They'd Better Get Their Act Together: Poor Pro-Active Response by Los Angeles Democrats Could Endanger the Dems Chances 2026 Mid-Terms.
Democrats have a choice. They can either rally around Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and let the party's chance of re-taking the House in 2026 go up in smoke.
Or they can take a clue from angry Southern California voters.
Bass has to go. And Dems shouldn't wait for a Republican to take her on. They need to coalesce around a worthy candidate by this spring, not when it's too late. Otherwise, voters anger at Bass could be directed at all Democrats, enough to cost them House seats that could make the difference in control of the House.
Breaking a pledge not to travel internationally as mayor during her campaign was bad enough. Add to that being in Ghana while officials were issuing "red flag" warnings is pretty inexcusable.
But blaming the Los Angeles Fire Department chief for lack of water pressure and unusable fire hydrants? That's the
coup de grâce.
And then before even getting into the fact there's a 117 million gallon reservoir near Pacific Palisades that wasn't usable due to a small tear in its roof that the city's Department of Water and Power let go unrepaired? For 11 months!
And then there's the more than half of the Fire Department's fire-fighting trucks down for maintainence because of budget cuts?
For sure, most of the City Council should be booted out, too.
Would replacing them all with COMPENTENT officeholders have stopped a fire fueled by hurricane-force winds? No. But would the level of damage (and perhaps loss of lives) been less? Absolutely!
And lets not forget the Altadena Fire. Altadena is an unincorporated part of Los Angeles County. The County has five supervisors. Their roles should be scrutinized as well. And what role did the power company Edison play in the fire starting?
Gov. Gavin Newsom is far less responsible than local officials. Yet he will be a target by MAGA Republicans. Why the hell they are worried about Newsom's presidential prospects is like the answer to the question how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? The world will never know.
Or they can take a clue from angry Southern California voters.
Bass has to go. And Dems shouldn't wait for a Republican to take her on. They need to coalesce around a worthy candidate by this spring, not when it's too late. Otherwise, voters anger at Bass could be directed at all Democrats, enough to cost them House seats that could make the difference in control of the House.
Breaking a pledge not to travel internationally as mayor during her campaign was bad enough. Add to that being in Ghana while officials were issuing "red flag" warnings is pretty inexcusable.
But blaming the Los Angeles Fire Department chief for lack of water pressure and unusable fire hydrants? That's the
coup de grâce.
And then before even getting into the fact there's a 117 million gallon reservoir near Pacific Palisades that wasn't usable due to a small tear in its roof that the city's Department of Water and Power let go unrepaired? For 11 months!
And then there's the more than half of the Fire Department's fire-fighting trucks down for maintainence because of budget cuts?
For sure, most of the City Council should be booted out, too.
Would replacing them all with COMPENTENT officeholders have stopped a fire fueled by hurricane-force winds? No. But would the level of damage (and perhaps loss of lives) been less? Absolutely!
And lets not forget the Altadena Fire. Altadena is an unincorporated part of Los Angeles County. The County has five supervisors. Their roles should be scrutinized as well. And what role did the power company Edison play in the fire starting?
Gov. Gavin Newsom is far less responsible than local officials. Yet he will be a target by MAGA Republicans. Why the hell they are worried about Newsom's presidential prospects is like the answer to the question how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? The world will never know.
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