town of bell, california were paying hundreds of thousands of dollars. last night, the people of bell told them what they thought about it. here s ted rowlands. reporter: looking for answers and for heads, hundreds of furious taxpayers showed up at a bell city council meeting last night. please, i need respect from everybody. reporter: respect for government is hard to find in this city with a median income of less than $40,000, because over the past few years, unbeknownst to seemingly everyone, while city leaders have been slashing budgets, they were paying themselves ridiculous salaries, including a jaw-dropping $787,000 a year to city manager, robert rizzo. that s almost double of what president obama makes. rizzo, thanks presumably to taxpayers, owns this horse ranch in washington state and this beach home in southern california. then there s its police chief, randy adams, making $457,000 a