Re: [OT] Bass fires fire chief

Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

I was interested to see that LA mayor Karen Bass has (finally) fired the
chief of the LA Fire Department.

https://www.castanet.net/news/World/534600/LA-mayor-dismisses-fire-chief-over-response-to-most-destructive-wildfire-in-city-history-last-month

There would appear to be ample justification for this firing. I'm
disappointed to see that Bass is still the mayor of LA though. I thought
there was a move to force her out too?

Given the cuts in the firefighting budget, was there a plan to
pre-deploy men and equipment during fire season that the mayor's office
overrode?

I've also read that a great deal of firefighting vehicles and apparatus
were out of repair. Was that the fault of the fire chief or the mayor's
office?

My guess is this is buck passing.