income is less than $25,000 and that almost 1/4 of your residents live in poverty. then you look at what the city manager was making, $787,000. police chief was making $457,000. assistant city manager making $376,000. all three of them have resigned already. is that really what you want out of the city council? further more, how do they defend that? no one can defend that. 2 they can t defend it. we asked the council to resign. we want them to resign. they are walking away with tax dollars. they are still in power now. they are still in their offices. they won t resign immediately. we are asking the council today, there is an open comment meeting
retirement system. that s one of the complaints many some of them have been using the system to their advantage. now, ed, you say they bounce around. but ultimately, didn t the mayor and city council of bell have to approve the salaries that were being given out? again, $800,000 for a city manager. $457,000 for the chief of police. $376,000 for the assistant city manager. yeah, and the frightening thing about that, apparently a lot of those salaries were legal. you had a vote in the city a couple of years ago which had a very low turnout, and in that vote, it authorized the city council to approve these just outrageous salaries that everybody was making, so the people of bell, many of them are not documented workers to begin with, let alone legal residents, so you had a low turnout at the polls, and the people approved this measure, and that s what gave apparently the city council carte blanche to start writing paychecks. and the city manager, robert
you re taking our money and you re paying each other and you don t think we re going to be mad about it? you re out of your minds! they learn the city manager make mrs. than barack obama. in fact, almost twice as much as the president of the united states, and that s just the beginning, folks. this is a rogue gallery for you. robert rizzo, city manager, angela spaccia, assistant city manager, randy a adams, police chief. rizzo, $787,000. spaccia, $376,000. randy adams, $457,000. is that amazing? now you know why the locals stormed city hall and last night
they ve been investigated. it may well just be a formality, but the authorities have to go through the process. they have to check to see whether or not this couple were following this whale and therefore was it an attack by the whale because he felt hounded or harassed? many people are saying, though, and experts are saying it simply was an accident. so interesting, all right. thank you so much. outrage in california as a cash-strapped community learn how much city officials were getting paid. check this out. voters in the l.a. suburb of bell campaigning against members after they learned large salaries for city employees. the city manager made $787,000 a year, that s nearly twice the salary of president obama. police chief randy adams, he earned $457,000 a year. and assistant city manager took home $376,000. each of those officials have now resigned. city council members are also under fire because they are
reporter: the city council meeting in california lasted into the wee hours. and the message from citizens was loud and clear. i had some kind of respect for you and now it s through the floor. reporter: city manager robert rizzo making almost $800,000 a year, police chief randy adams earning $457,000, and assistant city manager taking home $376,000. the three agreed to step down, but many voters also want the heads of the city council members who okayed the salaries. council members who serve part-time and earn $100,000 a year themselves. everybody in the nation is looking at this city. and we should be embarrassed. reporter: california s attorney general making a run for governor is launching an investigation. how in the world can a little city like this pay such