Davis Fiddles While California Burns

When even the Los Angeles Times notes that ousted Gov. Gray Davis' failures contributed to California's catastrophic wildfires, you know he's almost as big a disaster as the deadly blazes.

"County supervisors fumed that Davis was too slow in authorizing the use of state 'air assets' to douse the fire and too timid in seeking federal assistance. Several had pleaded with the governor's staff last weekend to redirect state resources to San Diego and demand help from the federal government and military," the Times reported today.

"The only chance to stop the fire was aerial tankers early on Sunday morning, backed by bulldozers, and that's what didn't happen," said Richard Carson, an economics professor at UC San Diego and an expert on public policies involving disaster response, including fires.

Davis has proven that "he is not a leader," said county supervisor Dianne Jacob, which the Times described as "a Republican who was an enthusiastic supporter of the recall effort."

Did mostly Republican San Diego County really expect help from Davis?

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