Posted on 01/18/2025 9:47:05 AM PST by John Semmens
True to his Party's belief that crises are opportunities to advance the interests of Democrats, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif) has used the state's wildfire disaster to launch a campaign website. "So far there has been a lot of finger pointing about who's to blame for the magnitude of the fire damage being done in our state," Newsom complained. "What is needed is an honest assessment of the facts. We're calling on folks to help out by donating funds to ensure that those of us who have been diligently governing the state do not suffer undeserved blame."
The Governor insisted that "this preemptive strike is necessary to combat Trump's attempt to cast this disaster as a result of the Democratic Party's long term control of all the key state and major city governments in California. Well, it is a fact that voters have overwhelmingly supported Democrats for all these offices for the past few decades. Trump calling me and other Democrats incompetent is just more evidence of his opposition to our democracy. Sure, we haven't spent the billions that voters approved in 2014 to build the dams and reservoirs that could have stored the water needed to avert the current tragedy, but we've been busy saving the climate."
Newsom admitted that "we canceled the fire safety project in Pacific Palisades that would've replaced wooden electric poles with steel ones and installed wind and fire-resistant power lines because the work could have damaged the habitat of the Braunton's Milkvetch wild pea plant. We also had hundreds of thousand migrants to house and feed. In hindsight that may seem foolish, but who would've thought an urban fire could be so damaging?"
Well, six years ago, wildfire expert Jack Cohen foresaw the danger and advised area firefighters on how to minimize the risk and damage of wildfires. This advice was ignored. In fact, the budget of the Los Angeles Fire Department was cut by Mayor Karen Bass.
Newsom isn't completely heartless. He did order the extension of the property tax payment deadline for homeowners whose houses were destroyed by the fires, saying "I can see how it might be tough on them for a big tax bill to hit them while they're homeless. However, I must remind them that this is a postponement, not an elimination of the taxes due. They will also be allowed to rebuild, but must follow the tougher environmental requirements that have been put into place since their original homes were built."
In related news, the wildfires have destroyed a cache of 200 of Hunter Biden's paintings worth millions of dollars. The President's son is hoping to use the lost assets as an offset against future income. "After the awfully hard year I've just had I really need a break," Hunter said. "My influence-peddling business is kaput. My Chinese business partners won't take my phone calls. I don't know if I'll ever be able to earn an income again, but if I do, the loss of my artwork should make it tax-free."
. We’re calling on folks to help out by donating funds to ensure that those of us who have been diligently governing the state do not suffer undeserved blame.”
If you are to blame you should contribute instead of asking others. Resigning would be another good action.
. We’re calling on folks to help out by donating funds to ensure that those of us who have been diligently governing the state do not suffer undeserved blame.”
If you are to blame you should contribute instead of asking others. Resigning would be another good action.
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