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Bell, California: City Manager $800,000, Police Chief $450,000, City Council $100,000
Right Pundits .Com ^ | 7/20/10 | Shannon Bell

Posted on 07/21/2010 2:06:48 PM PDT by nmh

A report by the LA Times sparked a protest at last night’s council meeting when it was learned that the Bell, California city manager makes nearly $800,000 dollars annually. That’s not all, the police chief of the 38,000 resident Town makes over $450,000 per year and each city council member rakes in $100,000 for their part time gig. Good work if you can get it.

Bell is a mostly Hispanic town of just under 40,000 people about 10 miles southeast of Los Angeles. At the City Council meeting last night it was like the final scene of Frankenstein, pitchforks and torches. The crowd showed up to call for the resignations of the Mayor, City Manager, and other city officials.

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The Mayor of Bell, California said in an interview that “Our streets are cleaner, we have lovely parks, better lighting throughout the area, our community is better. These things just don’t happen, they happen because he had a vision and made it happen.”

Probably the most outrageous of all is the Bell, California City Manager’s $800,000 per year salary; not to mention his automatic 12% raise annually. Chief Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo earns $787,637 to be exact. While the Police Chief, Randy Adams pulls in $457,000, way more than even the Los Angeles Police Chief. The video below is just an aside about the Mayor of Bell.

BTW, the Mayor is Oscar Hernandez and is Hispanic earning nearly $800,000 with an automatic 12% increase a year

Chief Administrative Officer, Robert Rizzo earns $787,637

Police chief, Randy Adams, of the 38,000 resident Town makes over $450,000

City Council members rake in $100,000 for their PART TIME gig.

State Assemblyman, Hector De La Torre says that state law limits council members salaries to several hundred dollars per month.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: bell; corruption; demncrat; greed; maywood
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To: nmh
Shannon Bell could stand to take a writing class or three. Consider this train wreck of a sentence:

BTW, the Mayor is Oscar Hernandez and is Hispanic earning nearly $800,000 with an automatic 12% increase a year

What does his being Hispanic have to do with anything? And is she claiming that the mayor also makes $800k?

21 posted on 07/21/2010 2:33:50 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: nmh

Where do they get the money to pay those city “leaders”, then? Of course, we will hear about how they are public servants, making many sacifices to benefit the community.


22 posted on 07/21/2010 2:37:45 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: NEMDF

“Where do they get the money to pay those city “leaders”, then? Of course, we will hear about how they are public servants, making many sacifices to benefit the community.”

They extort it from the poor sheeple.


23 posted on 07/21/2010 2:43:42 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: r9etb
“BTW, the Mayor is Oscar Hernandez and is Hispanic earning nearly $800,000 with an automatic 12% increase a year .”

What does his being Hispanic have to do with anything? And is she claiming that the mayor also makes $800k?

Let me help you out.

The MAJORITY of this little city is HISPANIC!

The Mayor, Oscar Hernandez, makes nearly $800,000 a year with an automatic 12% increase.

Are you familiar with problems in California?

24 posted on 07/21/2010 2:46:51 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: wardaddy

So you like the pitch forks and torches too?


25 posted on 07/21/2010 2:50:44 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: nmh
The MAJORITY of this little city is HISPANIC!

GASP!!!!!!!!

And yet the question remains: what does Hernandez's Hispanicness have to do with whatever salary Ms. Bell is discussing?

The Mayor, Oscar Hernandez, makes nearly $800,000 a year with an automatic 12% increase.

Thanks for re-writing, but it still doesn't make sense in the context of the "article". According to the screed it is the city manager who makes that much. There is no indication other than that one mangled sentence to suggest that the mayor also does.

Are you familiar with problems in California?

I've heard a thing or two. Are you familiar with the difference between good and bad writing?

26 posted on 07/21/2010 2:51:48 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: r9etb

Yes.

Is this a writing test?


27 posted on 07/21/2010 2:54:30 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: nmh
Is this a writing test?

No. Ms. Bell already failed her writing test. Badly.

28 posted on 07/21/2010 2:58:41 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: r9etb
Oh, give her some slack!

At least she reports news instead of covering it up.

It's unlikely that the alphabet networks will mention this.

I find it outrageous!

29 posted on 07/21/2010 3:01:50 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: nmh

In the good ole days, the people would literally ride them oout on a rail—along with free tar and feathers. Heh.
This is hard to believe but shouldn’t be considering the party involved.


30 posted on 07/21/2010 3:08:08 PM PDT by BamaAndy
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To: nmh
Oh, give her some slack!

No.

It's unlikely that the alphabet networks will mention this.

Particularly when the story is written as badly as this one is.

That sort of thing matters, FRiend. It matters a lot. Atrocious writing is a sure-fire way to not be taken seriously.

31 posted on 07/21/2010 3:13:50 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: r9etb
You have a legitimate point.

They don't like to teach good grammar anymore. Kids in public school are lucky if they are taught the eight parts of speech. I middle school, grammar has been removed in public schools. I'm not kidding. Educrats believe that grammar rules impede their "creativity". So they have them reading all kinds of propaganda for subject matter. When high school rolls around they're supposed to be writing experts and go wild writing essays. If they go to college at least 30% of them require remedial writing, math and a few other subjects.

It will take enormous resolve for journalists to write as well as William Buckley. His wit and vocabulary are unmatched. I may not have agreed with some of his Libertarian views, but his writing was excellent. So, since they don't focus on good grammar, which helps with good writing, we have to settle for what we can get.

32 posted on 07/21/2010 3:19:41 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: r9etb
You have a legitimate point.

They don't like to teach good grammar anymore. Kids in public school are lucky if they are taught the eight parts of speech. In middle school, grammar has been removed in public schools. I'm not kidding. Educrats believe that grammar rules impede their "creativity". So they have them reading all kinds of propaganda for subject matter. When high school rolls around they're supposed to be writing experts and go wild writing essays. If they go to college at least 30% of them require remedial writing, math and a few other subjects.

It will take enormous resolve for journalists to write as well as William Buckley. His wit and vocabulary are unmatched. I may not have agreed with some of his Libertarian views, but his writing was excellent. So, since they don't focus on good grammar, which helps with good writing, we have to settle for what we can get.

33 posted on 07/21/2010 3:20:39 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: r9etb
"That sort of thing matters, Friend. It matters a lot. Atrocious writing is a sure-fire way to not be taken seriously." I know ... but ... this is not the kind of news the LIBERAL media wants out there. It would not have mattered if it was well written or not.

There is also nothing stopping other reporters from also discovering the same event and writing about it. It's not as though other reporters depend on her for news. Few will write about it and it isn't because she didn't do a good job writing it. It is the subject matter that they want to ignore.

34 posted on 07/21/2010 3:25:20 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: r9etb

Shouldn’t you be studying some orbits somewhere instead of being a persnickety word-Nazi regarding people’s on-line texting foibles, particular when neither you nor anyone else misunderstood the person whose grammar you felt compelled to correct?

I am sure there are much more important aspects to this thread one that can concern them self with, if one is concerned about the substance and not the tangents.


35 posted on 07/21/2010 4:10:53 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: nmh

And the left progressive Demoncrats say Capitalism is greed? I guess when you are in the government ripping people off it’s ok because the constituents don’t have a choice about where they can spend their money becaused it’s just taken from them through “taxing”. I guess they think capitalism is evil because, just think what they could do with all that money if it were in their hands and not private companies!


36 posted on 07/21/2010 5:20:09 PM PDT by Sendemalltohell
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To: Sendemalltohell

“And the left progressive Demoncrats say Capitalism is greed? I guess when you are in the government ripping people off it’s ok because the constituents don’t have a choice about where they can spend their money becaused it’s just taken from them through “taxing”. I guess they think capitalism is evil because, just think what they could do with all that money if it were in their hands and not private companies!”

Yes ... and I will drag “race” into my criticism.

The mayor, Oscar Hernadez is HISPANIC.

Bell is nearly ALL HISPANIC.

Voting by RACE, didn’t fare well, did it?

Oscar Hernandez ripped off his POOR base to an EXTREME.


37 posted on 07/21/2010 6:25:09 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: Wuli
Your opinion. I will give you credit for writing it well.

As for Ms. Bell's writing sins ... no, she does not get a pass. She comes across as stupid, and her "news" suffers as a result.

That's just one of those things about living in the grown-up world, FRiend.

38 posted on 07/22/2010 7:03:51 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: nmh
A report by the LA Times sparked a protest at last night’s council meeting when it was learned that the Bell, California city manager makes nearly $800,000 dollars annually.

Sparked a protest?

They should have been busy burning down their damn houses. These corrupt bastards need to be taught a lesson the hard way. Forget the courts and forget the elections, that sh!t isn't flying anymore.

39 posted on 07/29/2010 4:29:51 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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I was positively SHOCKED to know the LITTLE town in Bell, California is TWO SQUARE MILES!
40 posted on 07/29/2010 4:39:00 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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