L.A.'s fire chief generated controversy - and fierce loyalty - while the city burned
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"Three years I've been in this seat, I've sounded the alarm - we need more... We are screaming to be properly funded so our firefighters can do our jobs."
"Did the City of Los Angeles fail you?" Graciette pressed her until almost 13 minutes into the interview, when Crowley finally said it: 'Yes.'
To some, the self-immolating media blitz recast Crowley as willing to speak truth to power... To others, it was the desperate act of an embattled chief."
"I do believe she should have been concentrating solely on managing the emergency," Board of Fire Commissioners President Genethia Hudley Hayes said of Crowley's media appearances.
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