Wondering, as he walked by on a solo outing this week, why it’s considered essential that construction continue on this complex in downtown Redding during the pandemic crisis.
Redding citizens have complained about dozens of questionably “essential” businesses that are still open and the authorities claim to be on the case.
“I’m glad this project is considered essential because otherwise I’d be out of work,” said one employee working on the downtown Redding, CA, construction project.
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."