It’s about time that the citizenry rose up and did something about some of the excessive pay packages for public officials in California. This crew from the city of Bell has been atop the list of the most egregious offenders for years, but, now all they have to show for their effort is millions in ill-gotten taxpayer money. Details are in this AP report.
Calif. council accepts resignations of 3 managers
BELL, Calif. — Three administrators whose huge salaries have sparked outrage in this small blue-collar suburb of Los Angeles have agreed to resign.
City Council members emerged from an hours-long closed session at midnight Friday and announced that they’d accepted the resignations of Chief Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo, Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia and Police Chief Randy Adams.
Rizzo was the highest paid at $787,637 a year — nearly twice the pay of President Barack Obama — for overseeing one of the poorest towns in Los Angeles County.
Spaccia makes $376,288 a year and Adams earns $457,000, 50 percent more than Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck.
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The decision was announced at midnight to a crowd of angry Bell residents who anxiously had been waiting since the City Council began its meeting at 4:30 p.m. None of the administrators attended the session, according to the Times.
A related story in the LA Times explains how city officials got around laws limiting pay levels by conducting a special election that drew only 400 votes. Of course, this is really just the tip of the iceberg, a point made quite clear with just a cursory review of this California public employee database hosted by the Sacramento Bee.
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Wow, even though they may not have broken any laws, I think they should still be sued under some kind of “good-faith” violation.
So they’ll still be getting a fat pension courtesy of the CA (soon to be US) taxpayer–where’s the good part of the story?
At least they won’t get any severance (as I recall from the story)…
I think we ought to bring back the puritanical faith and go on a witch hunt. They’re in league with the devil! Burn them! ; )
Many public employees view their job as a way to plunder the taxpayer.
One of the directors of the bay area subway used her furnished credit card to buy makeup.
One of the directors of the community college in the bay area used his furnished credit card to pay for his travel to the Obama inaguration, and dinners for friends.
Follow the money and I guarantee you felonies have been committed.
Do you really think these folks kept all this cash?
No, I think they bribed the city counsel with kickbacks.
Seriously, who doesn’t believe this?
Now watch, there will be no investigation.