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Re:LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed by ExoticPearTree on Thursday January 09, 2025 @08:23AM (#42645128)
From behind a keyboard and who knows how far away from Los Angeles you are, you may look at it with other eyes than the people who lost their homes in the fires.

And yes, in the end the mayor is responsible for the wellbeing of the city. And people see the mayor is nowhere to be found when their homes burned down. Who do you want them to be mad at?

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Re:LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed by Yeul on Thursday January 09, 2025 @09:18AM (#42645760)
Texas governor was in Acapulco and nobody blamed him.

Anyway on topic an aunt of mine is a mayor of a small city (55k). Her opinion is that firefighters fight fires and having a politician walk around a disaster area with a hundred journalists isn't helping.

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Re:LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed by ExoticPearTree on Thursday January 09, 2025 @10:33AM (#42646634)
> Texas governor was in Acapulco and nobody blamed him.

Wasn't that Ted Cruz, the senator? During the blizzard?

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Re:LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed by stogot on Thursday January 09, 2025 @10:24AM (#42646535)
That’s a good point. They’d be a distraction to the fire chiefs
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Re:LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed by throaway89 on Thursday January 09, 2025 @06:11PM (#42650798)
That was Newsom
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