On the menu today: In response to yesterday’s newsletter, the usual suspects objected that any criticism of Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass is unfair, because there was no way for her to foresee that the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history was on its way.
- “It must be because she knew in advance there would be a fire? Jim is an idiot.”
- “No one (including Mayor Bass) could’ve planned for this. She was already out of the country and did not just flee when things got tough for her constituents.”
- “Try again, loser . . . Bass’s trip started before the fires broke out & she has returned this morning.”
The facts tell a different story. The National Weather Service warned about its forecast for intense Santa Ana winds and significantly higher risk of wildfires two days before Bass departed the city, and the day before her departure as ...
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