LA Budgeted Money For Cop Jobs While Cutting Fire Department Positions. Now the City Is Burning.
theintercept.com
“Defunding of other city programs in order to give the LAPD billions a year has consequences,” according to a local activist.
  • Kite@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Based on my own experience, this is how most cities handle their PD/FD funding, unfortunately. The fire department is just not important… until it is.

      • Sixty@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        5 months ago

        I suspect Scott being a doomsday death cult evangelical made those cuts deliberate instead of just being a standard short sighted git. Especially when he decided to take a vacation during your crises.