[joinedafterattack]

Two unions formed the group BASTA, the Bell Association To Stop Abuse, but it looks like BASTA wants to abuse the rest of the nation. BASTA, the group formed by the Bell Police Officer’s Association Union and the Union American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) want you to fork over your $$$$ for another Federal BAILOUT!!!!

"BASTA leadership is calling on Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard to craft emergency federal legislation to create a Federal Relief Fund for the City of Bell. The Relief Fund will seek to forgive and modify Bell’s current bond obligations [$71 million] and provide a much needed tax relief to property owners. The Security and Exchange Commissions is launching a wide-ranging investigation into a $70 million bond issue."

ARE YOU READY FOR ANOTHER FEDERAL BAILOUT CALLED FOR BY THE UNIONS?

[rollo tomasi]

How about this, the citizens of Bell elect better city managers rather then picking the pocket of taxpayers who do not live in California.

Go cry to Arnold leeches and ignoramuses who vote “stupidly”.

[MSF BU]

...we need to elect the GOP to assure a GOP speaker thus eliminating the possiblity that something like this will ever pass. It’s time for Bell to go into receivership and restructure debt, pension obligations and ALL CURRENT CONTRACTS.

[PeterPrinciple]

BASTA is a coalition of Bell residents, the Bell Police Officer’s Association and AFSCME Council 36 who are committed to restoring ethical and honest governance to the City of Bell.

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sounds good..........................

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Bell can go to hell. They voted themselves into this mess...let them figgure out how to solve it.

[Lazamataz]

Wasn't this that tiny little "city" inside of Los Angeles, who was recently in the news for having a city manager who makes 800,000 a year?

Yeah, they clearly need more money.

[alancarp]

"...emergency federal legislation..."

It's an emergency because their democrat friends in high places are about to lose their jobs -- it's now or never.

Dunno how many municipal employees there are, but in this town of under 40,000, there are 36 police officers (src: wikipedia). So that's probably about a half-million per union member. Hmmm.... seems about the average salary for public workers in Bell.

[Liz]

"Taxpayers and “public service” be damned. This guy as Governor signed
the 1978 legislation allowing collective bargaining for public employees. "

REFERENCE No single act has changed California for the worse more than this one. Before 1978, there was a relatively small state government. Employees were protected by civil service. Pay was lower than comparable jobs in the private sector but job security and good benefits – plus the old notion of “public service” – drew many talented people to work in government. Today, the primary goal of powerful public employee unions is to get the Legislature they bought and paid for to enact a new law making it illegal for any city or county to declare bankruptcy without guaranteeing union contract terms.

[Bean Counter]

Tip of the biggest iceberg you can possibly imagine. Wait until Arnold presents the emergency bailout bill for the State of California.

[Anti-Bubba182]

How about BASTA takes a flying leap!

[American Quilter]

Apparently they don’t know that in Italian, “Basta” means “Enough.”

[SunkenCiv]

related:

Unions are desperate for a tax-paid pension bailout( unions need a bailout and fast)
washingtonexaminer.com | 10/18/2010 | Mark Hemingway
Posted on 10/19/2010 11:13:59 AM PDT by goldendays
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2610504/posts

[chilltherats]

Screw the people of Bell. They’re just a bunch of Dembot voters. They got the government they deserved. Not an effing dime.

[ColdOne]

it seems to me all they need to do is go to the bank accounts of that city council and get that money back?

[ponygirl]

Coming soon to you, California: Riots in the mold of France and Greece. Watch those countries if you want to see what happens next here.

[Oldpuppymax]

A bunch of leftist thugs screwed the dumbass lib voters who put them in office and WE the taxpayers are supposed to bail them out....naturally so they elect some MORE democrat thugs!

[Joe 6-pack]

Funny. The English translation of the Spanish "Basta" is ENOUGH!