Posted on 01/25/2025 8:54:37 AM PST by mac_truck
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration shut down a highly trained, all-volunteer team of certified firefighters in early 2024—a move that rendered the California National Guard incapable of sending a complete firefighting force to Los Angeles until 10 days after the deadly fires broke out in the city, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
Launched in 2020, Team Blaze was an on-call strike force staffed entirely with certified firefighters of the California State Guard, a volunteer militia force that reports directly to Gov. Gavin Newsom. Former State Guard commanding general Jay Coggan said its members attended regular trainings at their own expense, and an outside charity procured much of the team’s firefighting equipment at no cost to the state. California was obligated to pay Team Blaze only when the unit was activated to fight a wildfire, and by 2023 Coggan had plans to expand its ranks to 1,000 certified volunteer firefighters on standby all across the state.
But in January 2024, the Newsom administration disbanded Team Blaze after barring its charitable benefactor from providing free firefighting equipment to its volunteers. Team Blaze had to return its equipment to the state and many of its firefighters quit, while those that remained were transferred to support a separate state initiative called Task Force Rattlesnake, a senior enlisted leader in the California State Guard told the Free Beacon.
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Wow, if this gets legs, it will be the final nail in Newsom’s coffin.
You know, it kinda seems like CA has selected some ill-prepared politicians in recent years. Perhaps you should try one who is a Conservative Republican.
Bill Clinton was the lucky one. No emergencies other that the Oklahoma City bombing where he could show empathy while blaming talk radio. Then there’s Elian Gonzales where he kept a lid on the pressure by saying a kid belongs with his father. Those were humans who stood up to him. Remember Waco/Ruby Ridge?
Gavin on the other hand...
No prep to prevent fires. The fire came and he’s caught with his pants down. There for everyone to see and Trump isn’t letting him off the hook. Had the water been managed no one would notice. That’s how the government should doit’s job but what do we know?
A different approach? YOU HERETIC!!
I’m beginning to believe he wants to burn down LA and is responsible for the fires being set. Some sort of real estate deal is brewing.
You say that like it's a bad thing.
What do you think they meant by, “Build Back Better”?
The Olympics there.
Newsome should be charged for murder and eco-terrorism!
BTTT
Not nearly as far-fetched as some would claim. Some very interesting theories that tie things up pretty neatly in that regard
It’s always key to remember with these people that the only Governor they have on their behavior is whether or not they think they can get away with it, whether or not they think they will get caught, whether or not they believe they will get punished if they do get caught.
In a properly functioning Society ethics, morals, ingrained sense of right and wrong, and fear of censure and or punishment regulate the behavior of most people. These people are pathological and these traditional functions of society simply do not work on them.
. @MayorOfLA - the national guard and the police are still not allowing people to their homes this morning.
Why?
Let. Them. In. @realDonaldTrump— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) January 25, 2025
This is their master plan:
1. Burn this M/F down.
2. Build back better.
It's so simple a Democrat can do it.
Beevers and DEI.
Cal Fire politics.
Im sure there are some back door deals made for prime real-estate and a big payoff for these political scumbags
Let Californians be Californians.
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