so they could pay themselves what they wanted. WTF????? Well the working class citizens have demanded that they all resign or they will recall the bastards.
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Charter schools, charter city council - WTF is going on?? Is it fascism yet?
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/Six-Figure-Salaries-in-Tiny-SoCal-Town-99282249.html<snip>
Attorney General Jerry Brown's office is also looking into the case. Brown said Monday he has subpoenaed hundreds of records from the city. He demanded to see employment contracts from the city of Bell within 48 hours to determine whether to file criminal charges.
"These outrageous pay practices are an insult to the hard-working people of Bell and have provoked righteous indignation in California and even across the country," Brown said. "I'm determined to get to the bottom of these exorbitant payouts and protect the state's pension system against such abuses, and today's subpoenas are an important step in that process."
The salaries exploded into public view after a Los Angeles Times investigation, based on California Public Records Act requests, showed the city payroll was bloated with all sorts of six-figure salaries.
The council salaries were made possible by a little-noticed ballot measure that passed during a special election five years ago.
A state law enacted in 2005 restricted council pay in "general law" cities, but that same year the Bell council authorized a special election with one item on the ballot -- converting Bell to a "charter city." The LA Times reported that the measure's language did not mention the effect the change to charter city would have on council salaries.The measure passed. Fewer that 400 people voted.
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