To the editor: The Los Angeles Metropolis Council is so disappointing. A profession firefighter is fired by a profession politician underneath unprecedented circumstances (“Former Fire Chief Kristin Crowley loses bid to get her job back, winning just two votes,” March 4). The Palisades and Altadena fires had been attributable to hurricane-force winds. Everybody knew they had been coming. Hearth Chief Kristin Crowley — and all the heroic firefighters — must be thanked. The political transfer of firing the chief is despicable.
Laurie Kelson, Encino
..
To the editor: Two wrongs don’t make a proper. Sure, Mayor Karen Bass ought to undoubtedly have fired Crowley, however she was additionally fallacious in her dealing with of the Palisades hearth. I believe Bass ought to resign.
Dafni Black, Culver Metropolis
..
To the editor: Whereas the fires had been nonetheless burning and folks wanted updates and knowledge, Crowley determined to make use of her time on the mic in charge and disgrace the mayor fairly than use that priceless time for extra precise hearth information.
A mayor must have folks she will be able to depend on in a disaster to tug collectively as a crew. Crowley doesn’t appear to imagine that she is a part of that crew and by some means now thinks she ought to get an finish run across the mayor.
We have to help our mayor and permit her to have a crew that works collectively in a disaster — not attempt to use a information convention to take a political jab.
Bob Farran, Los Angeles
..
To the editor: It wasn’t the finances, it was Crowley’s inaction on staffing ranges that will have allowed the Palisades hearth to develop into so very harmful. I do imagine it was appropriate for Bass to terminate Crowley.
Mark Hollingsworth, Los Angeles
..
To the editor: The firing of Crowley is a blatantly political stunt. After Crowley bravely stood up and knowledgeable the those that the division was missing funding and help, she was fired by Bass for politically handy justifications.
The group deserves to be protected. Crowley deserves to be reinstated. The division deserves to be bolstered. Bass and her bruised ego don’t need to be reelected.
Brendan Krepchin, Mountain View
..
To the editor: I’m very disenchanted to see that the Metropolis Council voted to not reinstate Crowley, who was fired by Bass even earlier than all of the investigations into the latest fires have been accomplished.
I imagine that Crowley was fired for talking out publicly concerning the Hearth Division’s wants, for firefighter security, and concerning the lack of equipment wanted on the time of the fires (broken-down hearth engines, hearth vans and ambulances) attributable to cuts in fleet upkeep.
I perceive that she did inform metropolis officers concerning the upcoming hearth hazard earlier than the fires broke out. Significantly, all of us had been glued to these excessive hearth warnings on the information for a number of days earlier than they occurred.
Susan Wong, Shadow Hills
