Bell
BELL, Calif. - There was a time in this modest blue-collar community when Mayor Oscar Hernandez was all but hailed as a superhero, the big friendly guy who said hello to everybody when he wasn't busy greeting them at his venerable corner grocery store.
BELL, Calif. - A few would-be whistleblowers suspected for years that the government in this working-class Los Angeles suburb was corrupt and that leaders were secretly paying themselves six-figure salaries.
BELL, Calif. - Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado signed a bill Monday ordering the return of nearly $3 million in property taxes the state says was illegally collected in the blue-collar suburb of Bell, where one in six people live in poverty.
BELL, Calif. - A newspaper reports the U.S.
BELL, Calif. - The tiny blue-collar city that granted huge salaries to its top officials may have to repay nearly $3 million in illegal property taxes, a state official said Friday.
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- Calif AG: Bell officials must disclose pay records
- Calif. city official's salary package topped $1.5M
- Bell official's salary and benefits topped $1.5M
- Bell, Calif. official: 7 more managers highly paid
- Other cities to pay lavish Bell, Calif., pensions
- City with big salaries has high property tax bills
- Pensions withheld for 3 Calif. administrators
- CA fiscal official reviews city in pay scandal
- Outrage remains after CA council votes to cut pay
- High-paid CA council members vote to slash pay
- Mayor of Calif. city to stop taking high salary
- High-paid CA council members say they'll slash pay
- High-paid council members say they'll slash pay
- Calif. subpoenas LA suburb records in salary probe
- Calif. town's council likely to see angry public
- Calif. city's council likely to see angry public
- LA suburb residents march over high city salaries
- Calif. town outraged to learn of officials' pay
- Residents warn of recall if council members remain
- Calif. council accepts resignations of 3 managers
