Posted on 06/24/2010 9:45:45 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
Maywood, a small working-class community south of downtown Los Angeles, plans to lay off all its employees, disband its Police Department and turn over its entire municipal operations to a neighbor — an action that appears to be without precedent among California cities.
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Maywood's $10.1-million general fund budget has a deficit of at least $450,000, officials said. Beyond that, the city has been unable to obtain insurance because of a history of lawsuits, many involving its Police Department, which also patrols Cudahy. Operating without insurance would make even routine government services highly risky.
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Last month, the California Joint Powers Insurance Authority notified Maywood that it was terminating general liability and workers' compensation coverage because the city posed too high a risk. A large number of claims filed against the police were a significant factor in that decision. Jonathan Shull, chief executive officer of the insurance authority, said Maywood was the first city to have its insurance cancelled by the group. The insurer acted after Maywood failed to make basic improvements the insurer had mandated, including hiring a permanent city manager, he said.
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Maywood: just another corrupt village in Mexico
Snicker.
According to the article 1/2 of Maywood’s population are illegal. Maywood also declared itself a sanctuary city...And they think their problem is insurance.
Well said.
Well said.
Not a bad deal for them. They cap off their unions and union pensions. They buy all their major services from the County and aren’t on the hook for pensions tail. If they change the contracts to another provider they aren’t responsible for the pension tail which is going to kill all the municipalities and counties in the end. In the mean time the extra money going to LA County help keep it afloat temporarily.
How much of their services they were already buying the article doesn’t say. Lots of the small cities surrounding LA buy County Services especially police, fire water and sewer, etc.
Los Angeles next on the list.
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