The State Attorney General’s Office fully exonerated Shasta County District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett in January for questions surrounding the Zogg Fire settlement, but Supervisor Patrick Jones apparently chose not to make that public, or even to share the information with fellow supervisors or the DA herself. The AG’s Office was asked last August to settle a dispute that District One Supervisor Kevin Crye started when he made accusations of corruption when questioning how money was split up from the PG&E Zogg Fire settlement. A lot of bitter words were spoken, with the only common thread being what a shame it was to force the Zogg Fire survivors to revisit their grief. District Three Supervisor Mary Rickert never even thought the question was in the board’s jurisdiction.District Two Supervisor Tim Garmin doesn’t think the accusations were even sincere, but that the victims were used for political gain. DA Stephanie Bridgett has repeatedly pointed out how much work was done in her office to resolve the case, and to try to get a criminal conviction against PG&E. When that failed, a judgment was crafted that provided 74% of the huge settlement to local fire and police departments. The remainder went to organizations chosen by the families of the 4 people killed in the Zogg Fire. The letter from the Attorney General that cleared the DA was sent to Jones on January 29th, but Crye used the issue in advertisements to defend himself during a failed attempt to recall him from office in March.