With two major, out of control fires burning in LA County, our TV stations are covering the fire live, 24/7, and networks didn't break for Carter's funeral.
I'm glad we don't have an election coming up, because we are losing the info war. Nathan Hockman, the recently elected LA DA is incredible in front of a camera on prom…
With two major, out of control fires burning in LA County, our TV stations are covering the fire live, 24/7, and networks didn't break for Carter's funeral.
I'm glad we don't have an election coming up, because we are losing the info war. Nathan Hockman, the recently elected LA DA is incredible in front of a camera on promoting himself and his policies.
Unfortunately, LA Mayor Karen Bass is not. She's a walking platitude, not responding to questions, and unable to respond to some very pointed questions about responses to the fire. With the last election being rather close given the D lean of LA City, I'm not sure in a Caruso Bass matchup that she would win.
We need to elect people who in pressure situations are telegenic.
I was just thinking a few days ago that, in light of how massively unpopular our mayors were in Chicago and NY, "at least one of our most populous cities has a popular mayor".
The painful thing to watch is that there are legitimate responses to questions. You can't fly aircraft in 90 mph gusts, the water pressure has been stressed by the sheer magnitude of needs, we immediately had major fire 2 start so quickly.
Just smiling, ignoring the question and repeating we are doing everything we can to protect life, and say you're not saying anything else doesn't look good.
As I said in previous discussions on the Downballot, I do not envy anyone being Mayor. This particularly pertains to Karen Bass’ situation.
The issue here seems to be bad timing on Mayor Bass’ part. However, keeping quiet on her part is better than saying anything that could add ammunition to the media. Bass has said she’s been in contact with fire department and public health officials.
She needs to give a damn good answer as to why she hasn’t answered questions from the media or this issue is going to be a liability to her re-election chances in 2026.
She's always struck me as just a career politician going from one job to the next. Sure there's a lot of those but at least do something with your time in office.
I suggest familiarizing yourself more with Bass. As State Assembly Speaker along with State Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg forged a significant, painful compromise with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2010 to address the CA State Budget in light of the Great Recession. That was a bold move and indicated Bass was willing to lead to make unpopular decisions for the good for CA.
Bass also doesn't aim to be a celebrity like Gavin Newsom does. I believe the reason why she ran for Mayor of LA was because she saw the city in trouble, not because she had been angling herself to be Mayor her whole life. Going from serving in the State Assembly to Congress to being Mayor isn't exactly a linear path for most politicians.
Also, news conference Bass participated in in light of the LA firestorm showed she's far more intelligent than others are giving her credit for. She's already seeing the need to rebuild and wants to focus on that as well, not just addressing the more immediate problem of getting the fire out and dealing with the humanitarian efforts.
LA fire coverage
With two major, out of control fires burning in LA County, our TV stations are covering the fire live, 24/7, and networks didn't break for Carter's funeral.
I'm glad we don't have an election coming up, because we are losing the info war. Nathan Hockman, the recently elected LA DA is incredible in front of a camera on promoting himself and his policies.
Unfortunately, LA Mayor Karen Bass is not. She's a walking platitude, not responding to questions, and unable to respond to some very pointed questions about responses to the fire. With the last election being rather close given the D lean of LA City, I'm not sure in a Caruso Bass matchup that she would win.
We need to elect people who in pressure situations are telegenic.
I was just thinking a few days ago that, in light of how massively unpopular our mayors were in Chicago and NY, "at least one of our most populous cities has a popular mayor".
The painful thing to watch is that there are legitimate responses to questions. You can't fly aircraft in 90 mph gusts, the water pressure has been stressed by the sheer magnitude of needs, we immediately had major fire 2 start so quickly.
Just smiling, ignoring the question and repeating we are doing everything we can to protect life, and say you're not saying anything else doesn't look good.
I believe Bass's star is getting tarnished.
Just saw a clip from the press conference on the evening news and completely agree that she was not impressive.
As I said in previous discussions on the Downballot, I do not envy anyone being Mayor. This particularly pertains to Karen Bass’ situation.
The issue here seems to be bad timing on Mayor Bass’ part. However, keeping quiet on her part is better than saying anything that could add ammunition to the media. Bass has said she’s been in contact with fire department and public health officials.
She needs to give a damn good answer as to why she hasn’t answered questions from the media or this issue is going to be a liability to her re-election chances in 2026.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/wildfire-threatens-karen-bass-extended-honeymoon-00197228
She's always struck me as just a career politician going from one job to the next. Sure there's a lot of those but at least do something with your time in office.
I suggest familiarizing yourself more with Bass. As State Assembly Speaker along with State Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg forged a significant, painful compromise with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2010 to address the CA State Budget in light of the Great Recession. That was a bold move and indicated Bass was willing to lead to make unpopular decisions for the good for CA.
Bass also doesn't aim to be a celebrity like Gavin Newsom does. I believe the reason why she ran for Mayor of LA was because she saw the city in trouble, not because she had been angling herself to be Mayor her whole life. Going from serving in the State Assembly to Congress to being Mayor isn't exactly a linear path for most politicians.
Also, news conference Bass participated in in light of the LA firestorm showed she's far more intelligent than others are giving her credit for. She's already seeing the need to rebuild and wants to focus on that as well, not just addressing the more immediate problem of getting the fire out and dealing with the humanitarian efforts.