r/Wildfire • u/smokejumperbro USFS • Feb 06 '25

News (General) Sens. Padilla, Sheehy propose new wildfire agency

https://www.semafor.com/article/02/06/2025/sens-padilla-sheehy-propose-new-wildfire-agency

Here we go folks

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u/LuluGarou11 Feb 06 '25

What a terrible idea. No surprise Sheehy wants to cash in on it. Padilla sounds as naive as it gets.

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u/coolguy01111 Feb 06 '25

Why so?

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u/LuluGarou11 Feb 06 '25

This is an attempt for him to privatize firefighting (his personal fortune was built selling military tech as firefighting tech to civilians). It will defund and dismantle the system and replace it with a poorly structured and even more poorly funded model that is designed to fail.

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u/coolguy01111 Feb 07 '25

Interesting, appreciate the take.

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u/LuluGarou11 Feb 07 '25

He is a blatant grifter and many others are also concerned with him.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Wildfire/comments/1hhjoz3/tim_sheehy_mtr_op_ed/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

https://dailymontanan.com/2024/04/25/sheehys-firefighting-companys-annual-report-shows-business-faces-financial-challenges/

^the twatbag can't even run his own business profitably, how tf is he even in a position to pretend to understand national fire policy priorities when he has demonstrated failure of comprehension vis-a-vis his own business?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/22/montana-tim-sheehy-business-scrutiny-senate-race

The degenerate already thinks wildland firefighters abuse the current system for profit.

https://www.montanademocrats.org/news/breaking-tim-sheehy-accused-wildland-firefighters-of-milking-fires-to-boost-overtime-pay

Hopefully some food for thought for you and anyone else yet to savvy up to this conman's pattern.

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u/LuluGarou11 Feb 06 '25

Yeah this is a terrible idea all around and wouldnt be Padillas first big privatization fuck up:

https://calmatters.org/politics/2020/11/biden-firm-california-vote-contract-padilla-yee/