu- rity Department running past February, as the vehi- cle to overturn Obama's ex- ecutive actions. PARTISAN HOSTILITIES Republicans press attacks on Obama agenda By Jack Gillum The Associated Press WASHINGTON President Barack Obama said Tues- day that recent cyberthreats to Sony and the military's U.S. Central Command are reminders of the serious threats facing the nation. But an Associated Press re- view shows that some of his plans are retreads from years past. Obama laid out his plans this week as part of a push for new cybersecurity leg- islation — a week before his State of the Union ad- dress — that increases gov- ernment information-shar- ing and protects businesses from lawsuits for revealing cyberthreats. Yet the president's pro- posals are similar to con- gressional legislation that has been languishing on Capitol Hill, in part over privacy concerns. The White House is hoping a recent spate of cyberattacks and data breaches — including November's hacking at Sony Pictures Entertainment, which the administration blamed on North Korea — will spur lawmakers to take up the issue. Privacy advocates also criticized other elements of this plan this week, espe- cially involving data-shar- ing between companies and the government, in light of an ongoing debate about the scope of U.S. government surveillance and bulk-data collection. The president unveiled his plans Tuesday at the Na- tional Cybersecurity and Communications Integra- tion Center just outside Washington, saying cyber- threats pose "an enormous challenge" in which the U.S. must be "upping our game." He said cybercriminals are doing as much damage, or more, than traditional crim- inals. "As a nation, we are mak- ing progress. We are more prepared to deal with cy- berattacks, but attackers are getting more sophisti- cated," Obama said. "All of us — government and in- dustry — need to be doing better." A key part of the propos- als, which have received sup- port from some Republicans in Congress, would enable cybersecurity information- sharing between U.S. agen- cies and the private sector. But that sharing has already been taking place — with uneven results — for more than 16 years. President Bill Clinton es- tablished the earliest Infor- mation Sharing and Anal- ysis Centers in May 1998. These were intended to col- lect, analyze and distrib- ute warnings about cyber- threats within eight of the most important U.S. indus- tries, including banking, transportation, communi- cations and energy. In 2003, President George W. Bush moved responsibil- ity for the warning centers from the FBI's now-defunct National Infrastructure Pro- tection Center to the Home- land Security Department. The warning centers have since been expanded to cover 16 critical industries, and others — such as one covering retail stores — have launched separately. Some of the warning cen- ters, such as the ones pro- tecting banks and computer companies, are highly re- garded. But others have been marked by uneven co- operation among members and confusion about roles during a cyberattack. LEGISLATION Cybersecurity proposals part of decade-old programs ested people can give in- put, feedback or concerns about a particular project. The proposed Tembo Preserve would be about 17 miles west of Interstate 5 and north of State Route 36 West, just west of the intersection with Bowman Road. The project would cre- ate a wildlife preserve that would house at its peak be- tween 40 and 50 elephants and include an operations center, two residences, parking, educational shel- ter, elephant barns, el- ephant shelters, stock ponds, access roads, over- head electric lines, fencing and overlooks. The project would devel- oped over a period of be- tween 30 and 50 years. The Tembo Preserve has been endowed by venture capitalist Roger McNamee and his wife Ann. The Tembo Preserve is also providing the money to fund the EIR process. The idea was first pitched to Tehama County in December 2013. The Oakland Zoo would be involved with the pro- cess. Officials with both orga- nizations said the preserve would bring global atten- tion to Tehama County, provide a steady flow of employment and allow for educational opportunities. Meeting FROM PAGE 1 J.SCOTTAPPLEWHITE—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, departs a closed- door meeting on Capitol Hill. Call 877-4DAD411 or visit www.fatherhood.gov be a dad today. Take time to JACKandDOROTHYSOUTH Jack and Dorothy South both recently died at the home of their daughter in Arcata, CA. They lived long happy lives for 87 years, married for 63 of them. Jack, who was born and raised in Red Bluff, died of metastatic prostate cancer on October 28, 2014. Dorothy died 18 days later on November 15, 2014. She suffered from Alzheimer's and died of a broken heart. A Cele- bration of Life will be held at 2pm, January 17, 2015 at the Para- dise United Methodist Church, 6722 Clark Road, Paradise, CA. All are welcome. Memorial contributions can be made to Para- dise United Methodist Church, PO Box 38, Paradise, CA 95969, Hospice, or your favorite charity. BARBARA BETTY LINDEMAN (BROWN) January 27, 1928 ~ December 28, 2014 Barbara Betty Lindeman (Brown), our beloved mother, passed away peacefully on December 28, 2014, in Carmi- chael, California. She will be dearly missed by her daughter Debbie Phelps (partner Daniel Nipar) and her daughter Christie (fiancé Derek) and children Triston and Ava; daughter Roberta Lindeman (partner Douglas Edelstein)and their son David; and daughter Judith Isadore (spouse John Isadore) and their four children, Jessica, Julisa (fiancé Jus- tin), John Robert (spouse Theresa), Joshua (spouse Dana) and their children Addison and Austin. Barbara's first daughter, Gloria, sadly passed away in 2005. Her daugh- ters have many fond memories of the warm, welcoming home she made for them and all their friends. Later in life that love was generously shared with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Barbara was born on Jan. 27,1928 in Corning and gradu- ated from, Red Bluff High School. While she and her late husband Bob Lindeman raised their four daughters, she enjoyed an active membership with the Emblem Club and he with the Elks. Barbara worked many years as a top- notch bookkeeper at City Hall and served as the City Treasurer before moving from Red Bluff in 1970. Always a caring and generous woman, upon retirement she re- turned to Red Bluff and volunteered at St. Elizabeth's Community Hospital. A service will be held at 10:00am on Jan. 19 at the Red Bluff Cemetery, where she will rest next to Bob, our fa- ther. All who knew her are welcome. Obituaries R ed Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service NowOffering Eco-Friendly urns at economy friendly prices. 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 527-1732 ThePassingParadeisbroughttoyoubybyMinchPropertyManagement, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527 5514 THE PASSING PARADE (FromtheDaveMinchISaycolumnofApril1960) Endorsing someone else's note should be given a lot of study while students are attending school. Each one if then during their lifetime will have several friends or lodge members approach him with the story that the bank will loan him money…but only if they can get a co-signor. Beware of this proposition as you would a rattlesnake. Statistics show that when a bank grants a loan there are 99 to 1 that the loan will be repaid. But when a co-signor endorses someone's note, the chances are 75 to 25 that the co-signor will have to repay it in full even if it bankrupts him. … Celebrating the start of the Pony Express during the month of April brings to mind the story of the great stage coach race that was staged betweenAdams Stage Coach Company and Wells Fargo Stage Coach Company back in the spring of 1857. The riders were to start in San Francisco, and the winner would be the first one to reach Weaverville. On the60 miles from Tehama to Weaverville 12 horses were stationed 5 miles apart. AMr. Lowden of theAdams was the rider for this distance. When he received his saddle bags weighing 54 pounds, he was on his way. He made the exchange to new horses by climbing from the spent horses to the fresh horses back.At the Prairie House, between Red Bluff and Redding, the man who was supposed to be holding his horse got into a fight with another man and the horses wandered up the road. Lowden rode up to the fresh horses, threw his saddlebag on the horse. As the horse started to run, he grabbed it by the tail and, in the best present day TV fashion vaulted onto the horse's back. It started to snow as he left Redding and it snowed all the way to Weaverville. The road wound in and out of the trees and the weather turned very cold. The only clothes he had on, so the newspapers said, were flannel drawers, undershirt, boots, a knife and pistol. It doesn't say whether he lost his pants in a poker game the night before. He won the race by making the last 60 miles in 2 hours and 37 minutes…and the race costs the company $2,000. … Regarding the necessity of hiring a county manager, we definitely need a man with the power to coordinate all elective and appointed officers, otherwise the trouble between departments will only get worse.Also, the idea of hiring a man for only 30 days would only appeal to a man who did not have a job at all, or to one who could not command a better term.* (* By the way, father continues to refer to a "man" for the job. Why are there no female managers applying for the job? RM) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A