City Clowncil

The Los Angeles Times reports once again on the happenings in Bell.

Confronting a hostile crowd, the Bell City Council met Monday night on whether to roll back property taxes, turn over administration of city elections to Los Angeles County and cut the cost of obtaining public records — the latest potential concessions by leaders of the small, working-class town in the wake of a salary scandal.

The proposed reforms come as local and state authorities open investigations into City Hall finances, the high salaries of top administrators and possible election fraud.

Several hundred people descended on City Hall for the meeting, which continued late Monday night, inside the small chambers that seats only 96. Angered by repeated disclosures of fiscal irresponsibility, residents were demanding a wholesale change in city leadership, with the exception of Councilman Lorenzo Velez, an early proponent of reforms who was not drawing the high salaries of his council colleagues.

One man, decked out in a colorful clown costume, referred to the group as the “City Clowncil.”

When you say City Clowncil … you’ve said it all!

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