Ridgel remembered as patriot, historian, fierce political campaigner KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Randy Ridgel sometimes spoke in the patois of the Louisiana Bayou Country where he spent his early years as the son of a sharecropper. So "Crawfish," as intimates occasionally called him, was an appropriate nickname. But, given his sagacious maneuverings in the halls and offices of local and state government, "Kingfish" would have been just as suitable for Ridgel, who ...
Aug. 8, 2013 - Lake County News