[Spktyr]

Bell, CA is a 'suburb' of LA with a population of about 37,000 people. Their city manager makes almost $800,000 per year.

Compare that to the City of Dallas, which has about 1,300,000 people inside its borders. The city manager here, who many feel is overpaid, makes about $278,000.

Something is wrong here, and it's not in Dallas.

With moves like this, how is California NOT doomed?

[Spktyr]

Speaking of commentary, you want to explain this?

[whence911]

Unless you can show fraud or bribery step back. Here’s the way it works. The voters elect the city council. The city council sets the salaries. The voters can re-elect or not. Rinse and repeat.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Beyond disgusting. Pure theft.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Insanity.

[Lurker]

The next Civil War will be between the producers of our society and these parasites who feel they can steal from the taxpayers under color of Law.

In a rational world this 'manager' and the entire City Council that approved this arrangement would be swinging by their heels in the Town Square.

[muawiyah]

Bell is a rather rough area. I’m surprised these two guys get that little. You’d have to pay me a $1000000 to show up by 9 and leave by 3, and I’d never be in the vicinity at night.

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[truthguy]

It is beyond outrageous. But the people who are at fault are those who approved the city manager's salary. They are at fault. They caused this problem. It's they the voters should take their rage out on. This happens over and over in California when we have a budget catastrophe. We are laying off police, fire, teachers and other essentials and we have a clown pulling down $800K? Madness!

[J Edgar]

These people should be arrested, hauled into the city square, and summarily SHOT!
What an outrage!
Mexican corruption has moved north to Kalifornia!

[La Lydia]

Knowing what the taxes are like there would help put this in perspective.

[TomServo]

Rizzo said. “I could go into private business and make that money.

Then do it, leech...

[Trailerpark Badass]

There is nome funky story about this town and these “administrators.” Someone here used to post about it, but I can’t remember the details.

[circlecity]

Nice work if you can get it.

[Rome2000]

“If that’s a number people choke on, maybe I’m in the wrong business,” Rizzo said. “I could go into private business and make that money.

Arrogant little MF to boot.

Looks like the Mobs got nothing on the crooks running Bell, CA.

Rizzo should understand that ripping off the tax paying public is a dangerous game, he had better be clean as a whistle because he and his "Associates" are now targets of investigation.

[martinidon]

what do you want to bet all of them are raging democrats. The problem is getting rid of these overpaid city employees. I am sure the council will have a tough time getting reelected after this has been exposed. But you can bet their are golden parachutes for the city employees that will make it too difficult and expensive to get rid of them.

[SkyDancer]

They have a mayor and a city manager?? For 37,000 people? What does the mayor do? Ok, the mayor manages the city manager. I can see that ....but ...

[abigailsmybaby]

Bell Mayor Oscar Hernandez defended the salaries, and he and other City Council members told the newspaper that their city was near bankruptcy when Rizzo came aboard. Since then, they said, he has put Bell on sound financial footing, with its general fund nearly tripling to about $15 million.

If this is true then maybe he's worth it.

[Cheapskate]

Hmmmm!It might just be time for the citinenry of

Bell Ca. to dust off those pitchforks!!!!

[blue state conservative]

Word in the LA Times is the city manager will be fired tonight at the city council meeting. Now the part-time city council members who make over $100K per year just need to fire the police chief and themselves while they are at it.

[NonValueAdded]

"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."