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Posted on 05/31/2026 11:27:59 AM PDT by John Semmens
In Los Angeles, City firefighters are lashing out at Mayor Karen Bass' neglect to sufficiently budget for fire safety. Councilwoman Traci Park, the lone dissenter on the City Council's priorities for spending said "here we are a year and a half after the worst disaster in our city's history, and our fire department investments are being deferred. Our firefighters are being asked to do more with less. Response times have lengthened. Work shifts have become longer and some paychecks have been missed."
The Mayor insisted that "the fact that Park is consistently one vote against the fifteen other Council members shows how out of step she is with the majority. The fire that she is obsessed with was a rare, once in a lifetime event. Homelessness, on the other hand, is a chronic and growing problem. Everyone but Park realizes this and has decided to shift resources away from defending against a repeat of the rare conflagration to deal with a much more certain and larger need."
Spenser Pratt, an independent candidate running against Bass for mayor, pointed out that "it was lack of preparation that led to the massive size of the fire disaster. The Mayor's current preference to divert funds from fire safety measures in order to buy dentures for homeless meth addicts repeats that lack of preparation and sacrifices public safety in order to alleviate the cost of the self-inflicted dental decay caused by smoking meth. Voters will have an opportunity to weigh-in on the Mayor's priorities and performance. If they agree with her they can reelect her. If they don't, they can elect me."
Nithya Raman, a City council member who generally agrees with the Mayor's priorities to spend more on the homeless, was irate to see a mini-homeless camp set up in the street in front of her home on Memorial Day as a protest against her campaign. "I'm trying to offer voters a democratic-socialist option in the race for mayor. Yes, we need to spend more to support the homeless, but we also need to invest more in bike lanes. If we want to get more people out of their polluting cars and into the healthier habit of biking to their destinations we have to convert more roadways into bicycle lanes. No other candidate is pushing as hard as I am on this issue. Voters who want to save the environment and improve their health should vote for me."
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They present a tough decision who to vote for. (/S)
Karen Bass to firefighter who looks like Shemar Moore: “There may be snow on my roof but there’s still a fire down below.”
BIKE LANES IN LA???
DOES THAT MATCH UP WITH THE ILLEGALS WHO HAVE CDL’S?????
VICE VERSA
Well, you got the option. Large Mouth Bass, Ramen Noodles or a non-politician whose home was burned down by the B-Ass Administration.
I’m now leaning towards ill tempered Bass as a nick. The non politician is the obvious choice of course.
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