Unlike the story of Emperor Nero fiddling with his musical instruments while Rome burned. probably Although false, there is evidence that Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) was in high spirits at a cocktail party while the city was consumed by fire.
Los Angeles Times reported On Tuesday, Bass was busy taking photos and posing at Ghana's Jan. 7 embassy cocktail party as a thick plume of smoke rose into the sky above Los Angeles.
In addition to reducing the city's fire department budget; break a vow Days after National Weather Service announcement: Don't flee to Africa for 'international travel' warned Remained overseas after NWS due to impending storm underlined It said the storm was “life-threatening and destructive” and had the potential to be widespread.
A spokesperson for Mr. Bass told the Los Angeles Times that the paper's owner expressed regret on Monday that the paper had previously supported the mayor, and that Virginia Evelyn Palmer, the U.S. ambassador to Ghana, was hosting a party. He said he did. The buses, which had traveled to Ghana to attend President John Dramani Mahama's inauguration, then apparently hopped on a military plane and flew back to smoldering Los Angeles.
“Mayor Bass has stayed away from the front lines and has chosen to travel abroad while his constituents suffer.”
The Times reported that partygoers' watches photograph A video of the event posted on LinkedIn by city employee Marissa Bowman confirms that the bus was photographed around noon Los Angeles time, within minutes of the evacuation order being issued for the Pacific Palisades. It was useful.
A photo shared by Ghanaian presenter Nathaniel Attoh on Instagram likewise hints that Basu had a good time in the first game of the end. 40,695 acres Burnt in Los Angeles County.
Bass spokesman Zach Seidl claimed that during much of the glitzy cocktail party, “the mayor was in another room on a call from Los Angeles.”
Bass did not appear to have commented to the Times.
The Times noted that Bass Deputy Mayor Brian Williams, who oversaw the fire department, also went missing during the operation. reportedly Make a bomb threat to City Hall.
Bass now faces an expanded recall amid growing concerns about her competency. a petition There are already 147,500 signatures on Change.org calling for Bass to be recalled “for her gross mismanagement and failure to effectively respond to the catastrophic fires in the Los Angeles area in 2025.” We have collected more than one item.
“Despite families being displaced, homes destroyed, and livelihoods destroyed, Mayor Bass chose to step away from the front lines and travel abroad while his constituents suffered,” the petition reads. .
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