LA Fires
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No, I’m with you—I’m not sure either, but I put my faith in what I see first hand and my own professional experiences with Sacramento/California politics.
Any change won’t happen quickly; too much bureaucracy and the power brokers who control it won’t let it happen quickly.
Splinters? Lots of talk…highly unlikely to ever happen. Dividing up the water resources and infrastructure would be a colossal task. The consolidation and maturity of the electric utilities infrastructure in this state as compared to the water utilities industry is like comparing modern man to a troglodyte. It’s decades behind and while electric lines do age-out and need upgrading, water infrastructure wears out significantly faster. It probably doesn’t make the news back east when LADWP blows a large diameter distribution line, but it happens with regularity out here.
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I disagree with your sentiment. I sense blood in the water and people are rightfully angry. I see sharks circling the democrats. Their policies are on display for the world to see.
Change happens fast. It isn’t slow. I was just in Prague a couple weeks ago touring and spoke to the tour guide about how fast the fall of communism came. It happened in a matter of weeks when the students just had enough.
The fire is the last straw for a lot of people. They lost their livelihood. No job to go back to. No house. Many with no insurance. Voters will not just look the other way as if this was just another nuisance. It’s a little different than having people shit on your sidewalk.
Democrat policies must be, and will be in my opinion, held accountable. I’m not sure exactly what it looks like, but I think 5 years from now things look very different in California.
Trump isn't exactly known for his crisis management so what do you think he'll do differently?
I mean more of Democratic policies on forest management.
And also water management. I'll wait for more complete information to render full judgement, but why was a 117 million gallon reservoir empty for almost a year? Also, why is water diverted into the ocean when other states need that water?
There was literally no water to fight fires with. Who would you hold accountable for that? Someone in governement was responsible for those decisions and we all know who runs CA governement.
Another thing to consider is the red tape on rebuilding. Democrats will have to bend their rules or else they will be voted out. WAY too many regulations in place for a successful comeback. They will need to adjust, and i assume they will.
Maybe you’ll be correct. The 2021 Gubernatorial recall election failed spectacularly despite all of the chatter I watched & heard downtown about people wanting Newsom out.
Wake me up when LA, Santa Clara, and Marin Counties flip red. Then, I’ll be a believer.
I agree those counties won’t flip. That’s why I suspect the state may splinter.
It was already an idea, these fires probably cause it to gain more traction. Will be interesting to watch.
The reservoir was under repair because shit happens.
"The Santa Ynez Reservoir in the Pacific Palisades has been closed for repairs after a covering designed to preserve water quality tore.
The reservoir’s status may have limited the water system’s ability to provide consistent pressure for firefighters, but Marty Adams, a former general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, said it is unlikely to have made a significant difference in the battle against the Palisades Fire"
"Previously, the department said it had filled all available water facility storage tanks in Los Angeles ahead of the windstorm that spread the fire, including three 1 million-gallon tanks in the Palisades area."
Reservoir in Pacific Palisades was out of commission when fire started
California Gov. Gavin Newsom called for an investigation into the water supply troubles and the reservoir’s lack of availability.
www.nbcnews.com
What are Republican policies on forest management?
Side note - I visited Prague a year and a half ago. What did you think of it?
PS - we aren't under Communist rule.
Newscum has literally destroyed that state even before the fires of this year, yet apparently people still vote for him.
Me personally, I don't live there, and I can't even dream of an amount of money to make me live there. That being said, I think there are politics in CA that would make the 2020 election blush.
You can look at my post history to confirm this, but I am not continuously out waging war against lgbt(sp)/trans/etc. HOWEVER, there is no way you can convince me those three people were/are the best candidates for the job and just happen not to be heterosexual or males when the overwhelming pool of candidates(firefighters) would be heterosexual males. Statistically, it almost impossible.
To be clear, this likely changes nothing as far as the impact from the fires. It does show, however, that the left is perfectly fine with discrimination as long as it only applies to certain groups. More importantly, it shows that doing the best possible job and producing the best outcome for taxpayers comes second to advancing political and social agendas. That is a problem, and should be concerning to anyone.
One can only hope you didn't pay money to make yourself this stupid, but I guarantee you have a degree hanging on a wall somewhere that you are very proud of.
"I don't know that those choices made the people in charge wrong. You can't fund everything. You have to decide what amount of risk is acceptable vs the amount of money you have." Just look at this "doosey" you just thought was smart to post.
HO-LEE-FVK!
This goes much further than the fires that are burning as we speak. It seems those people out there have plenty of money to spend on things that don't provide for the safety of their citizens.
People are leaving there as fast as they can, provided they have the money to do it. I showed my sister the "sh!t map of SF" before she ever moved out there. There is rampant homelessness. They support giving "sex change operations" for people in jail. They want to eliminate gas engines-the intent is make everything to go electric. Someone/Some people are getting a big "kickback" there.
Just think about the people that lost their "insurance" just within the last year, so "concerned citizens" could buy up their property at a very discounted price. How many times does Cali get to call "wolf", and disregard their stupidity? How many times?
They would be in good shape now minus stupidity. These people love the wonderful salaries but they are not smart enough to do the job.
What in the tee total fvck does her position have to do with her personal life?
Can one of you LGBTQers get in here and explain this?
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