We Have a Bombshell Development in the CA Wildfires...And It's Not Good for Karen Bass
Matt Vespa
| January 13, 2025 12:30 AM
It goes beyond the unearthed promises of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who has been caught in intense criticism regarding the still-raging fires in the county. It’s been a hellacious week, with multiple fires burning and inflicting damages that will likely make this the costliest wildfire in US history. Bass was in Ghana when the fires broke out. She also said she’d never travel abroad, which has placed her in awful optics, but it gets worse. Months ago, Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley drafted a memo about the lack of personnel and how she needed more manpower. The LAFD was grossly undermanned, and the mayor’s office appears to have scrubbed it.
https://twitter.com/shellenberger/status/1878603176380965029The memo was sent in November, with Chief Crowley adding the numerous areas where training benchmarks were deficient. The city needed more men, but Chief Crowley is also at fault for seemingly prioritizing woke DEI nonsense. She seems to have a grasp of the troubles plaguing her department. How about filling the ranks with firefighters instead of bean-counting according to the diversity checklist? In this field, no one cares if the firefighter who saves one’s home is gay and black. Residents want people who will fight fires, no matter who they may be (via Washington Free Beacon):
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