The wildfires that swept through Los Angeles 13 months ago destroyed thousands of homes and businesses, with almost incalculable financial losses, and they killed at least 31 people.
Recovery has scarcely begun, but insult is being added to fire victims’ injuries as local officials –—especially Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass — engage in a tawdry game of finger-pointing.
When former Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley filed a lawsuit this week, claiming Bass fired her to shift blame for the city’s chaotic fire response, it was just the latest episode of a saga that began with Bass on a junket to Africa as flames engulfed her city…