Manage a town of 40k people and get $800,000 a year, plus a pension paying out 20 million during retirement? Where do I sign up?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100726/ap_on_re_us/us_bell_salaries

Town hall blast:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jAjbE1XAjY

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1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Damn... That’s nuts.
I don’t see how it could get that far out of whack without someone catching it sooner. Nobody looked long term at 12%/year results? Wow....

Looks to me like the system of “checks and balances” went unchecked and way out of balance.

I wonder how the town will do with so many of the department heads resigning (nearly) all at once.

- Shelby

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !

I'll do the job for 1/4 of the pay and pension

Better yet, work part time as a city councilman and get 100k a year. That's not too greedy...

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

not bad.. not bad at all.

your tax dollars at work.....

In 2004 Voted 63% for Kerry/Edwards vs, 36% Bush/Cheney

In 2008 voted 70% for Obama/Biden vs. 29% McCain/Palin


Bell compared to California state average:

• Median household income below state average.
• Unemployed percentage above state average.
• Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
• Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
• Median age significantly below state average.
• Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
• Renting percentage above state average.
• Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
• Number of rooms per house significantly below state average.
• Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

http://www.city-data.com/city/Bell-California.html

yes, its a dump. it was forty years ago when i was growing up in a town not far from it. not really sure that partisan politics is the reason why... but i would expect nothing less from you.

again, i recommended "the parable of the cave". (it's easy to find. even wikipedia has a page on it.)

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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

"not really sure that partisan politics is the reason why... but i would expect nothing less from you"

Partisan politics is the effect not the cause! For people who don't fend for themselves it's always easier to vote to have others fend for them rather than accepting personal responsibility. If a community can't avoid what has happened in Bell regarding their own local government why should communities who successfully and responsibly self-govern be concerned or in anyway responsible. Why should taxpayers elsewhere fund the orresponsible government of others.

and "the parable of the cave"?

(still looking for "those communities who successfully and responsibly self govern". please show me one.)

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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

Rather symptomatic, wouldn't you say?

From the voting stats, unfortunately it looks like they (California) deserve themselves - in so many words...

Some have been complaining for months here and elsewhere on the Net - about "reversals in fortune" if you will.

Some guy I knew as an on-line pal that lives in a San Fernando Valley suburb just north of L.A. was so far upside-down in his personal and business lifestyles when the recession hit - first with the gasoline prices on the Moon (he owns several company trucks - was a big-wheel remodeler), he never knew what hit him. He's so busy working for insurance re-build scraps and partime work out there - he is likely on anti-depressants and he doesn't post anymore. It wouldn't surprise me if he was almost homeless by now. To me, it was all rather easy to predict all in all...

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'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

Irrelevant!

Bell is SUCH a crappy city. I live not far from it in Downey, which is like beverly hills in comparison lol.

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2000 ML55 AMG, 174k miles
2003 C240 T-Modell, 202k miles
1995 S320, 207k Miles

this is pretty much how I think. people choose to not be self-responsible and would rather vote for someone to feed and bathe them. self-governing requires people to be independent, something they gave up long ago......

and, yes, to the previous post concerning "communities who successfully and responsibly self-govern". guess it depends upon what one's definition of "successful" is because I haven't seen any that do it in a meaningful way......

"People get the government they deserve"

- Will Rogers

Just think: he gets paid 20.00/person to "manage"

If the President got paid that way, he would make 6 billion dollars a year.

Then he could go golfing with warren Buffett, Bill Gates and George Soros.

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