{"id":2388030,"date":"2025-01-08T17:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T22:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-residents-rage-against-absent-mayor-as-wildfires-cause-devastation-where-are-you\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T17:36:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T22:36:27","slug":"la-residents-rage-against-absent-mayor-as-wildfires-cause-devastation-where-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-residents-rage-against-absent-mayor-as-wildfires-cause-devastation-where-are-you\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Residents Rage Against Absent Mayor as Wildfires Cause Devastation: &#8216;Where Are You?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fla-residents-rage-against-absent-mayor-as-wildfires-cause-devastation-where-are-you%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2388030&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text discusses the\u200c leadership failures of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass during\u200c a critical \u200ctime when wildfires were ravaging her county. While the fires began on \u200da Tuesday, Bass was attending a presidential inauguration in Ghana and\u2062 did not return to oversee the crisis until news of the disaster emerged. Critics, including her political\u2062 rival Rick\u2063 Caruso, \u2063have \u2064condemned her absence, arguing that\u2063 it highlighted a \u200cbroader failure\u2064 of leadership and\u2064 unpreparedness, especially as the fires\u200b were anticipated due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hurricane-helene-upgraded-to-category-2-ahead-of-landfall-in-florida-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Hurricane Helene upgraded to Category 2 ahead of landfall in Florida - Washington Examiner\">expected high winds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Responses to BassS social media posts during her absence \u2063were largely negative, with constituents \u2064questioning her priorities and leadership. The text\u2063 suggests that her decision \u2064to be away during \u200dsuch an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">emergency reflects \u2062poorly<\/a> \u2062on her\u200d ability to lead. The piece concludes by linking Bass&#8217;s perceived shortcomings to the broader issues within the \u2062Democratic party,suggesting that\u200c continued\u200d failures could benefit republican candidates in upcoming elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite how difficult history makes it seem, there&rsquo;s actually a very simple trick to being a good leader.<\/p>\n<p>And that&rsquo;s simply being present and attentive.<\/p>\n<p>(Admittedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/prominent-pollster-tells-biden-must-stop-hiding-public-stand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a tall task<\/a> for the current occupants of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., but this writer digresses.)<\/p>\n<p>After all, to borrow a football-ism, the greatest ability is availability.<\/p>\n<p>Given that, it should hold equally true that a leader who is not present and is inattentive is an objectively bad leader.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>By these metrics, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is an unmitigated disaster of a leader.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of unmitigated disasters, swathes of Bass&rsquo;s county are currently up in flames due to wildfires, if you haven&rsquo;t heard.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nightmare-fuel-video-inside-2-men-dog-watch-fire-whirl-around-home-palisades-blaze\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">literal hellscape<\/a> throughout Los Angeles Count y&hellip; and Bass isn&rsquo;t even in her state.<\/p>\n<p>Heck, she&rsquo;s not even in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Bass, one of President Joe Biden&rsquo;s former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/first-four-facts-need-know-karen-bass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-vice-president-speculation-rises-as-gop-primary-accelerates\/\" title=\"Trump VP speculation grows as GOP primary speeds up\">vice president candidates<\/a><\/a>, was in Ghana, West Africa, (why?) to attend the presidential inauguration there (why??) instead of overseeing her county&rsquo;s response to the raging inferno (why???).<\/p>\n<p>Now, in minimal fairness to Bass, it does appear that she opted to return to the States after news broke about the fires. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/where-karen-bass-la-mayor-returns-ghana-trip-city-burns-2011556\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>, Bass was expected back in Los Angeles Wednesday. The fires began Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Bass had been in Ghana as part of a four-member U.S. presidential delegation attending the inauguration of new Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama,&rdquo; Newsweek reports.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet added: &ldquo;She has come under attack for not returning to the U.S. sooner in response to the infernos, with [Bass&rsquo; Democratic gubernatorial rival Rick] Caruso telling local network Fox 11 that there had been a &lsquo;failure&rsquo; of leadership and management adding that &lsquo;everybody knew these winds were coming&rsquo; so the risk should have been anticipated.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Caruso argued that &ldquo;[t]his is like a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-on-trapped-americans-give-me-their-contact-info-desperate-woman-im-waiting-for-her-to-open-her-dms\/\" title=\"Psaki On Trapped Americans: Give Me Their Contact Info. Desperate Woman: I\u2019m Waiting For Her To Open Her DMs.\">3rd world country<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;This is like a 3rd world country&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rick Caruso says there is 0 water coming out of the fire hydrants. Mayor Bass is in Ghana. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GPXmDVvLS1\">pic.twitter.com\/GPXmDVvLS1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1876894002336686220?\">January 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some, like California-based entrepreneur Wes Nichols, knew exactly where to place the blame.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I just left the hellscape formerly know as Pacific Palisades where I&rsquo;ve lived for 26 years. I&rsquo;m mad at what I saw. Our politicians have failed us. Unprepared, unimaginative, understaffed, now overwhelmed. Heads must roll for this disaster. I personally saw 100+ homes fully&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8txvSJEZXd\">pic.twitter.com\/8txvSJEZXd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wes Nichols (@wesnichols) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wesnichols\/status\/1876901150676693491?\">January 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just left the hellscape formerly know as Pacific Palisades where I&rsquo;ve lived for 26 years,&rdquo; Nichols posted. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m mad at what I saw. Our politicians have failed us. Unprepared, unimaginative, understaffed, now overwhelmed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Heads must roll for this disaster.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Curiously, despite being halfway across the world from her constituents, Bass still found time to post on social media platform X &mdash; though the responses to her weren&rsquo;t exactly in a forgiving mood.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hundreds of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LAFD?\">@LAFD<\/a> firefighters have been fighting fires through the night.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all the crews working tirelessly to respond and protect life and property.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorOfLA\/status\/1876973682028872042?\">January 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Are you still on vacation in Africa?&rdquo; one biting response <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cernovich\/status\/1877030074404180167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Probably should tell your staff person to stop posting on this account in your absence, it feels like parody at this point,&rdquo; another clearly annoyed comment <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/angelenolewis\/status\/1876986653694157289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do you think a statement your staff put out on your account is enough for your citizens whose homes are being burned down?&rdquo; one user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Jacisbak\/status\/1877004010227388868\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked<\/a>. &ldquo;Where are you? Why aren&rsquo;t you there helping them out? Going to Africa on the taxpayers dime is not helping.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another user posted a horrific bird&rsquo;s-eye view of Los Angeles County ablaze, while prodding Bass by asking her, &ldquo;You still in Ghana?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You still in Ghana? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YapM5qmJJt\">pic.twitter.com\/YapM5qmJJt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JKash &#127818;MAGA Queen (@JKash000) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JKash000\/status\/1877011367862943789?\">January 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Look, to be charitable, even if we were to grant that Bass&rsquo;s African vacation was planned long before the fires erupted, it&rsquo;s still an objectively bad look for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-trans-state-senator-predicts-future-trans-president\/\" title=\"First Trans State Senator Predicts Future Trans President\">major political party<\/a> that&rsquo;s already known best for keeping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/espns-stephen-smith-calls-hiding-kamala-harris-somebody-gotta-say-something\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">politicians in Tupperware<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s the sort of look that a political party&rsquo;s leader &mdash; in this case, some guy named Joe &mdash; should instantly decry.<\/p>\n<p>But that would again require present and attentive leadership from all involved. And if Biden is anything to go by, being present and attentive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-biden-appears-fall-asleep-meets-african-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is&nbsp;<em>a lot&nbsp;<\/em>to ask for<\/a>, apparently.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not exactly a surprise that the deep-blue Democrat-run California is literally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/newsom-debate-takes-brutal-turn-opponent-pulls-brown-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a poop show<\/a>. Bad leaders &mdash; and make no mistake, Gov. Gavin Newsom is an&nbsp;<em>atrocious&nbsp;<\/em>leader &mdash; create bad times.<\/p>\n<p>But worse yet, bad leaders create other bad leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Given that Biden is the figurehead of whatever&rsquo;s left of the Democrats, is it really a surprise that the biggest names in his own party are going to be negligent, asleep behind the wheel and oblivious? Of course not.<\/p>\n<p>If there is a glimmer of a silver lining here, it&rsquo;s that everyday Americans are seeing Democrats unmasked in real-time.<\/p>\n<p>Those epiphanies have already led to Republicans winning the super majority (albeit a slim one) on Nov. 5, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>If Bass, Biden and the rest of the derelict leadership in the Democratic party continue to persist, those epiphanies could carry well into the 2026 midterms, as well as the 2028 general election.<\/p>\n<p>And that&rsquo;s great news for Republicans.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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This may be particularly difficult for those currently in power at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., but it remains true. As the saying goes in football, &#8220;the greatest ability is availability.&#8221; Consequently, it stands to reason that a leader who is absent and inattentive cannot be considered effective.<\/p>\n<p>By these standards, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has proven to be an ineffective leader. Currently, large areas of her county are engulfed in wildfires\u2014an alarming situation she seems disconnected from as she is out of state and even out of the country. Instead of managing her county&#8217;s crisis, Bass was attending a presidential inauguration in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>In fairness to Bass, reports indicate she planned to return after learning about the fires; however, criticism has mounted regarding her delayed response. Local political rival Rick Caruso highlighted this failure by stating that leadership should have anticipated such risks given prior warnings about strong winds.<\/p>\n<p>Some residents have expressed their frustration with local leadership during this crisis. One individual shared their anger over witnessing devastation firsthand and criticized politicians for being unprepared and overwhelmed.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly enough, while Bass was abroad dealing with international matters, she still managed to post on social media thanking firefighters battling the blazes\u2014a move that drew backlash from constituents questioning her absence during such critical times.<\/p>\n<p>Even if one were to assume that Bass&#8217;s trip was pre-planned before the fires broke out, it reflects poorly on both her and her party\u2019s image amid ongoing crises. This situation underscores how poor leadership can lead not only to immediate failures but also foster further incompetence within political ranks.<\/p>\n<p>If there\u2019s any silver lining here for Republicans amidst these revelations about Democratic leaders like Bass and President Biden\u2014who also exemplifies inattentiveness\u2014it could translate into electoral gains moving forward into future elections as voters become increasingly aware of these shortcomings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2388031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Palisades-fire-3.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[48173,4602,23907],"class_list":["post-2388030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-la-residents","tag-mayor","tag-wildfires"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Palisades-fire-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2388030"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2388034,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388030\/revisions\/2388034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2388031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2388030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2388030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2388030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}