Fury at the man behind illegal artist enclave where up to 33 died in fire: Organizer of

dailymail.co.uk ^ | 12/4/16 | Myriah Towner and Regina F. Graham and Jenny Stanton

[ColdOne]

full title......................Fury at the man behind illegal artist enclave where up to 33 died in fire: Organizer of 'death trap' Oakland commune makes self-pitying statement complaining that 'everything I worked for is gone' ................Derick Ion Almena has been identified as the operator of the Ghost Ship venue and Satya Yuga Art Collective where a fire broke out Friday night He wrote: 'Everything I worked so hard for is gone. Blessed that my children and Micah were at a hotel safe and sound' 'It's as if I have awoken from a dream filled with opulence and hope.... to be standing now in poverty of self worth,' he continued Officials said at least nine people died in the massive fire that was held in the Oakland warehouse Fire Chief Teresa Deloche-Reed said that at least another 24 people are still unaccounted Officials say there was no sprinkler system in the two-story building and firefighters saw no evidence that smoke detectors were activated during the blaze City officials also revealed that the warehouse had no permits that allowed for a party to be held or for residential occupation Crews found flames on three sides of building when they arrived to scene after fire started around 11.30p

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[Albion Wilde]

I’m not understanding why 2-3 days after the fire a mere 20% of the building has been searched.

It may still be smoldering. We had an arson in our former urban neighborhood of an old building (with wooden structural elements) containing a restaurant, and it re-ignited several times over a period of a week or more.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

I can appreciate that. I can only assume the firemen/women know what they are doing and want to wrap up whatever they do post-fire ASAP, but as thoroughly as possible because there are probably death certificates and all manner of forensics that have to be preserved.

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I just noticed what I posted.

Conservative: “I’m not understanding why 2-3 days after the fire a mere 20% of the building has been searched.”

Liberal: Those firepersons have to be the most incompetent idiots ever to ride on a red truck. They’re not done yet? Explain to me, how, exactly how they are not done. What’s their plan? As usual, they probably don’t have a plan. When you ask them, usually there’s nothing there. How many LGBT artist corpses are being denied proper treatment because of the bigotry of the OFD?

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Jerry Brown, Mayor of Oakland 1999-2007?

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Or maybe Ron Dellums, Mayor of Oakland, 2007-2011.

[Albion Wilde]

Oakland's adminstration was being run by women. Hope they step up and take full responsibility. The Public Information Officer cited by the article is making $166,000 per year. The mayor is a woman. The fire chief is a woman. Political correctness over competence, it might seem.

Mayor Libby Schaaf

Fire chief Teresa Deloche-Reed

Police Department Information Officer Johnna Watson

[Albion Wilde]

You nailed that “liberal” response.

[Albion Wilde]

It’s a “ghost ship” all right. Tragic.

[ColdOne]

I don’t know.

[cradle of freedom]

This reminds me of a news story that was on a tv magazine show. Some human traffickers in New York City had an illegal factory. The factory workers were illegal aliens who were locked in the building day and night. It made me wonder how they could have an illegal business right in the middle of a large city. As you mentioned, all cities have building inspectors that have to drop in unannounced from time to time but it seemed that these slave labor owners were not afraid of being caught. Things that make you go hmmm.

[cradle of freedom]

RE: the Occupy Movement.

I was wondering if this was a crash pad for some of those “rent-a-mob” that Democrats love to hire from time to time? Remember when the city of Furgerson had their riots? Agitators from as far away as Oakland had traveled all the way to Missouri.