I wonder when progressives will focus some of their outrage over CEO salaries in private industry to stories like this one. How would you like to be a taxpayer in the small town of Bell, California?
The Times revealed earlier this month that the city’s top officials received some of the highest municipal wages in the nation. City Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo makes $787,637 a year, almost twice the salary of President Obama; Police Chief Randy Adams makes $457,000, 50% more than Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck; and Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia makes $376,288, more than the top administrator for Los Angeles County.
In the wake of the revelations, city council members have agreed to cut their own ridiculously high pay. They were paying themselves $96,000 per year for a part-time gig in this small town and are now cutting their pay by 90 percent.
