KFI a m 640 you're listening to the John cobelth podcast on the Iheart radio app we're on

every day from one until 4 o'clock and then after 4 o'clock John Cobelt show on demand

on the I heart app welcome this is really turned into a pathetic soap opera all the

characters involved in city government who were

responsible for the fire or who are supposed to be responsible for the alleged recovery. And

they are, they are squabbling like a bunch of school children. And I tell you, one of the

biggest, one of the biggest disappointments is this guy, Steve Soberoff, holy mackerel.

He's 77 years old.

And I emphasize his age because usually you've matured somewhat and you have a lot of experience.

And you know how the world really works.

And in his case, he's got a boatload of money, right?

So life is good no matter what happens.

And he was who Karen Bass picked to oversee the recovery.

Later on, we find out he was given $500,000, or at least that was the offer, to be paid from some mystery philanthropic

non-profit, $500,000.

Then we found out he was only going to work for 90 days.

So three months at $500,000.

And then, well, what is it?

What's he doing anyway?

Because right now, you just mostly have the federal government

scraping up debris, putting it into, you know, with payloaders and dumping it into trucks

and carrying it out of town. I mean, that's all you can do. You collect all the debris that

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