[wideawake]

They cut a deal. The city council called a referendum in 2005 to decide whether or not Bell would be a "charter city" under California law.

400 people in a town of 37,000 actually voted and the vote was in favor.

As a charter city, Bell is exempt from salary caps that apply to most jurisidictions in CA.

The contract that these three have is that if they are fired, the city has to buy out their contracts and that if they resign, they will be entitled to their pensions.

They resigned because the city did not have enough cash up front to fire them and spend millions to buy out their contracts.

Were I in charge, I would have fired them and then declared municipal bankruptcy and ignore their pensions.

[lonestar]

IMO, they should ALL be sued for misuse of tax $$$. Is it called malfeasance?

[Mr. K]

"They cut a deal. The city council called a referendum in 2005 to decide whether or not Bell would be a "charter city" under California law. 400 people in a town of 37,000 actually voted and the vote was in favor. "

THIS IS WHY IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO VOTE IN PRIMARIES PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS COMMON! LESS THAN 10% of the eligible voters vote in primaries- so YOUR VOTE IS WORTH 10 TIMES AS MUCH!!!

SOME OF THESE CANDIDATES WIN JUST BECAUSE ALL THEIR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES GO OUT AND VOTE