The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Chapter 326 The culprit
Standing on the Twitter building, you don't need a telescope, you can see the smoke rising into the sky with your naked eyes.

"Boss, it seems a little out of control." Edward stood in front of the window, a little worried: "Will it burn us down as well?"

Hawke admitted that there were mistakes: "I have underestimated the organizational ability of the Los Angeles municipal departments as much as possible, but I still overestimated them. Their bottom line is much lower than I thought."

Edward said: "Los Angeles has been burning for two days, and the mayor has not returned yet. He is still attending an art exhibition in South Korea. It's outrageous."

Hawke shook his head helplessly: "I can only say that Brian has a good timing. This bastard has improved a lot compared to before."

Edward picked up his phone, glanced at the messages from Michael and the Ugly Trio, and said, "Many women and children in Compton have also been mobilized."

The four had been watching, not participating, but acting as eyes and ears.

"Let Caroline continue to release the news." Hawke has been keeping abreast of the fire conditions and developments in various places through Campos and others. He feels that the time is about right and is ready to release some heavyweight content.

We have basically received all the news we need. As the fire grows and the fire area expands, the danger begins to increase.

Hawke asked Campos to call the men back.

There is one more thing to do. The imprisoned Melissa Ackerman once confessed that she hid a key to a safe in the financial office of the Ackerman Charitable Foundation.

If you have the chance, of course try to get it.

The Ackerman Foundation is headquartered just north of Santa Monica.

Hawke left Twitter and went to a safe house in central Santa Monica to convene Campos, Garcia, Carlos and others for a discussion.

At the same time, Twitter and Fox 11 channel successively exposed the various amazing operations of the female employees of the fire department.

Twitter, where one can read and respond at any time, immediately exploded.

The Twitter followers were in an uproar.

In the exposed on-site video, the female firefighters constantly refresh the normal people's conventional perception of the profession of firefighters.

They were unable to control even the basic fire-fighting equipment and were completely useless during a fire. Instead, they frequently clashed with men who took the initiative to help rescue people.

These people from feminist organizations have concentrated all their abilities on their mouths.

Public dissatisfaction with the fire and the chaotic situation led to widespread criticism.

"What is the current Los Angeles government thinking? Why is it using a group of women to put out fires?"

"Can they do this job? Absolutely not!"

"Los Angeles is burned like this, thanks to the elites of the fire and municipal systems!"

More news and comments appeared on the Internet.

Someone then exposed the Los Angeles City Hall's fire budget last year, which highlighted the gender balance reform of the fire system promoted by Mayor Antonio.

The focus of public opinion inevitably fell on the current mayor Antonio.

"Los Angeles is burning like this, thanks to our elite mayor."

"Antonio promoted three top leaders of the fire department. One of them was the administrative director of the fire department, and the other two were female social activists. Do they know how to put out fires?"

"In order to win support for women's rights, Antonio experimented with the safety of all Los Angeles residents!"

The criticism against Antonio is loud and growing.

But he did please the feminists, and many women stood up to defend Antonio.

"How can the female firefighter and Antonio be blamed for this? The continuous hot and dry weather in Los Angeles has caused a lack of water in the firefighting pipes. This is the culprit."

These women can distort the facts, but in such a crucial battle, they simply cannot grasp the real point.

An Elephant Party member of the Los Angeles City Council later disclosed a document that had been made public by City Hall. The document showed that just a few months ago, Antonio signed an agreement with Wonderful to sell most of Los Angeles' fresh water resources.

These include two reservoirs for storing water for firefighting, the Los Angeles Canal, and more.

This is the real reason for water shortage.

This marked the evolution of the Los Angeles fire from a fire to a political struggle between the two parties.

Another Elephant Party city councilman exposed another document made public by City Hall, which showed that in the Los Angeles municipal budget formulated by Antonio last year, the Fire Department cut nearly half of its regular equipment purchase, maintenance and employee welfare budget specifically for gender balance.

This resulted in the fire department's equipment being outdated, lacking maintenance, and all three firefighting helicopters being unable to take off.

In addition, the normal budget has been reduced, so the only fire-fighting equipment available is cheap goods from India, which are completely unusable.

These are public documents that received little attention in the past, but have now become the focus of all public opinion.

Especially the rich and famous people living in north Los Angeles whose houses were burned down, criticized Antonio on Twitter.

Antonio is rushing back to Los Angeles from South Korea and is unable to respond for the time being.

At his request, the Fire Department held a press conference at Los Angeles City Hall.

Chief Karen Crowley reported the fire and said the Los Angeles Fire Department was doing its best to put it out. But Harley Wayne, a female reporter from Fox TV, bluntly raised a very realistic question.

"Before this fire, the fire department dismissed a large number of male firefighters and replaced them with female firefighters." Harley asked directly: "You have recruited so many female firefighters. If there are men in the burning house who are choked by smoke, can the female firefighters save the male victims?"

Hundreds of reporters in the audience all focused their eyes on Karen.

If the director is thinking normally, he will definitely find a series of reasons and excuses to justify himself.

But before Director Karen took office, she was a feminist activist whose mind was full of gender antagonism and female privilege.

Without hesitation, she said, “If there’s a man trapped in a fire and needs my female firefighters to rescue him, he’s in the wrong place!”

The whole place was in an uproar.

If Karen said that female firefighters should prioritize protecting their own lives, media reporters would think it was normal.

But this kind of attitude of clearly showing off one's boxing attitude can completely shatter people's three views.

Ronald, the Los Angeles City Hall spokesman who was standing nearby, was shocked by these words.

This is inappropriate to say at a time when the fire has caused nearly ten casualties and a large number of wealthy people have been forced to leave their homes!

Ronald quickly announced the end of the press conference.

Several people hurriedly left the press room and entered a nearby conference room.

Several other Los Angeles municipal officials, such as the Director of the Department of Water and Power, Bjorkman, and the Chief of LAPD, Bratton.

As soon as he entered the meeting room, Ronald expressed his dissatisfaction with Karen: "Your response will further intensify the conflict!"

Karen's mind was filled with gender privilege: "Am I wrong? If men don't save themselves in a fire, do they wait for women to save them?"

Bjorkman couldn't stand this disgusting comment: "Why should women be rescued by male firefighters?"

"Isn't this what we should do?" Karen said, "Isn't this the gentlemanly manner you advocate?"

Bratton narrowed his eyes and had the urge to retort, but he held back.

Ronald interrupted the meaningless argument between the two: "The key now is not these, but to control the fire."

Karen stared at Bjorkman and said, "Then we should ask the Water and Power Bureau why there is no water in the fire pipes. Where did our fire water go?"

The initial questioning was normal, but the next part was a heavy blow: "The Water and Power Bureau has been shirking its gender equality plan. I suspect you are deliberately resisting the development of the women's rights movement..."

Hearing this, Bjorkman was too lazy to argue, as one aspect involved the water use agreement between Mayor Antonio and Wandefu.

On the other hand, you can't win the argument at all. If you talk to feminists about rights, they will talk to you about responsibilities. If you talk to them about responsibilities, they will talk about rights again.

It makes sense anyway.

Bjorkman looked at Ronald and said, "I suggest you contact Antonio immediately and report the situation as it is."

After saying that, he walked out of the conference room without looking back, came to the press room where people had not yet left, and unilaterally announced his resignation as director of the Water Conservancy and Hydropower Bureau.

He can't play with the feminists who have holes in their brains, so he won't play with them anymore!
As Bjorkman walked out of the city hall, he saw a group of protesters gathering in the city square.

Some of the celebrities also entered the City Hall through a side door.

Bjorkman took a quick look and recognized the famous Hollywood producer David Heyman, CAA founder Michael Ovitz, Lucasfilm vice president Will Yates and others.

All these people's homes were burned down.

Bjorkman looked up at the sky. The city was full of reinforced concrete buildings, so there was no need to worry about the fire.

But he had a feeling that this fire would change the political landscape of Los Angeles.

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At Los Angeles International Airport, a large number of reporters and protesters gathered at the terminal exit.

They received news that Mayor Antonio had arrived in Los Angeles by flight and would be coming out soon.

After getting off the first-class cabin and walking along the VIP channel, Antonio learned about the situation in Los Angeles from Ronald who came to greet him.

He was quite surprised: "What? The burned area is close to 150 square kilometers? Why did the fire department say the fire is under control?"

Ronald is Antonio's mouthpiece, telling the truth: "The continuous drought and strong winds, as well as the lack of training and inadequate female firefighters, have actually caused the fire to get out of control."

He suggested: "Mr. Mayor, please remove Karen and Michelle from their positions. It would be fine if they were not familiar with their jobs, but they also brought more serious consequences. The Indian capital firefighting company they hired failed to put out the fire and instead allowed the fire to spread into Santa Monica."

Antonio did not respond. If he really dismissed these two feminist representatives, wouldn’t his plan to win women’s support be a complete failure?
Even if I fire them and put all the blame on them, will those people whose houses have been burned down still support me?
The answer is obvious.

The fire burned other people's property, but by dismissing them, you lose your own votes.

At least at this moment, Antonio did not consider dismissing the women's rights representatives from their posts.

(End of this chapter)