I think that most people who value their lives, families, homes, and belongings would agree that Bass's ill-timed trip to Ghana -- in the absence of a functioning deputy mayor (who could soon be indicted for bomb threats against the fire department) and in the wake of almost $20 million in cuts to the fire department's budget (which her …
I think that most people who value their lives, families, homes, and belongings would agree that Bass's ill-timed trip to Ghana -- in the absence of a functioning deputy mayor (who could soon be indicted for bomb threats against the fire department) and in the wake of almost $20 million in cuts to the fire department's budget (which her own fire department chief had warned in December would impair its ability to respond effectively even to LA's "typical" risks of fire) -- was beyond a dereliction of duty. It was criminal.
I think that most people who value their lives, families, homes, and belongings would agree that Bass's ill-timed trip to Ghana -- in the absence of a functioning deputy mayor (who could soon be indicted for bomb threats against the fire department) and in the wake of almost $20 million in cuts to the fire department's budget (which her own fire department chief had warned in December would impair its ability to respond effectively even to LA's "typical" risks of fire) -- was beyond a dereliction of duty. It was criminal.