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Bell Staged Maywood's Municipal Failure

Maywood City Council went along hoping to go Charter
Spaccia, Rizzo and ED Lee sabotaged
Maywood so Bell could take over; $51,000
per Month Bell Charging to Manage Maywood
does not include $10,000 for Spaccia

The Editor, WatchOurCity.com
Wednesday August 11, 2010, 6:00 am
Reporter's Notebook: Maywood & Bell -
Bell selected which Maywood officers to pay vacation time upon separation.
Legally must be paid within 72 hours. Some have not received any pay yet.
•    Some officers did not receive a final check. Spaccia ordered not to pay them.
•    Maywood was planning to go Charter enabling Maywood council to vote for
$100k salaries just like in Bell.
•    Spaccia and Ed Lee sabotaged Maywood's need for insurance triggering a
face-off with Joint Powers Insurance Authority so that Bell could take over
contracts for profit.
•    Conflict of interest for Spaccia and Lee who represent Maywood when
negotiating with Bell since they were being paid by Bell.
•    Spaccia failed to negotiate with the City of Cudahy. Contract for police
services would have put Maywood on a solid financial platform with no need for
layoffs. Maywood saved net $156,000 from its budget with Bell's takeover.
•    Spaccia lied to Maywood employees, said no one would be laid off. Two
weeks later the whole department was disbanded.

Maywood's
Felipe Aguirre