Peter Hamby

Yeah, no, I think that's right. And there's... Someone did a really great thread about this on Twitter X that was sent around our little friendly text chain about how... I think it was Lakshya Jain, who's a pollster on Twitter that I like. He's a Democrat, and he was just ranting about how Democrats are always bragging about... like process, you know, like we're getting things done.

Yeah, no, I think that's right. And there's... Someone did a really great thread about this on Twitter X that was sent around our little friendly text chain about how... I think it was Lakshya Jain, who's a pollster on Twitter that I like. He's a Democrat, and he was just ranting about how Democrats are always bragging about... like process, you know, like we're getting things done.

Yeah, no, I think that's right. And there's... Someone did a really great thread about this on Twitter X that was sent around our little friendly text chain about how... I think it was Lakshya Jain, who's a pollster on Twitter that I like. He's a Democrat, and he was just ranting about how Democrats are always bragging about... like process, you know, like we're getting things done.

Like we sent this many checks out or we have the funds allocated for all of these green charging stations for electric vehicles, but the actual charging stations haven't been built yet, you know? So it's like, we will get things done and we are in the process of getting things done rather than, you know, taking out the machete and clearing out the weeds.

Like we sent this many checks out or we have the funds allocated for all of these green charging stations for electric vehicles, but the actual charging stations haven't been built yet, you know? So it's like, we will get things done and we are in the process of getting things done rather than, you know, taking out the machete and clearing out the weeds.

Like we sent this many checks out or we have the funds allocated for all of these green charging stations for electric vehicles, but the actual charging stations haven't been built yet, you know? So it's like, we will get things done and we are in the process of getting things done rather than, you know, taking out the machete and clearing out the weeds.

So, but this is something else I asked Katie to like, pressure test some of my assumptions when I was writing this column, because she is good at that. And she, by the way, worked for a mayor's office. So she's like... This is your wife that you're referencing? Yes, my wife, yeah. And she was like, look, it will take a while for all of these facts to come out about why the fires started.

So, but this is something else I asked Katie to like, pressure test some of my assumptions when I was writing this column, because she is good at that. And she, by the way, worked for a mayor's office. So she's like... This is your wife that you're referencing? Yes, my wife, yeah. And she was like, look, it will take a while for all of these facts to come out about why the fires started.

So, but this is something else I asked Katie to like, pressure test some of my assumptions when I was writing this column, because she is good at that. And she, by the way, worked for a mayor's office. So she's like... This is your wife that you're referencing? Yes, my wife, yeah. And she was like, look, it will take a while for all of these facts to come out about why the fires started.

And by the way, for people on the left who are listening, there have been, as of the most recent press conference, I think... three arrests for possible arson. There are video clips of the fire right after it started near the Palisades on the Temescal Canyon Trail, which is a hiking trail.

And by the way, for people on the left who are listening, there have been, as of the most recent press conference, I think... three arrests for possible arson. There are video clips of the fire right after it started near the Palisades on the Temescal Canyon Trail, which is a hiking trail.

And by the way, for people on the left who are listening, there have been, as of the most recent press conference, I think... three arrests for possible arson. There are video clips of the fire right after it started near the Palisades on the Temescal Canyon Trail, which is a hiking trail.

Some of these fires I was watching that first overnight Tuesday, like there was one in Studio City, it was just like a house fire. Like, okay, some of this stuff could have been man-made.

Some of these fires I was watching that first overnight Tuesday, like there was one in Studio City, it was just like a house fire. Like, okay, some of this stuff could have been man-made.

Some of these fires I was watching that first overnight Tuesday, like there was one in Studio City, it was just like a house fire. Like, okay, some of this stuff could have been man-made.

And by the way, and this is also an ecology of fear, a bunch of wildfires in 1993 that happened around Malibu and Laguna Beach were started by homeless people and quote-unquote vagrants, to use the parlance of the time. So, all the facts will come out, Katie's saying. We'll figure that out. So, you can't blame...

And by the way, and this is also an ecology of fear, a bunch of wildfires in 1993 that happened around Malibu and Laguna Beach were started by homeless people and quote-unquote vagrants, to use the parlance of the time. So, all the facts will come out, Katie's saying. We'll figure that out. So, you can't blame...

And by the way, and this is also an ecology of fear, a bunch of wildfires in 1993 that happened around Malibu and Laguna Beach were started by homeless people and quote-unquote vagrants, to use the parlance of the time. So, all the facts will come out, Katie's saying. We'll figure that out. So, you can't blame...

a single politician or political figure for any of this, because there's such a, you know, Byzantine politics here. Like there's different jurisdictions and whatever. And by the way, Cal fire, I think Gavin Newsom for all the criticism has been doing a pretty good job of responding to a crisis. Former mayor himself, uh,

a single politician or political figure for any of this, because there's such a, you know, Byzantine politics here. Like there's different jurisdictions and whatever. And by the way, Cal fire, I think Gavin Newsom for all the criticism has been doing a pretty good job of responding to a crisis. Former mayor himself, uh,