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2025-12-18 Government Corruption

LA Mayor Karen Bass Says CA Officials 'Botched' the Fire Response ‐ Then She Tries to Scrub the Record

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Posted by Frank G 2025-12-18 05:25|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1809 views ] Top
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1 That she is running for re-election is a travesty. That she will be the favorite is clown like.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-12-18 06:56|| 2025-12-18 06:56|| Front Page Top

2 We all know now that blame for the disaster can be laid at Bass's feet as well as Newsom's. The only question is whether it was the result of incompetence or were the failures part of a plan to burn out single family homeowners so their wealthy developer friends can buy it for cheap and get even wealthier by turning Malibu and the Palisades into a high-rise "affordable housing" slum?

I know. I know. Embrace the power of "and".

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-12-18 11:46|| 2025-12-18 11:46|| Front Page Top

3 The true tragedy in this story is that the voters of L.A., and most of coastal California, have no understanding of any of this! Unless some Tik-Tok "influencer" or snappy 30 second podcaster quote makes it to their social media views, they are blissfully ignorant of it. And if they were made aware, far too many lack the critical reasoning skills to assemble even a rudimentary set of facts leading to a conclusion about accountability! Thinking be hard in California these days.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2025-12-18 15:09|| 2025-12-18 15:09|| Front Page Top

4 Also the article, the news people are in on the con.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-12-18 17:41|| 2025-12-18 17:41|| Front Page Top

5 They are idiots, Let them lay in their bed.

Posted by chris 2025-12-18 18:14|| 2025-12-18 18:14|| Front Page Top

6 What NoMoreBS says at #3 is true. Only a very small handful of reporters cover Sacramento and the reporters in LA don't have much to say about all the scandals at City Hall.

One hope is that when Newsom runs for president, the other Democrats in the primaries will be ready and waiting for him with his record. If they are smart enough to take advantage of it, his record will be devastating for him. His strategy will be to denounce Trump but that may not be enough especially when Trump won't be running.

Dunno what's gonna happen with Bass. She announce a few days ago that she will run for a second term as mayor of LA. She'll denounce Trump too. She'll rant and rave about ICE while avoiding subjects like wild fires. the homeless and where all the money went.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-12-18 19:35|| 2025-12-18 19:35|| Front Page Top

7 John Kobylt, et al will cover it. The restof teh compliant: LA Times (Geo. Skelton, etc.) won't

Posted by Frank G 2025-12-18 20:12|| 2025-12-18 20:12|| Front Page Top

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