Bell California had the highest paid local government officials in the country. The kicker is that Bell´s population is only around 37,000 and it is facing the same hard times as the state of California and a lot of other towns and states are facing.

Chief Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo was raking in around 800 grand a year! Other high pay receivers were the Police Chief and the part time city council members.

Outrageous!

The officials in Bell have clearly demonstrated that the crew in Washington DC do not corner the market on corruption.

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