Small Calif. city plans to disband all services

San Francisco Chronicle / sfgate.com ^ | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 | Associated Press

[thecodont]

(06-22) 21:13 PDT MAYWOOD, Calif. (AP) --

The small city of Maywood south of downtown Los Angeles plans to lay off almost all its employees, disband its police department and contract municipal operations to a neighboring city.

Facing a budget deficit of at least $450,000 and unable to get insurance because of a history of lawsuits, many involving the police department, the Maywood City Council said Monday night it had no choice but to adopt the plan.

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[thecodont]

Related story in Oakland.

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

unable to get insurance because of a history of lawsuits, many involving the police department

Hmmmm....

[oblomov]

This happened to the federal government a few years back. The US went bankrupt, and we got a President handpicked by our new owners, the royal families of Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi.

[J Edgar]

Your penetrating and incisive observation cuts to the quick! IMHO

[J Edgar]

Your penetrating and incisive observation cuts to the quick! IMHO

[Lancey Howard]

unable to get insurance because of a history of lawsuits, many involving the police department

It's so easy to settle lawsuits with other people's money... especially when the connected wink-and-nod lawyers are your friends and campaign angels.

[bruinbirdman]

"Hmmmm.... "

Is Maywood, California The Most Corrupt And Racist City In America?

"It seems that the Los Angeles Times has just figured out that Maywood, California is corrupt. Maywood has a population of 30,000, 96% are Latino, half are foreign born and a good portion are illegal aliens. Funny that corruption should happen in a town just south of LA that has had a massive influx of Latin American illegal aliens.

Maywood has declared itself a sanctuary city and closed its traffic division at the urging of illegal aliens and their supporters after too many cars were being towed because those stopped didn't have driver's licenses. There are also pushes in the community to rename elementary schools after former Mexican President Benito Juarez. Maywood also had police stand by during an anti illegal immigration rally as Mexican reconquistas and illegal aliens raised a Mexican flag over the post office.

When immigrants, both legal and illegal, come here and don't assimilate, they bring their form of "justice, law and government" with them - all of which are corrupt in their home countries.

The Times story focuses on the 37 member all male police department, they deem as a "haven for misfit cops" and found that a third have previous criminal histories or suspicions of such, but the problem is obviously widespread throughout the community. Other law enforcement communities refer to Maywood police as the department of "second chances". . . .

"I would deem Maywood, California the face of things to come in American cities across the country if illegal immigration is not put in check and if legal immigrants are not expected to assimilate. Currently the path this country is on will allow corruption to flow out of control. We no longer seem to care if immigrants assimilate. Groups, businesses and even our governments throughout the country support these unwilling immigrants by providing massive amounts of Spanish language channels, translation services, handholding and directions on how to apply for social services or file lawsuits soon after they arrive in this country."

2006 Maywood demonstration

yitbos

[bruinbirdman]

This pic goes into the digger slot above:

yitbos

[dragnet2]

This happened to the federal government a few years back. The US went bankrupt, and we got a President handpicked by our new owners, the royal families of Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi.

lol... Ya mean this affects those in Hacksaw Arkansas too?

[bruinbirdman]

Having been born in So Cal, I seem to recall a little more history of Maywood than has heretofore been revealed.

IIRC Maywood was about 1 sq mile of private land in the middle of LA that the owner refused to annex. Instead, he incorporated. The family ran the town for decades. There were many improprieties for decades. I left So Cal in 2000, but this article seems to be a logical conclusion to a town that was governed as a private fiefdom with concordant nepotism, family squabbles, inheritance lawsuits, accounting fraud, etc. all included in city governance.

yitbos

[DB]

Well that fully explains it...

[thecodont]

Thank you for the history of this town.