They're gone, wearing jumpsuits, all eight former officials of Bell, the modest California city whose citizens, for 25 years, were plundered by shamelessly corrupt Democrats. - Teresa Jacobo- Luis Artiga- George Mirabel- Oscar Hernandez- Victor Bello- Robert Rizzo- George Cole- Angela SpacciaThis ring of Democrats makes fellow Dems, Maxine Waters, Chris Dodd and Charles Wrangel, look tentative. You'd think most Democrats would "skim," a thou here, a thou there, playing on the bloat of fungible budgetary. But, no, these crooks went bonkers for fame. Their take, a model of malfeasance, is the modern equivalent of medieval looting. To wit: City council members awarded themselves $96,000 per/year compared to $4800 in similar-sized cities. Since 2001, the council approved annual 16% raises without a city audit or public comment period. Democrats, acting as tax-stewards, raised city manager Robert Rizzo's salary 16 times, leading to 53 fraud charges and inexplicable...(Read Full Post)