Yet another very highly paid gov't czar. Is it just me, or is there actually a pattern developing here ?| Submit your comments on this article |
| Government Corruption |
| High Paid LA water czar Janisse Quiñones was aware of water issues |
| 2025-01-11 |
| [MAIL] The $750,000-a-year LA water czar is responsible for a raft of failures that contributed to the devastating Palisades Fire, fire department insiders told DailyMail.com. On Mayor Karen Bass's orders, the city maxed out its budget to 'attract private-sector talent', hiring Department of Water and Power (LADWP) CEO Janisse Quiñones on a $750,000 salary in May — almost double that of her predecessor. Now, Quiñones is being blamed by LA Fire Department (LAFD) insiders for leaving a nearby reservoir disconnected and fire hydrants broken for months, DailyMail.com can reveal, leading to firefighters running out of water as they battled the devastating Palisades Fire this week. And, Daily Mail.com has learned, Quiñones past employer is also linked to fire scandals. She was previously a top executive at electricity company PG&E, which went bankrupt over liability for several massive wildfires in California. She served as senior vice president at Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) from 2021 to 2023. The utility company's power lines sparked the second-largest wildfire in California history, Dixie, in 2021. Its involvement in the 2018 Camp Fire cost PG&E a $13.5billion legal settlement. The firm's liability for allegedly causing fires was estimated at $30billion when it filed for bankruptcy in 2018. It exited bankruptcy in 2020. Quiñones joined PG&E in April 2021 as Senior Vice President of Gas Engineering, switched to Senior Vice President of Electric Operations in July 2022, and left the firm in December 2023. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 When the visual supports the description of an event as Biblical you get how significant it has become. This is stunningly apocalyptic footage! https://x.com/GeologyyScience/status/1877750788891574638 |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2025-01-11 14:19 |
| #5 She was aware, and immediately instituted a program to get all the remaining hydrants painted in rainbow. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-01-11 11:18 |
| #4 Since 2009! |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-01-11 10:39 |
| #3 At the doubled salary she proved that she can foul things up much more quickly than someone with experience. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2025-01-11 09:39 |
| #2 Yet another very highly paid gov't czar. Is it just me, or is there actually a pattern developing here ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2025-01-11 08:40 |
| #1 Now you start to grasp why monopolies, commercial or political, are unhealthy in the long run. CA is full of suits who don't understand basics. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-01-11 07:22 |