Posted on 07/27/2010 4:36:21 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
A lawsuit filed Monday by a former Bell police officer makes a variety of serious allegations about city officials and suggests voter fraud in a 2009 election.
According to the lawsuit, filed by James Corcoran, off-duty police officers in Bell distributed absentee ballots in a 2009 municipal election and told would-be voters which candidates to support.
The former police sergeant alleges in the suit that he was forced out of his job of 25 years in retaliation for informing state and federal authorities about the officers’ actions and reporting alleged misconduct involving City Administrator Robert Rizzo and other city officials.
Attorneys for the city did not return calls or respond to e-mails seeking comment.
Corcoran alleged that in 2009 he reported to the California secretary of State and the FBI “that off-duty police officers were taking absentee ballots and providing them to voters to fill out” and that officers were instructing individuals how to vote.
He also asserted that ballots were filled out for people who were dead.
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How else could they pay such high salaries?
CORRUPTION MAYBE?
Corrupt Democrats? I’m shocked—shocked!
Hopefully this will allow the recision of all of the outrageous salaries paid and pensions defined.
People always ask why Mexico is poor while America is so rich, and the explanation from Leftists is always indecipherable nonsense about “neocolonialism” that explains nothing at all.
Well, here is a genuine teachable moment; Bell, California explains exactly why Mexico is poor. Bell is a tiny little microcosm of the Mexican political system.
Bell is about 80% illegal immigrants. There are other towns in California with a similar percentage.
I’ve been listening to kfi 640 on this and it is astounding! It’s like third-world politicians were running the city! just robbing the coffers in plain sight!
“November is going to be anything but dull.”
One hopes that Progressive Democrats will behave themselves if results don’t go their way. (But, that’s doubtful.)
IMHO
http://www.bestplaces.net/city/Bell-California.aspx
City Overview
As of 2010, Bell’s population is 37,580 people. Since 2000, it has had a population growth of 2.47 percent.
The median home cost in Bell is $303,240. Home appreciation the last year has been -7.80 percent.
Compared to the rest of the country, Bell’s cost of living is 25.80% Higher than the U.S. average.
Bell public schools spend $4,809 per student. The average school expenditure in the U.S. is $5,678. There are about 22.6 students per teacher in Bell.
The unemployment rate in Bell is 16.60 percent(U.S. avg. is 10.20%). Recent job growth is Negative. Bell jobs have Decreased by 6.23 percent.
Bell General SperlingViews
housing overgrown: Once a nice quiet community this town boasts mostly illegals. Not welcome here anymore so left six years ago. Mostly hispanic and unfriendly to other...
That number is so wrong. Here in Columbus, Ohio, where houses are much less than the national average, teachers average $60,000+ in salary, plus benefits and retirement, plus they don't pay Social Security (but can collect it if they marry someone who does pay Social Security). Cost per student runs about $15,000 per year. California teachers averaged $63,640 in salary per year (2006-2007). Add in benefits and maintenance, and expect $160,000 per classroom per year. Throw in administrators and other non-teachers paid on the teacher scale, and cost per classroom is close to $240,000 per year in California.
One way school spending defenders claim a lower number is to not count building/maintenance costs, which run about $6,000 per student per year.
For 2011-2012, some teacher unions have agreed to no COLA raises, meaning they will only get the 3-5% raises for seniority and further raises for attending graduate school classes in education. In Columbus, they are also getting 1.7% and 1.85% COLA raises, meaning a total average annual raise of 4.7% to 6.85%.
But $800,000 for mayor? Let's see: 37,580 people. 91% Hispanic. 80% illegal. 7516 legal. 65% over 18. 4885 legal adults. Registration of legal Hispanic adults runs about 50% nationally, so 2443 legal registered voters. Turnout runs about 40% for municipal elections, so expected 977 total votes for mayor/city council. For the election in 2005 that made Bell a charter city (and thus allowed the high salaries) fewer than 400 votes were cast. In 2007, City Council votes were: George Mirabal, 982 - Oscar Hernandez (current mayor) 978 and Victor Bello, 956 (voters got to vote for any three of these candidates). Nestor Enrique Valencia also ran, with 451 votes, but seems to have violated the unwritten rules by listing his qualifications to serve.
In addition, it is traditional for there to be exactly the same number of candidates as open seats (IOW, this was the first city election ever to be contested - incorporated in 1927).
Didn't de Toucqueville (sic?) say something like, "America will cease to be great when she ceases to be good?"
That being said, approx. 85% of residents in Bell are latin-americans, so make up your own mind. (No, I don't capitalize American when it is preceded by a hyphen!)
85% is low - the entire area now is more like 92%, (US ancestry = 2.4% according to CityData) and outsiders (”europeans”) are just not welcome. In 2000, the ‘european’ population was about 50%; by 2010 it is less than 7%.
Between 2000 and 2006, “europeans” were routinely victimized(gangharassment/propertycrime/drive-bys) so they moved out of the area as they were able/forced. In 2005, the town voted to go charter city with only 400 votes being cast. By 2009 the ‘city’ was broke, and one of the ‘poorest cities in California’. Town meetings are now held entirely in Spanish....and the Balkanization of California continues....
http://www.city-data.com/city/Bell-California.html
Bell, CA is a lower middle-class working town. This is what happens when the public is sufficiently dumbed down.
Hope this leads to rescinding salaries and pensions....
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