***Los Angeles County is refusing to take evacuees.
If so, I imagine that they figure that they have enough of their own home grown problematics.***
Exactly. We here in calfiornia are up to HERE in taking in "refugees", thank you very much. And when I just heard Geraldo chiding Governor Schwarzenegger, saying he hadn't "done his part, that Texas was overshadowing him", I just about lost it.
"We would not be able to accommodate a giant influx," she said. "We have 90,000 people that are homeless in L.A. County, and we're not doing a comprehensive job of taking care of them now."
Catering to illegals and nutcases is what got your state into that mess. Texas is going to end up having well more than 250,000 refugees by Monday. California, with its vast open spaces in the north, stadiums closed by enviro nuts, and unused arenas has taken... drumroll please....
750.
Seven hundred and fifty.
That's all.
This is Texas. We took point. We're doing the job. It's up to the REST of y'all to do your jobs.