[Cincinatus' Wife]

But the LA Times DID go on about how the Chamber of Commerce was purged and replaced by the Bell Business Assn. whose members had to come forward, raise their right hands and “solemnly promise to preform their duties honestly.”

[Liz]

Booking photos provided by LA County Sheriff's Dept: The eight are charged
with taking more than $5.5 million from the working-class suburb of Bell, Calif.
Scandal triggered nationwide outrage and calls for more transparency in government.

From top left, Luis Artiga, Victor Bello, George Cole, and Oscar Hernandez;
from bottom left, Teresa Jacobo, George Mirabal, Robert Rizzo, and Peir'Angela Spaccia.