In the town of bell in California top city officials used their power to get higher salries, and low interest loans. Most of these officials have stepped down. Once official made atleast 800000 dollars a year. It says they received at least 5.5 million in benefits, and in the meantime interim officials will take their place before others are voted in. This is connected to class because it is an example of how government officials can be corrupt and how local governments deal with these types of problems.
-Matthew Abelman
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/22/us/politics/22bell.html?ref=us
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There should be a higher amount of jurisdiction of this type of issue. With the economy slowly recovering, there should not be individuals who work for the government that are stealing from the cause they seem to work for. It does not make any sense as to why this problem has not been eradicated, as many people work over the officials that are being paid so highly. There should be a position in store that will, in the future, decrease this problem.
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