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REVEALED: Austin fire chief who denied resources ahead of Texas flooding prioritized 'increasing diversity'
https://thepostmillennial.com ^ | Jul 9, 2025 | Libby Emmons

Posted on 07/09/2025 8:25:34 AM PDT by bitt

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To: bitt

Yeah, we should’ve known that rather than being “Trump’s fault it would be the liberals fault

It always is


21 posted on 07/09/2025 8:47:33 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Boycott everything Mexican. Vacations, food, restaurants. Regardless of ownership. )
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Now, it has been revealed that Baker, the first black fire chief in Austin, prioritized diversity goals tribal discrimination shortly after coming onto the job.
22 posted on 07/09/2025 8:48:37 AM PDT by Petrosius
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To: Petrosius

You know in China,they always find a scapegoat!


23 posted on 07/09/2025 8:50:02 AM PDT by armourenthusiast (I capitalize everything related to the South)
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To: mewzilla

I get all of that .
But wondering if the DEI thing is a factor.
Or is the story just fear mongering trying to play to people on our side ?
The left does this all time, Its not cool to do.
Again I don’t live there; but way too many stories are created just to get people angry and pissed off and hating each other .

Wrong for the left to do it, wrong for our side to do it.


24 posted on 07/09/2025 8:50:25 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (“I don’t really care, Margaret.”)
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“He’s been accused of not deploying Austin’s specialized teams ahead of the destruction, despite having been asked by the state to do so, because Texas was delayed in reimbursing the department for $800,000 in past deployments.”

What does that have to do with DEI?


25 posted on 07/09/2025 8:54:13 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
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To: HereInTheHeartland

I don’t think it was DEI.

I think it was sheer malice.

But abject stupidity sounds better, doesn’t it, than turning your back on thousands of assumed Trump voters out of spite.


26 posted on 07/09/2025 8:55:47 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: bitt

Is every mayor, police chief or fire chief of a major city now black? It seems to be an amazing trend for such a “racist” country.


27 posted on 07/09/2025 9:00:25 AM PDT by ten18
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Does their job exist to have them excel at being Asian or LGBTQ? They only thing they need to be good at is putting out FIRES!


28 posted on 07/09/2025 9:00:28 AM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact)
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To: bitt

A stupid question, I know, but do people whose house is burning down or whose children are being swept away by floods really care all that much that the people coming to save them “reflect more of the community we serve”?


29 posted on 07/09/2025 9:07:46 AM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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30 posted on 07/09/2025 9:10:10 AM PDT by Rio
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Austin, Southeast San Francisco.


31 posted on 07/09/2025 9:20:55 AM PDT by boomop1 (term limits NOW)
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To: lee martell

He’s been needing The Boot pretty much since he was hired.
Now, they have an opportunity to weed him and all his DEI / BS
out of that fire department.


In Austin?? Not likely.


32 posted on 07/09/2025 9:30:45 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Delta 21

Same as the fat ugly lesbian in LA.

Incompetent and possibly unqualified.


33 posted on 07/09/2025 9:31:15 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: butlerweave

That’s the truth.


34 posted on 07/09/2025 9:33:46 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: bitt

It’s Austin...


35 posted on 07/09/2025 9:48:15 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than saving to WORK of !US:-)p)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

Specialized swift water rescue teams and equipment


36 posted on 07/09/2025 9:53:29 AM PDT by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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Activity seeking persons uninterested in a position, but otherwise meeting the qualification of being black. Chief should be fired immediately.
How many “people of color” applied to the fire department and were turned away? I’m betting “none”.


37 posted on 07/09/2025 9:53:47 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: HereInTheHeartland
You might want to check out the bazillion youtubes and facebook posts on the most recent flood and check a map to see how far it reached - from San Angelo to Houston. Kerr County residents do shop in Austin so how about helping a neighbor. Some rural counties might only have 4 deputy sheriffs and only volunteer fire departments and then ask yourself why in the world would rural counties need a little help during disasters. Even Mexico understood the need and sent help.

Pictured is the Marble Falls volunteer fire chief's vehicle and he is missing. The area needs all the help it can get and then some. Hey, keep sitting on your thumbs.


38 posted on 07/09/2025 9:57:53 AM PDT by bgill
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To: ripnbang

Check post #38.


39 posted on 07/09/2025 10:01:20 AM PDT by bgill
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Specialized swift water rescue teams and equipment

Exactly. One would think FR would know that and be a bit more giving to their neighbors.

40 posted on 07/09/2025 10:05:38 AM PDT by bgill
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