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Anonymous wrote:Rick Caruso (who ran against Bass) protected his neighborhood and businesses with private fire companies and his own water tanks. Pacific Village which he owns did not burn down, and everything around it did. That opens up the question of privilege and wealth/entitlement on his part, but it also shows something went wrong here in terms of scope of response, because nothing else can explain that specific area not burning v. surrounding ones burning. Manpower and water were insufficient.

Exactly. Why did the other homes not have access to adequate protection?

And if funds are limited then why is the mayor spending money traveling to Ghana?

Bass was invited to Ghana by President Biden as part of a foreign delegation. Paid for with federal dollars.

Ghana is a client state of the U.S. and this is part of efforts to keep China out of Africa.

So I guess you want to let China take over Africa?

She was collecting her salary from LA at the time, and therefore her concern should have been on LA not Africa.

If it’s that much an issue for you, you can vote for someone else next election.

I already voted with my feet and moved to a different state. And took my tax money with me!

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Anonymous wrote:The entire GOP house delegation except David Valadao (who voted to impeach Trump) spent the weekend at Mar-a-Lago with other GOP members of the federal government to work on promulgation of their tax and immigration agenda. While their home state burned.


https://meidasnews.com/news/california-republicans-flee-to-mar-a-lago-as-la-burns

Photos documenting each one are all over SM.

Would you have preferred they attended a coronation in Africa instead?

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Anonymous wrote:If the fire, water, & forestry efforts were underfunded & mismanaged, then the various levels of government are culpable.

If they WEREN’T underfunded or mismanaged, then the various levels of government are inept at employing those adequate resources.

But Newsom & Bass want us to believe nobody did anything wrong & STILL these fires are out of control. Somebody needs to send them one of those “The buck stops here!” signs.

There is a cost for preparedness. They could have made changes that could have mitigated the spread of wildfires with these extreme conditions, but at an extreme cost.

Do you plan for the 50 year flood, the 100 year flood, or the 500 year flood?

It’s about balancing resources while managing risk.

You are very right. And the Republican critics of CA’s preparedness are the same ones who want to lower taxes and decrease federal funding for the exact things the at they claim CA should have done more of. You can’t have it both ways. Who is supposed to fund preparation, fire hydrant and reservoir maintenance, increased fire department resources, etc.? And don’t say individuals without acknowledging that the individuals with the most resources (Bezos, Musk, and so on down from there) are the very ones doing their best to shield their resources from taxation and call for bootstrapping.

I think republicans’ vision is basically a magical rich person who’s not them funding everything, or each individual homeowner standing in their yard with a hose and using zero public resources.

Find me a Republican who is calling for more preparedness AND willing to vote for more taxes to fund it and I’d happily vote for them.

Exactly. They are basically full of crap.

And you are basically insignificant and kicked to the curb.
Its fun to watch now.

I’m sure Trump learned this response from reading his Bible. Do you remember what verse Jesus said “thou shalt be kicked to the curb if you don’t worship me” — I forget???

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Anonymous wrote:Rick Caruso (who ran against Bass) protected his neighborhood and businesses with private fire companies and his own water tanks. Pacific Village which he owns did not burn down, and everything around it did. That opens up the question of privilege and wealth/entitlement on his part, but it also shows something went wrong here in terms of scope of response, because nothing else can explain that specific area not burning v. surrounding ones burning. Manpower and water were insufficient.

Exactly. Why did the other homes not have access to adequate protection?

And if funds are limited then why is the mayor spending money traveling to Ghana?

Bass was invited to Ghana by President Biden as part of a foreign delegation. Paid for with federal dollars.

Ghana is a client state of the U.S. and this is part of efforts to keep China out of Africa.

So I guess you want to let China take over Africa?

She was collecting her salary from LA at the time, and therefore her concern should have been on LA not Africa.

If it’s that much an issue for you, you can vote for someone else next election.

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Anonymous wrote:Rick Caruso (who ran against Bass) protected his neighborhood and businesses with private fire companies and his own water tanks. Pacific Village which he owns did not burn down, and everything around it did. That opens up the question of privilege and wealth/entitlement on his part, but it also shows something went wrong here in terms of scope of response, because nothing else can explain that specific area not burning v. surrounding ones burning. Manpower and water were insufficient.

To me, it shows that he’s competent. Maybe the people there will vote for the competent person next time.

To me it shows he’s hoarding water in a desert.

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Anonymous wrote:Rick Caruso (who ran against Bass) protected his neighborhood and businesses with private fire companies and his own water tanks. Pacific Village which he owns did not burn down, and everything around it did. That opens up the question of privilege and wealth/entitlement on his part, but it also shows something went wrong here in terms of scope of response, because nothing else can explain that specific area not burning v. surrounding ones burning. Manpower and water were insufficient.

Exactly. Why did the other homes not have access to adequate protection?

And if funds are limited then why is the mayor spending money traveling to Ghana?

Bass was invited to Ghana by President Biden as part of a foreign delegation. Paid for with federal dollars.

Ghana is a client state of the U.S. and this is part of efforts to keep China out of Africa.

So I guess you want to let China take over Africa?

She was collecting her salary from LA at the time, and therefore her concern should have been on LA not Africa.

If it’s that much an issue for you, you can vote for someone else next election.

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Anonymous wrote:Rick Caruso (who ran against Bass) protected his neighborhood and businesses with private fire companies and his own water tanks. Pacific Village which he owns did not burn down, and everything around it did. That opens up the question of privilege and wealth/entitlement on his part, but it also shows something went wrong here in terms of scope of response, because nothing else can explain that specific area not burning v. surrounding ones burning. Manpower and water were insufficient.

Exactly. Why did the other homes not have access to adequate protection?

And if funds are limited then why is the mayor spending money traveling to Ghana?

Bass was invited to Ghana by President Biden as part of a foreign delegation. Paid for with federal dollars.

Ghana is a client state of the U.S. and this is part of efforts to keep China out of Africa.

So I guess you want to let China take over Africa?

She was collecting her salary from LA at the time, and therefore her concern should have been on LA not Africa.

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Anonymous wrote:Rick Caruso (who ran against Bass) protected his neighborhood and businesses with private fire companies and his own water tanks. Pacific Village which he owns did not burn down, and everything around it did. That opens up the question of privilege and wealth/entitlement on his part, but it also shows something went wrong here in terms of scope of response, because nothing else can explain that specific area not burning v. surrounding ones burning. Manpower and water were insufficient.

Exactly. Why did the other homes not have access to adequate protection?

And if funds are limited then why is the mayor spending money traveling to Ghana?

Bass was invited to Ghana by President Biden as part of a foreign delegation. Paid for with federal dollars.

Ghana is a client state of the U.S. and this is part of efforts to keep China out of Africa.

So I guess you want to let China take over Africa?

Anonymous wrote:The entire GOP house delegation except David Valadao (who voted to impeach Trump) spent the weekend at Mar-a-Lago with other GOP members of the federal government to work on promulgation of their tax and immigration agenda. While their home state burned.


https://meidasnews.com/news/california-republicans-flee-to-mar-a-lago-as-la-burns

Photos documenting each one are all over SM.

Anonymous wrote:The entire GOP house delegation except David Valadao (who voted to impeach Trump) spent the weekend at Mar-a-Lago with other GOP members of the federal government to work on promulgation of their tax and immigration agenda. While their home state burned.


https://meidasnews.com/news/california-republicans-flee-to-mar-a-lago-as-la-burns

Photos documenting each one are all over SM.

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Anonymous wrote:Rick Caruso (who ran against Bass) protected his neighborhood and businesses with private fire companies and his own water tanks. Pacific Village which he owns did not burn down, and everything around it did. That opens up the question of privilege and wealth/entitlement on his part, but it also shows something went wrong here in terms of scope of response, because nothing else can explain that specific area not burning v. surrounding ones burning. Manpower and water were insufficient.

To me, it shows that he’s competent. Maybe the people there will vote for the competent person next time.

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Anonymous wrote:Rick Caruso (who ran against Bass) protected his neighborhood and businesses with private fire companies and his own water tanks. Pacific Village which he owns did not burn down, and everything around it did. That opens up the question of privilege and wealth/entitlement on his part, but it also shows something went wrong here in terms of scope of response, because nothing else can explain that specific area not burning v. surrounding ones burning. Manpower and water were insufficient.

To me, it shows that he’s competent. Maybe the people there will vote for the competent person next time.

To me it shows he’s hoarding water in a desert.

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Anonymous wrote:Rick Caruso (who ran against Bass) protected his neighborhood and businesses with private fire companies and his own water tanks. Pacific Village which he owns did not burn down, and everything around it did. That opens up the question of privilege and wealth/entitlement on his part, but it also shows something went wrong here in terms of scope of response, because nothing else can explain that specific area not burning v. surrounding ones burning. Manpower and water were insufficient.

To me, it shows that he’s competent. Maybe the people there will vote for the competent person next time.

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Anonymous wrote:Rick Caruso (who ran against Bass) protected his neighborhood and businesses with private fire companies and his own water tanks. Pacific Village which he owns did not burn down, and everything around it did. That opens up the question of privilege and wealth/entitlement on his part, but it also shows something went wrong here in terms of scope of response, because nothing else can explain that specific area not burning v. surrounding ones burning. Manpower and water were insufficient.

To me, it shows that he’s competent. Maybe the people there will vote for the competent person next time.

Uh, no. He had his private firefighters sit on their hands while the nearby houses burned down.