Re:LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed
by philistine on Thursday January 09, 2025 @09:45AM
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> She went to Ghana on a taxpayer paid political junket, which doesn't seem like something the mayor of even a major city would be officially involved in
I live in a very mid-size city for my province and our mayor goes on international trips on city business maybe once a year. The fact itself is not out of the ordinary.
Re:LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed
by tomohawk on Thursday January 09, 2025 @06:13PM
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This mayor seems really interested in advancing the interests of Africa, rather than where she actually has a job.
Re:LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed
by inferiorhuman on Thursday January 09, 2025 @10:58AM
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She cut the fire department budget by $20 million. Equipment, supplies,
and salaries were cut.
That assertion is wrong. The city was in the process of negotiating a new
contract with the fire department at the time the budget was being crafted,
so additional funding for the department was set aside in a separate fund
until that deal was finalized in November. In fact, the city’s fire budget
increased more than $50 million year-over-year compared to the last budget
cycle, according to Blumenfield’s office, although overall concerns about
the department’s staffing level have persisted for a number of years.
DEI obsessed fire chief…DEI office and bureaucracy.
She cut the fire department budget by $20 million. Equipment, supplies, and salaries were cut.
She put in place a DEI obsessed fire chief, who reallocated millions they were already short on to set up a DEI office and bureaucracy.
EDIT: here's the memo to the mayor
https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2024/24-1600_rpt_bfc_12...