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Arnold Schwarzenegger took bows during Sunday's football game and preened for TV cameras when Qualcomm was serving as a shelter. San Diegans and the local press cheered. But the press was not asking him about four vetoes of bills that would have made San Diego far more prepared to fight the fires. As Miriam Raftery in the blog, www.bradblog.com, points out, the Los Angeles Times reported back in May that the state had learned little from the 2003 Cedar fire. The Times said May 20 that after the Cedar fire, "legislators proposed bills to increase staffing and add fire resources, at a cost of tens of millions of dollars. The governor vetoed four of them." He did sign one bill, but it doesn't take effect until 2010. Among many things, there are inadequate fire engines on the road, the aging helicopter fleet needs replacement, and there are needs for heavy air tankers.
Arnold Schwarzenegger took bows during Sunday's football game and preened for TV cameras when Qualcomm was serving as a shelter. San Diegans and the local press cheered. But the press was not asking him about four vetoes of bills that would have made San Diego far more prepared to fight the fires. As Miriam Raftery in the blog, www.bradblog.com, points out, the Los Angeles Times reported back in May that the state had learned little from the 2003 Cedar fire. The Times said May 20 that after the Cedar fire, "legislators proposed bills to increase staffing and add fire resources, at a cost of tens of millions of dollars. The governor vetoed four of them." He did sign one bill, but it doesn't take effect until 2010. Among many things, there are inadequate fire engines on the road, the aging helicopter fleet needs replacement, and there are needs for heavy air tankers.