Chaos Erupts as Over-Taxed Residents Express Outrage

The city of Bell, CA has recently been exposed for having corrupt and overpaid city officials receiving salaries larger than the President of the United States. Residents who have recently learned they were over-taxed to pay for the government workers took control of a City Council meeting and demanded resignations.

August 17, 2010 at 12:36 pm - ABC 7
Dateline: Bell, CA
Dave_in_Oregon   August 17th, 2010 - 12:42 pm

((((( WARNING TO ALL DEMOCRATS and RINOS )))))

This is just a PREVIEW of what coming starting in November 2010.

Maybe you should resign now to avoid the rush !

REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER…. CONSERVATIVES ONLY ! !

Bill_Lumbergh   August 17th, 2010 - 12:42 pm

Ready the pitchforks, tar, and feathers!

Hailodumbo   August 17th, 2010 - 12:47 pm

No surprise…….the problem with socialism is it always run out of other peoples money to spend and goes bankrupt. Time to return to what made this country great. ….. FREE MARKET CAPITALISM. Vote all socialist/progressives/communists out in Nov…

RightUnite   August 17th, 2010 - 12:48 pm

Get ready for more of this folks….. This is only the beginning!! I am all for it!

mariodebarrio   August 17th, 2010 - 12:49 pm

those poor clowns. those city council memebers are rasict towards clowns. they called him a rainbow head and spit at him. don't bother looking for the video of that, they cut the cameras before he could finish his joke, and it was right after that, that they spit at him and called him a rainbow head 17 times.

freedom rocks   August 17th, 2010 - 12:52 pm

I beg to differ with the gentleman from Bell, but Washington is the epi-center of corruption, Bell is merely one of thousands of subsidiary money-pits.

PaulLThompson   August 17th, 2010 - 12:52 pm

"Some are more equal than others" – Animal Farm (or this lame bunch of Democrat jokers)

bladybla   August 17th, 2010 - 12:53 pm

Throw the bums out!

WeinerDogMcGee   August 17th, 2010 - 12:55 pm

Government BY THE PEOPLE and FOR THE PEOPLE. The Bell mayor and city counsel seem to have forgotten the whole premise of freedom and legitimate government. We are over taxed, insulted, and ultimately we would be enslaved, but we are awake now and the DEMs and RINOs will not stop the perfect storm coming your way in November. Wake up your friends and neighbors.

pageup   August 17th, 2010 - 12:56 pm

Praise God!
It’s finally starting to happen.
THE PEOPLE ARE SICK AND TIRED of government on every level !
Revolution is in the air.

MAC59   August 17th, 2010 - 12:57 pm

The liberals have been making noise for years and shut the rest of us up (with help from the MSM). We need to stay vocal and make it perfectly clear that we have had enough of this out-of-control government.

VeryAngryMob   August 17th, 2010 - 1:00 pm

"Bell's city manager, police chief and assistant city manager all resigned last week after it was revealed they were making salaries totaling $1.6 million a year," it was quoted in the story. That's unfathomable when you stop and think about it. Many of the council members had approved salaries for themselves of over $100,000 per year for part-time work.

This is a town of 40,000 people who are…finally….awake and paying attention.

SDbatboy   August 17th, 2010 - 1:00 pm

Oh how I hope you are correct but will not hold my breath.

SDbatboy   August 17th, 2010 - 1:03 pm

I would love to see a better future for our county and when that future comes (big if) I would love to know it was because of what we are seeing in the city of Bell. I would also love to see voters more engaged so this doesn't happen again. I have my doubts but will hope.

SDbatboy   August 17th, 2010 - 1:08 pm

I truly hope the City of Bell is the breaking point when it comes to anger against politicians. Disgusting.

Also disgusting is our choice for governor in CA. Brown, who was way ahead of the City of Bell creating a similar government pay structure in Oakland and Meg, who is leader of the RINO's. Yikes.

KevinT633   August 17th, 2010 - 1:08 pm

How many Bell Ca. are there in America, The inmates have taken over, starting with the one in the White House

catzmeow   August 17th, 2010 - 1:17 pm

Let the games begin!

rockstone   August 17th, 2010 - 1:20 pm

The funny thing about this is that 98% of those people are registered Democrats. You got what you paid for folks. Go yell at a mirror!

skipper99   August 17th, 2010 - 1:22 pm

Watch what AG Brown does and says, after all he is running again for Gov. Hope they confiscate the over paid salaries and terminate every penny they might get in pensions and related benefits. Next, State offices.

Chimenin   August 17th, 2010 - 1:30 pm

I certainly hope this is a preview. We are Taxed Enough Already. More and more taxes with fewer hopes for gov't services (ain't counting on Social Security for squat).

It breaks my heart and bank account to know we are funding Mrs. Obumah's lavish vacations and an enemy to collect money abroad for his insult on our hallowed ground. Meanwhile, the nation's infrastructure rots… LET'S SHOW 'EM THE DOOR WITH A SWIFT KICK!

Dr. Pill   August 17th, 2010 - 1:31 pm

^^^^^

Coming to the U.S. Hopefully soon!

mustafamonde   August 17th, 2010 - 1:32 pm

Yep, the revolution is coming and not the communist one Obama wants, but rather the second republican revolution. How odd that none of these democrat clowns–in office–couldn't speak without a thick Spanish accent. "Innocent until proven guilty Meester."

kmichaels   August 17th, 2010 - 1:34 pm

She has a negative rating but I don't think she is a troll. I believe this is a case of her starting on a negative number and can't find a way to climb out of it. Review her past posts. They seem fine.

bladybla   August 17th, 2010 - 1:35 pm

why am I a troll? just tryin' to put my 2 cents in …

Bill_Lumbergh   August 17th, 2010 - 1:37 pm

You almost forget that you're watching a City Council Meeting in CALIFORNIA, that is, until the stoner in the clown costume begins to subject everyone to a bad stand-up routine.

wilmac   August 17th, 2010 - 1:44 pm

Hey wheres the punch line.,,You cant tell a joke then cut off the punch line.,,what the hell is wrong with you ppl.

kmichaels   August 17th, 2010 - 1:47 pm

You have a negative rating which is usually associated with a troll.
I looked at your past comments and they seem pretty good. My guess
is your negative rating was a mistake at first but will sometimes be
mistaken as a troll status in which case more people will thumb
down your comments without checking the details.
Either come back under a new account
or make sure you point out that your rating is a technical error.

minkxy   August 17th, 2010 - 1:47 pm

Kudos ,Bell Ca.
At least your council members listened and let you yell at them.Not so in Illinois and DC

chester_simms   August 17th, 2010 - 1:51 pm

It's chaos doofus, it's Democracy in action

RightWingStuff   August 17th, 2010 - 1:53 pm

Oh, it's comin' so they best start runnin'.

DTOM!

SunshineConnie   August 17th, 2010 - 1:54 pm

This small issue may wake up idiots to listen to watchdogs and conservatives nationwide. I doubt these municipal public servants were conservatives!

CBrooks1976   August 17th, 2010 - 1:56 pm

The clown suit was a little much but whats most important here is how small and unimportant the council looked in the face of the people they work for.

This is what every meeting of a government body should look until they've been flushed of their corruption.
Every elected person should have to face a crowd just like that one.
If that doesn't like much fun it;s wasn't meant to be.
Server a few years then go back to your real job, or you'll end up being roasted like the Bell city council.

bladybla   August 17th, 2010 - 1:57 pm

wow … had no idea it was all so "sensitive" … must have pissed somebody off … oh well.

Darn proud of those Californians though, looking forward to November! :)

smellyfinger   August 17th, 2010 - 1:59 pm

How do they remain so calm?

Baloshka   August 17th, 2010 - 2:01 pm

Someone should check the greencards in that room.

water_buffalo   August 17th, 2010 - 2:02 pm

loot… rape…. pillage … then pat themselves on the back…. and tell themselves what a great job they did…. typical marxist liberals….

Bill_Lumbergh   August 17th, 2010 - 2:02 pm

Hey bladybla, post more in this thread, and we'll pound the 'thumbs up' for you. Everyone help the girl out, she seems cool AND rational – very untroll-like.

Irondog   August 17th, 2010 - 2:04 pm

The revolution has begun!!!

OptimusSubPrime   August 17th, 2010 - 2:08 pm

Sunlight is a marvelous disinfectant. Let's go Watchdogs!

metamarcisf   August 17th, 2010 - 2:11 pm

Wow. I'm so glad I've found out who runs the show here. Do you think that if maybe I bring you and your pals tribute, that I could someday, perhaps (hopey/changey), be granted a thumbs up positive score? Would thirty pieces of silver suffice?

bladybla   August 17th, 2010 - 2:15 pm

awww gee thanks … that is very cool of you …

bladybla   August 17th, 2010 - 2:16 pm

who was that guy?

jwryder   August 17th, 2010 - 2:20 pm

It would be interesting to see if everyone was a legal citizen on that city council

NewOrleansAnn   August 17th, 2010 - 2:21 pm

What's with the clown. That was weird.

I remember reading something last week, that this town had a surplus of maybe $2 million. If this is such a poor town, I have to wonder how come this town has this much money. Is this our taxpayer dollars? Stimulus or tarp money? As a hard-working taxpayer, I would really like to know.

I know that they cities with high poverty rates used to get money/rewards for not educating the population. Is this still the case?

I would really like to have an honest report on this.

CORRECTION: $22.7 Million Budget Surplus. Tell me the rest of the country isn't paying their salaries.
http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/bell-offici...

jsazsmitty   August 17th, 2010 - 2:25 pm

Tip of the "iceberg" there as so many hidden "gottchas" in Obamacare, when they become clear to the American people of every political stripe, we will witness the re-birth of the Guillotine. The ruling class had better get prepared. The populace won't sit still for "we of innocent until proven guilty" they are going to go straight to "Whoop-ass"

RetiredSailor1   August 17th, 2010 - 2:26 pm

Old news story why is it just now showing up here. Oh I know the elections are coming and the Tea Bagger platform is all government bad.

Of course the dead beat rightwing Joe the FAKE plumbers are out in the bars cashing their welfare and unemployment checks to get drunk. Tea Baggers bad mouth the government but they never say no to government money when it comes to needing some drinking money.

joymc   August 17th, 2010 - 2:27 pm

Dibs on the pitchfork concession.

Bill_Lumbergh   August 17th, 2010 - 2:27 pm

I remember that, and I guess it didn't go over well. I'm a big Levin fan – he's brilliant, but he does kind of look like Billy Joel.

Bill_Lumbergh   August 17th, 2010 - 2:33 pm

A man from California, "The Land of Fruits and Nuts!"

BillyDKidd   August 17th, 2010 - 2:34 pm

Wait until the polling places open, Democrats! You think the good people in Bell, Ca are upset? Wait until we get to vote!

Thinker822   August 17th, 2010 - 2:35 pm

its laughable…the CA idiots think the world is wonderful and everyone should have everything they WANT whether they earn it or not, then they riot when they realize they've been paying for it all along. HELLO!!!! Welcome to reality dipshiiiiites.

Tuco   August 17th, 2010 - 2:35 pm

Your right, it was the Mark Levin comment = Minus 28. I will follow you for a few days and see if we can't fix that.

H2K   August 17th, 2010 - 2:39 pm

I thought liberals had the opinion that "enough" was "never enough". The union auto workers were paid $90 to install windshields and will have a pension and lifetime healthcare. That's not enough.
The educational budget per student in New jersey, California, and New York is $25,000 per year – much more than the most expensive private schools. That's not enough.
Teachers get tenure after a couple of years, can retire early,and have a lifetime of benefits. That's not enough.
Federal employees can retire at 50 and have ever increasing pensions and low cost healthcare. That's not enough.
So a city manager gets $800,000 working 28 weeks a year. I suppose "that's bad".

Where did we cross the line from good to bad?

What I think is happening is that the non-tax-paying residents of Bell, CA want to make the same amount of bling and are protesting.

Spanky2   August 17th, 2010 - 2:40 pm

Democrats.

Spanky2   August 17th, 2010 - 2:42 pm

"What's with the clown."

Obama wasn't there.

RightUnite   August 17th, 2010 - 2:45 pm

Need help at that concession???

RightUnite   August 17th, 2010 - 2:47 pm

Wow, they let you out of jail already??? I thought they gave pedophiles longer jail time than that!!

gwar5   August 17th, 2010 - 2:49 pm

Bell, CA is democrat city USA. Overrun by illegal alien residents and run by nothing but liberal democrats. It's what is happening to all levels of government. It's hilarious AG Brown is going to look into it and whitewash it. I hope Meg Whitman nails them big time.

bladybla   August 17th, 2010 - 2:51 pm

I'm a HUGE Levin fan … he's the best – have you seen the interview he did with Brian Lamb on CSPAN? Its hilarious … and even Brian Lamb laughs a little http://www.c-spanarchives.org/program/ID/196065

UrinalMint   August 17th, 2010 - 2:51 pm

It appears that people like Maxine Waters and her cohorts could learn a few things from their fellow Californians.

Bill_Lumbergh   August 17th, 2010 - 2:52 pm

Here's a real troll!

It's good that you've figured out "the show here." How very astute! Now KISS THE kmichaels' RING BEE-OTCH! Bwahahahaha!

Edword   August 17th, 2010 - 2:57 pm

Rock and Roll! KICK THE CRAP OUTTA THOSE CROOKS!!

PaulLThompson   August 17th, 2010 - 3:00 pm

What is the difference between a rattlesnake and a politician?

metamarcisf   August 17th, 2010 - 3:05 pm

When are you going to bring me those TPS reports? Didn't you get the memo?

DonaldDuck   August 17th, 2010 - 3:05 pm

I don't know why the residents are upset. They elected all Democrats and these elected Democrats did what they all do: screw the people!! Except these Dems got carried away and went for the whole enchilada in a couple of years instead of bleeding them slowly as is being done in Detroit, LA, NY, Chicago, Baltimore, etc.

PaulLThompson   August 17th, 2010 - 3:06 pm

I commented about this in replies, right before I read your post.

Really, what is the difference between a rattlesnake and a politician????
The video cuts off the punch line….any suggestions.

Rattlesnakes don't live in Washington, DC?
Rattlesnakes don't kill their young?
You always know what you're getting with a rattlesnake?
You can trust a rattlesnake more?
Rattlesnakes aren't lame enough to deny the existence of a Creator?

I really am hoping Nov. turns this ship around.

Bill_Lumbergh   August 17th, 2010 - 3:09 pm

I haven't seen that, but thanks for the 'heads up!' I'll take a look. If you haven't read Levin's Liberty and Tyranny, do yourself the favor. It's a truly great book.

Hey, your rep score is already in non-troll territory! Very cool.

Baloshka   August 17th, 2010 - 3:09 pm

The Retired Moron strikes again. He is "tea-bagger" obsessed. Every day was his day "in the barrel" on board the Good Ship Lollypop and he is a tea-bagger expert.

Just because he was unable to rise above his government job, he is jealous of those who can.

Poor little Popeye.

richardporter   August 17th, 2010 - 3:09 pm

These folks should not only be thrown out of office but they should be made to return the money as well. This is not a democratic or republican issue this is a criminal issue. And their worse sin is making the democratic party look bad.

Spanky2   August 17th, 2010 - 3:10 pm

Just like Chicago, the most segregated major city in the US. It's also one of the most corrupt and dangerous. And the school are among the worst in the nation.

That is what happens when Democrats get control.

Deusexmachina   August 17th, 2010 - 3:10 pm

he got special consideration for keeping it in the family…..

Baloshka   August 17th, 2010 - 3:12 pm

The Bell city government is identical to that of any Mexican city in policy and Raza. The "Patrons" run everything and steal from the peons.

Aye Chihuahua!

Nothing is new under the sun.

Bill_Lumbergh   August 17th, 2010 - 3:13 pm

LOL – I don't know of one, do you? That is, other than the fact that there is no lying in a rattlesnake.

PaulLThompson   August 17th, 2010 - 3:19 pm

I make some suggestions in the reply to the next post – wilmac – he asked the same question, but I read it after I posted here.

Small Thoughts   August 17th, 2010 - 3:19 pm

The peope who voted these crooks into office and didn't oversee them are almost as much to blame as the thieves themselves.

dgleon   August 17th, 2010 - 3:19 pm

Amen!

dgleon   August 17th, 2010 - 3:21 pm

It's California. They can smoke pot.

dgleon   August 17th, 2010 - 3:22 pm

I have the tar and feathers over here. All we need is somebody on the rails concession and we are good to go.

soildude   August 17th, 2010 - 3:36 pm

Goes to show you what unchecked governments can do!!!!!!!!

RetiredSailor1   August 17th, 2010 - 3:37 pm

"unable to rise above his government job"

Rise above serving in Our Military. Are you saying that serving in Our Military is beneath Repubs and Rightwing Tea Baggers?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1UYquKlfT0

soildude   August 17th, 2010 - 3:38 pm

Is there any way to push California out into the Pacific? I am tired of California and their failed liberal ideas influencing the rest of the country!!!

DocHoliday916   August 17th, 2010 - 3:39 pm

You sell the pitchforks, I'll sell the pikes! Deal?

WHERE IS AMERICA?   August 17th, 2010 - 3:43 pm

Somebody wrote, “It would be interesting to see if everyone was a legal citizen on that city council”…

EXACTLY! BET THEY HAVE A TACO STAND IN THE HALLWAY.

CUCAROCHAS   August 17th, 2010 - 3:45 pm

CUCAROCHAS.

joejoebinks123   August 17th, 2010 - 3:49 pm

I agree I wasn't there or actually in the room but someone that does not have video or audio told me they told MSNBC that the rainbow was used and spittle was flying

_ALDEBARAN_   August 17th, 2010 - 3:51 pm

Maybe true, but in this life, there is time to learn from your mistakes and change. I want people that learn from their mistakes and are willing to fix the problem of this bloated government.

Remember in November.. (D) is for Disaster.

cdu4   August 17th, 2010 - 3:59 pm

Reap and sow you California Democrats.. when are you going to wise up to the REAL root cause of all this… Liberalism !

Harlo   August 17th, 2010 - 4:02 pm

I got chills…. We're watching history, folks.

cecil91   August 17th, 2010 - 4:09 pm

Bell California: 90% Hispanic. What you have here is a microcosm of Mexico, and, unless the borders are closed, this will be America before the turn of the next century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell,_California#Dem...

Harlo   August 17th, 2010 - 4:23 pm

What's that saying… 'you get the government you deserve'.

kelbabe   August 17th, 2010 - 4:34 pm

you tell'em big d november is on the the horizon .in the immortal word of dandy don : turn off the lights the partys over" GOD BLESS AMERICA AND OUR FALLEN HEROES

Harlo   August 17th, 2010 - 4:42 pm

I hear a lot of people criticizing CA for their out-of-control government spending. I'm with you on that because its one of the reasons I left CA, but we allowed all this mess to grow throughout our government for decades. We allowed the liberal media to tell us what we should believe (global warming) and how we should think and feel about someone running for president (Obama) and people went along without question because of guilt, adoration, admiration, love, etc. Why?

Because people are lazy, too busy or don't care enough to keep up with the news or to keep up with what their politicians are voting on. So people gave in and left it up to Hollywood and the East Coast Media Elite (ECME) to tell them how to think and feel. What people need to realize is — Hollywood and the ECME know how to manipulate their audience to feel or think. It's what they're good at.

joeschmoey   August 17th, 2010 - 5:03 pm

A word to all progressives, this is what is going to be coming your way times 100 in city halls all over America. And you all have Obama to thank!

endspending   August 17th, 2010 - 5:31 pm

I have no sympathy for the citizens of Bell who allowed those crooks to run their town.

mesndblues   August 17th, 2010 - 5:33 pm

REVO-FREAKING-LUTION!!!!!!

chessah   August 17th, 2010 - 6:10 pm

We can see it…can you?

I can see No-vember from my house!
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/I-can-s…

chessah   August 17th, 2010 - 6:18 pm

I can see NO-vember from my house….can you?

Join us in the fight.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-can-see-NO-vember...

welovetheUSA   August 17th, 2010 - 7:01 pm

Next time your community will show up at these meetings and see what is going on and Vote….your town is a good example of what has gone on in America with the democrats.

nananna   August 17th, 2010 - 7:09 pm

You are going to have to clean the school unions out of the districts first in order to teach proper government to the kids. School unions are a HUGE problem for taxpayers and parents.

nananna   August 17th, 2010 - 7:14 pm

They let him out on his promise he'd continue taking his prozac in a timely manner. Obviously he isn't living up to his end of the bargain.

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