People are acting up! It’s incredible to see regular folks stand up at their city council meeting and tell their elected officials what they really think! Have you seen the news clips from the Bell, California meeting? Remember, that’s the small city (the size of CdA) paying it’s City Administrator almost $800,000/year. The news clips, now surfacing, show some bold language from the citizens. Bill wrote a great post about it on this web site a few days ago (https://opencda.com/?s=Bell+California).
What would you say if your city officials were paid more than any other in the state and, in addition, the council still voted to raise your taxes?
I would say to the city officials: “You were a crook when you did this, you’re still a crook today and you’ll continue be a crook tomorrow!”
Comment by Bill — July 27, 2010 @ 3:17 pm
Whatever I say, you’ll be able to catch it someday on Channel 19.
Comment by Dan — July 27, 2010 @ 3:28 pm
Here’s an update from the LA Times: The investigation into the Bell city council now includes charges of VOTER FRAUD.
Absentee voter irregularities? The police siding with the incumbents? Voter fraud? This Bell is making the clowns who run Coeur d’Alene look like pikers.
Quick! Mayor Bloem: Order the LCDC to build another condo tower! Perhaps a good spot on Front Street between McEuen Field and Tubb’s Hill?
Comment by Dan — July 27, 2010 @ 9:28 pm
Dan,
Bell “hit bottom.” Thanks to the Los Angeles Times running a series of stories so the dots could be connected more easily by the Times’ readers, the public in Bell got it. Providing the kind of news coverage that allows readers to make the connections is precisely what real newspapers do, or at least used to. But, as the officialus corruptus in Bell learned, an informed public can be a dangerous public. And that’s exactly why we will never see either the Coeur d’Alene Press or The Spokesman-Review do those kinds of articles about Coeur d’Alene’s own officials: The “newspapers” here have devolved into nothing more than community promotional flyers disguised as real newspapers. Both papers’ mastheads could easily read “Don’t Make Waves.”
Comment by Bill — July 28, 2010 @ 7:14 am
What I would say is ” I’m grateful to be living in the county.”
Comment by Ancientemplar — July 28, 2010 @ 10:30 am