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In regards to the brush and vegetation that homeowners have allowed to build up being a major part of the problem, I ran across this post on Reddit:
The sensationalist tone aside, interesting info and perspective. If a lot of the basic fire hazard prevention stuff was flouted because the residents were rich enough to tell the county and city to piss off with their codes and regulations, then I guess it just sucks to be them. When this is all over, it’ll be interesting to see the fallout and whether there are any lessons learned. When Seattle burned down, they raised the city up something like twenty feet and rebuilt everything in stone instead of wood. Maybe LA will be rebuilt out of ethically-sourced organic bamboo so it’ll burn down faster next time. ______________________________________________ “There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.” | |||
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They live in a semi-desert climate. Make swampy old Houston look okay. (Until hurricane season.) The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
Now the fire department is saying don't touch the debris, because it's "toxic". These people, I swear. | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
So all this money cut from the LAFD budget was diverted to all the illegals pouring in, holy shit. https://x.com/The_Real_Fly/status/1877206039080075668 | |||
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It will be very interesting , After seven years to compare both this (these ) fires and the lahiani fires. The effects, the dollars, the amount of rebuilding, the numbers of people affected, The aid offered. Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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Makes Massachusetts look like a full-blown safe nirvana. Minus the frigging Moonbats. | |||
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Only the strong survive |
Hard to believe it is not the same place that we designed a computer-aided dispatch system for the County and worked with the Administer John Englund in 1974. We visited the Fire Camps where they had steaks and pies for lunch.  Some of the people were convicts that cleared fire trails, etc. One time we were returning from a site survey and got in a snow squall when in a Bell Jet Ranger with the turbine intake facing forward. The snow could accumulate on the front and slide into the intake. The pilot was looking for a helipad and flew up a box canyon. Fun times.  41 | |||
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Corrola knows, A good friend clear the hell out in Yucaipa ,ca Took 6 years to build a house instead of 2 years , Because of the permit process .. (but it was during covid) Instead of $750,000, it went to $1,500,000. Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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Yes, almost $18 million diverted from the fire dept to illegal aliens as far as housing, credit cards, etc. Bass wanted $23 million but "only" got 18 mil. Out of the 18, $13 mil was from the department's funding for supplies and equipment, and the rest from salaries. And this does not count the $250 million in the L.A. budget she allocated to the homeless population. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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They JUST had a bad fire in Malibu a few weeks ago. Don’t they learn ? | |||
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| Only the strong survive |
L.A. Officials Complain There Aren’t Enough Firefighters – After Firing Hundreds Who Refused to Take COVID Vaccine https://www.thegatewaypundit.c...-firefighters-after/ 41 | |||
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LA city population is more than 20 other states, LA county population is more than about 40 other states. Depending on illegals being counted. Seems just too big and unwieldy. Nearly 10 million people in the cohnty paying taxes and they can’t get it right ? | |||
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I don’t. I wish they’d all line up on the beach and swim to Hawaii. If they make it that far, perhaps they can swim to Somalia. | |||
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by PASig: So all this money cut from the LAFD budget was diverted to all the illegals pouring in, holy shit.] Even more money was sidetracked to support the Homeless Industrial Complex which has gotten even bigger since special legislation was passed a couple of years ago in Los Angeles County. What hasn't been mentioned yet is the possible incentive to see older single family homes owned by seniors burn down. Under a constitutional measure passed decades ago, homeowners have a statutory right to limited property tax increases, based on the value of the home when it was purchased. Hence, homeowners living in high value properties weren't hit so hard by an increase in property taxs to the point where they were forced to sell their homes and move elsewhere (like out of state). If they did sell, the new owners would have a tax on the home tied to the new assessed value vs what the previous owner had. If a "legacy" owner has lived in his/her property for decades and the house burns down (forcing the owner to find new residence), the lot would be sold to someone new, who'd build a new house there and would thereby incur a far higher tax burden due to the new (greatly increased) value of the property. With this in mind, why wouldn't the leftists in the state want to see older homes lived in by residents that they (the "progressives") believe aren't being taxed highly enough, want to prevent the destruction? Typically, these older homes are owned by older people that the relatively young "progressives" feel aren't "paying their fair share." "I'm not fluent in the language of violence, but I know enough to get around in places where it's spoken." | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven! |
I posted that on Page 3 this morning... | |||
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These property tax schemes always come down to a battle between young and old. Property tax increases have become a HUGE and growing problem for many people. The largest part of the property tax is always the school district. The young "progressives" always want to raise the property tax "for the children" but the older people, who don't use the schools are often taxed out of their ability to stay in their homes. The only solution is private education, but the whole system will have to collapse before we get away from government run schools. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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