By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-12 00:32:28 | Updated at 2025-01-16 06:11:44
4 days ago
LA Times owner's stark message to voters as he attacks Democrat incompetence over deadly fires: Live updates
Daily Mail UK ^ | January 11, 2025 | Bethan Sexton
Posted on 01/11/2025 4:19:18 PM PST by Morgana
As the California wildfires continue to rage, so does anger over the handling of the disaster which has already claimed the lives of at least 13 people and destroyed more than 10,000 structures.
The owner of the Los Angeles Times Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is among those leading criticism of Democrats' response as he issued a stark message to voters stressing the need for 'competence' when electing leaders.
Officials are now warning that fast and erratic winds may spread the fires throughout untouched areas over the weekend.
Amid a search for the cause of the crisis, energy firm Southern California Edison admitted its grid short-circuited just after 10pm on Tuesday when a tower went down - the same time the Hurst Fire erupted.
The expansion of Los Angeles' Palisades fire which partially shuttered the 405 freeway has also engulfed the celebrity neighborhood of Brentwood.
As the efforts stretched into their fourth day, it was revealed that a major reservoir in the worst hit area of Pacific Palisades had been drained and closed for repairs when the blaze broke out this week.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
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1 posted on 01/11/2025 4:19:18 PM PST by Morgana
To: Morgana
Pile on people. It took 2 bombs before the Japanese understood. Makes no difference to the left.
2 posted on 01/11/2025 4:22:08 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
To: DIRTYSECRET
3 posted on 01/11/2025 4:25:12 PM PST by riverrunner
To: Morgana
This is a surprise, that the Democrat Party is entirely incompetent?
People in Los Angeles voted for this.
Caveat emptor, California voters!
4 posted on 01/11/2025 4:25:12 PM PST by JJBookman (Democrats = Party of ideology over common sense )
To: JJBookman
All the time they spend going to classes for diversity and thumb sucking leaves little time for training to do their job.
5 posted on 01/11/2025 4:31:11 PM PST by rottweiller_inc (Lupus urbem intravit. Fulminis ictu vultures super turrem exanimati. )
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