[Gabz]

Any intrepid reporter would use this quote to confront any LA politician blaming Washington/Bush. Most MSM reporters are too lazy, incompetent, PC, or ideologically biased toward 'blame Bush' to do so.

You make a good pont - however it wouldn't wash because of ONE single word in that cited section MAY. A case could be made if that word were to have been SHALL.

don't mean to seem nit-picky,but the choice of those 2 words can make all the difference i the world regarding how something is carried out.

[RochesterFan]

Sorry, I don't buy it. If they "may" use the busses in such an event they should have. It is a reasonable expectation of care, since the buses belong to the people. Instead, the LA politicos sat on their butts and did NOTHING. As O'Reily pointed out a couple of days ago, they did not even mobilize and organize the LA State Police and the LA Nat'l Guard when they had the opportunity before the storm. This is gross incompetence that I suspect rises to criminal negligence. The standard is usually "reasonable care" and the LA politicians didn't exercise it in any way.