MasterOfPuppets
07-26-2010, 02:03 PM
keep in mind this is a city of only 40,000 people...
Activists were expected to demand salary cuts or resignations from the four council members who make more than $100,000 a year for their part-time work.
Hundreds of residents were enraged to learn last week that the three administrators who later resigned were making a total of more than $1.6 million a year.
• Chief Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo made $787,637 a year, getting a series of raises since being hired in 1993 at $72,000. President Barack Obama makes $400,000.
• Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia made $376,288 a year.
• Police Chief Randy Adams earned $457,000 — $150,000 more than Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100726/ap_on_re_us/us_bell_salaries
Their mayor and three of their four council members, people they see every day at the grocery store or church, approved the contracts, and put an obscure measure on the ballot that allowed council members to pay themselves any amount of money.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100723/ap_on_re_us/us_bell_salaries
And they did: collecting between $90,000 and $100,000 a year as part-time officials.
A few who kept tabs on City Hall said they were suspicious because the officials were secretive, brusque and quick to act without explaining themselves.
By law, the council would have had to approve the contracts in an open session, but several residents complained that officials are loathe to explain what they are doing and quick to race through matters at public meetings with little discussion.
Activists were expected to demand salary cuts or resignations from the four council members who make more than $100,000 a year for their part-time work.
Hundreds of residents were enraged to learn last week that the three administrators who later resigned were making a total of more than $1.6 million a year.
• Chief Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo made $787,637 a year, getting a series of raises since being hired in 1993 at $72,000. President Barack Obama makes $400,000.
• Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia made $376,288 a year.
• Police Chief Randy Adams earned $457,000 — $150,000 more than Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100726/ap_on_re_us/us_bell_salaries
Their mayor and three of their four council members, people they see every day at the grocery store or church, approved the contracts, and put an obscure measure on the ballot that allowed council members to pay themselves any amount of money.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100723/ap_on_re_us/us_bell_salaries
And they did: collecting between $90,000 and $100,000 a year as part-time officials.
A few who kept tabs on City Hall said they were suspicious because the officials were secretive, brusque and quick to act without explaining themselves.
By law, the council would have had to approve the contracts in an open session, but several residents complained that officials are loathe to explain what they are doing and quick to race through matters at public meetings with little discussion.