Skelton: Newsom, legislators still need to do more to fight wildfires
(WorldNews Environment)

Message to Democrats: Just because President Trump says it, that doesn`t necessarily mean it`s wrong. Yes, our president habitually fantasizes, distorts and lies. But to borrow an old clich&eaigu;, even a broken clock is right twice a day. One important example: Trump`s widely ridiculed comment that California needs to “rake the floor” of its forests better. “When trees fall down … they become dry — really like a matchstick — and they can explode,” he said Monday as he met with Gov. Gavin Newsom and California officials for a briefing on our devastating wildfires. “Also leaves. When you have dried leaves on the ground, it`s just fuel for the fires.” He couldn`t be more correct, of course....