Bell city officials of late have been taking heat for paying themselves excessive compensation, all the while protesting that their salaries are in-line with other municipalities.
In Bell, with a population of just over 38,000, the police chief gets $470,000 a year compared to his counterpart in neighboring Los Angeles who's paid $150,000 less than Bell's top cop. The City Manager rakes in over $800,000 per year compared to city managers in LA who earn less than $100,000. LA officials should be clamoring for raises or relocating pell mell to Bell!
More perversely, Recovery.org - Obama's watchdog to assure American taxpayers that their stimulus tax dollars are being spent wisely and effectively - reports that for zip codes covering Bell, more than 10.6 million in federal stimulus to date has been doled out resulting in ... wait for it ... a whopping 7.6 jobs created. (.6 jobs ??? )
Ok, so now we can all clearly see and understand, our stimulus money is not being used for any wasteful purpose what so ever, at least in California. You can sleep easier tonight America ... right!
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