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Rick Caruso says there's no water to fight Pacific Palisades fire: 'Absolute mismanagement'
Fox News ^ | Jan. 8, 2024 | Danielle Wallace

Posted on 01/08/2025 2:07:37 PM PST by libstripper

Rick Caruso, a billionaire developer who unsuccessfully ran against Karen Bass for mayor in 2022, said stifled water supply as the Pacific Palisades fire reduces mulit-million-dollar real estate to ashes represents "absolute mismanagement by the city."

"There's no water in the Palisades. There's no water coming out of the fire hydrants. This is an absolute mismanagement by the city. Not the firefighters' fault, but the city's," Caruso, a former mayoral candidate, told Fox11 Los Angeles.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: adamcarolla; california; caltastrophe; caruso; daniellewallace; dei; fire; karenbass; lafires; losangeles; pacificpalisades; rickcaruso; scandal; water; wildfire
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These fires are looking more and more like something out of an Ayn Rand novel where socialism runs wild and destroys everything it touches. First of all the DemonRat LA Regime refused to clear brush. Then it refused to fill the reservoirs. Throw in a high wind and this was inevitable.
1 posted on 01/08/2025 2:07:37 PM PST by libstripper
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To: libstripper

The fire department was more concerned about DEI than in fighting fires.


2 posted on 01/08/2025 2:08:36 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: libstripper

But the little smelt fishies are fine and that’s the important thing.


3 posted on 01/08/2025 2:10:07 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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Yes it was the leadership of the fire department that was also to blame

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D31MNyo1awo
4 posted on 01/08/2025 2:10:18 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: libstripper

This is the “green” agenda. CA state is run by the most radical extremists politicians and bureaucrats.

I know people refuse to believe this but in the wack job world view of these extremists, humans are “An invasive species” that need to be controlled. They don’t think people should be living in these areas at all. So every policy is designed towards that goal


5 posted on 01/08/2025 2:11:01 PM PST by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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EXCEPT when it affects them or their properties.


6 posted on 01/08/2025 2:13:34 PM PST by dontBSme
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To: libstripper

I’m surprised that folks are complaining about there being no water to fight the fires. Why waste water to fight fires when there are snail darters and other endangered species that need it more than saving the homes built on hills and valleys, thus destroying the natural environment. (sarcasm alert)


7 posted on 01/08/2025 2:13:59 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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He’s saying the reservoir wasn’t filled. Then somebody on CNBC followed him and said they are filled and that info is publicly available.

No idea.


8 posted on 01/08/2025 2:14:24 PM PST by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: tumblindice

I smelt somthin’ fishy goin’ on…. 🙄


9 posted on 01/08/2025 2:15:53 PM PST by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: libstripper

Don’t forget the DEI Mayor (in Ghana no less) and LGBT Fire Chief.

The lefties literally burn everything they touch.


10 posted on 01/08/2025 2:16:00 PM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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According to official records, the reservoirs are currently partially full, around 70-80% depending. Enough to spare a few m\thousand acre feet to save peoples’ ’ houses. In past years they were drained to save the fish, but that may not have been done this year.


11 posted on 01/08/2025 2:17:15 PM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: MNJohnnie

It is a cooperative between the extremists and those that want to own the state for themselves by driving people off their land.


12 posted on 01/08/2025 2:19:12 PM PST by Jonty30 (Liberals are a fulfillment of II Tim3:5. We are instructed to have nothing to do with those people. )
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Head of L A Fire is also FEMALE.


13 posted on 01/08/2025 2:19:55 PM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Yep.

You get what you vote for.


14 posted on 01/08/2025 2:24:24 PM PST by lizma2
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You get what you vote for.


Good and Hard!


15 posted on 01/08/2025 2:24:46 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: libstripper

Your tax dollars at rest.


16 posted on 01/08/2025 2:29:29 PM PST by fruser1
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To: lizma2

That’s a fact.


17 posted on 01/08/2025 2:31:05 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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” Throw in a high wind and this was inevitable.”
Having been born and raised in So. CA my favorite
weather was when the Warm Santa Ana winds blew.
They blow every year. Locals know this.
Back east liberals that moved in and destroyed the state
don’t have a clue. So now their houses are burning.


18 posted on 01/08/2025 2:32:03 PM PST by rellic (no such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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To: ridesthemiles

Lesbian—to be more precise.


19 posted on 01/08/2025 2:33:01 PM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: libstripper

Caruso needs to get back on Fox News and other media outlets today/tonight and keep talking. Heard him last night via LA’s FOX 11 that ran live on Fox News.


20 posted on 01/08/2025 2:33:26 PM PST by nutmeg (Proud irredeemable deplorable bitter clingin’ piece of garbage)
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