Posted on 01/13/2025 5:35:11 PM PST by TigerClaws
Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass has faced a number of criticisms over her leadership amid the wildfires destroying large portions of the city.
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The move came after more than $17 million in cuts the previous year.
If Bass did not want to spend money on fighting fires in a state which lives under a constant threat of such disasters, then the question of what the city funded instead must be raised.
The budget resolution for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, which said on the front cover that the document was submitted by Bass herself before being modified and adopted by the Los Angeles City Council, indeed revealed some rather foolish spending priorities.
There was a “Midnight Stroll Transgender Cafe,” for which Bass suggested a $100,000 slush fund, an amount that was fully approved by the City Council.
The funding was meant to “support a safe haven for unsheltered transgender individuals in Hollywood between the hours of 9:00 pm and 7:00 am.”
One has to wonder whether those “unsheltered transgender individuals” will still be able to take their midnight strolls in that area, or if that area will be reduced to rubble by the fires.
There was $8,230 allocated to the Ebony Repertory Theatre, a project which attempts to “provide a permanent home for artists of color that enables those artists to explore, experience and present a wide-ranging variety of programs that reflect the significant canon of African-American literary, artistic and cultural achievements.”
There was meanwhile $8,670 earmarked for the ONE Archives Foundation.
That entity supports the largest repository of “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer” materials in the world at the University of Southern California.
They recently ran an exhibition called “Sci-fi, Magick, Queer L.A.: Sexual Science and the Imagi-Nation.”
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You can’t make this s... up
Resign yesterday mayor.
Ba$$ should be interred next to Lenin.
But, were there fires at any of those events? See...
Queer Occult Interests? That’s something I think we can all get behind. Having a viable fire department with adequate water supplies and equipment is way overrated.
I can’t believe MSN posted this. Bass is finished if she’s lost their support.
This commie needs Gitmo.
Isn’t that CALLED misappropriation of funds? Could have serious consequences.
Love the double entendre! FReepers are so creative.
Isn’t that extra special.
Just think of this. Yes, this apocalyptic fire is devastating., but it is sure exposing the insane people who have been running this beautiful state. They have been as destructive as the fires.
True. Bass and Newsome are toast. They’re just rearranging the deck chairs on their own Titanic of a political career.
Reality is a harsh mistress.
Just think of this. Yes, this apocalyptic fire is devastating., but it is sure exposing the insane people who have been running this beautiful state. They have been as destructive as the fires.
Misappropriation of taxpayer money. She should already have been indicted, and in jail awaiting trial.
Democrat L.A. Mayor Karen Bass's Communist Roots Revealed Rumble 3:05
When she gets to hell, satan will have some serious surprises waiting for her.
Indeed.
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