| Monday, June 10, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com City Clerk Missing in Action "It's None of Your Business!" City Manager Rene Bobadilla angrily responds to question, during a "brown bag lunch" with members of the employees association, when one asked what happened to City Clerk Rosanna Ramirez. |
| Wednesday, June 5, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Reporters fear retaliation TV Reporters Threatened at Sen. Calderon's Montebello Office by Calderon's Nephew |
| Tuesday, June 4, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com FBI Raids Sacramento Offices of State Senator Ron Calderon Ron Calderon's brother was paid over $750,000 in "consulting" fees from Central Basin Municipal Water District since 2004. |
| Monday, May 13, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Assessor Buries Skeletons L.A. County Assessor's Office Spent $50 Million on Software that Never Worked, $650,000 on Hardware it Never Used |
| Thursday, April 18, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Just say NO to Logs! Sheriff Denies Request for Jail Visit Logs for L.A. County Assessor John Noguez The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) and Public TV station KCET filed a Public Records suit to find out who has visited LA county jail inmate John Noguez. |
| Tuesday September 7, 2010, 6:00 am, WatchOurCity.com Trillion Dollar County Tax Roll, Million Dollar deals, Some Benefiting John Noguez, County Assessor Candidate |
| Monday, April 15, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Lipstick on a Pig Policy Part I: Toxic Assets in L.A. County Assessor's Office Santos Kreimann was appointed to replace John Noguez as L.A. County Assessor after Noguez was charged with 23 felony counts of public corruption. |
| Monday, April 15, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com New Player, Same Game And You Thought The L.A. County Assessor's Office Was Clean Again? John Noguez bailed out of jail and may not be allowed back into his own office after serving 3 months in Men's Central on 23 felony counts, his replacement Santos Kreimann has kept Noguez's staff intact. |
| Thursday, March 21, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Election Results Certified HP's Newest Councilmembers Sworn in Results of the March 5 election in Huntington Park have been certified by the city clerk. Reformers Karina Macias and Valentin Amezquita were certified as winners, and in so doing, officially ousted incumbents Molina and Guerrero. |
| Monday, March 4, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Private Affair at Public Cost HP City Manager Hid Extramarital Affair with city Staffer Rene Bobadilla promoted city staffer and gave her raise. |
| Monday, March 4, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com POA in Bed with Guerrero POA Lies - Sends HP Residents Letter giving wrong Vote Date Tactic attempts to suppress voter turnout with blatant deceit |
| Thursday, February 28, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Public Records Don't Lie Elba Guerrero received $20,000 from Indicted Noguez & Friends Campaign contribution filings show HP councilwoman Elba Guerrero was closely allied to former HP mayor John Noguez. Mr. Noguez is still in L.A. County jail on corruption charges. |
| Monday, December 10, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Legal Threats to Recall Recall Notices Served a 3rd Time; Attorney Threatens Recall Proponents with Lawsuit.....Again Rosa Perez's atty threatens Recall proponents with lawsuit. |
| Thursday, February 28, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com City Clerk Letter Confirms City Pays $267 K to Defend Elba Guerrero's Illegal Firing of Officer Court records reveal that H.P. Councilwoman Guerrero called PD Chief demanding firing of officer. Officer sues Guerrero. It is illegal for city council members to fire city staff. |
| Monday, December 10, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com $9 Mil Deficit be Damned! 10 New Positions Approved by Deceptive Council Vote to Avoid Public Scrutiny City Mgr. Bobadilla's crass attempt at building an army of civil servants loyal only to him. |
| Monday, December 3, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com A Good Cop in a Bad City Former HP Police Officer Joins Recall Effort Officer Paul Tapia is suing Councilwoman Elba Guerrero for personally ordering his firing. Officer Tapia Skewered councilmembers at a recent council meeting. His case will be heard on Jan 9, at 9th Circuit. |
| Monday, December 3, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Huntington Park Recall: Huntington Park Water Rate Increase Masking Fiscal Fraud? Bogus hand-written financial data presented to residents as justification for water rate increase. Water rate increase is linchpin of Recall effort in HP. |
| Monday, November 26, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com HP City Mgr. up to no Good More El Monte Officials Head to HP: Public Works Director and PR Firm Michael Chee HP City Manager Rene Bobadilla hires his old El Monte crew in HP. Mr. Bobadilla has about 3 years experience as city Mgr. |
| Monday, November 26, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com HP Recall Update: Noguez 460's show $2,256 to Gomez, Perez & Hernandez Attorney for HP Councilwoman Rosa Perez claims "Ms. Perez has received no campaign contribution from Mr. Noguez". Is attorney lying or did John Noguez lied about his donation? |
| Monday, November 19, 2012 6:00 am Editor, WatchOurCity.com Laundering Noguez Cash? Elba Guerrero Received $7,000 From Noguez, days after Noguez collected over $40 K L.A. Times reports that Noguez funnelled campaign donations from Ramin Salari to his Huntington Park accounts, used funds to donate to HP Council. |
| Monday, November 19, 2012 6:00 am Editor, WatchOurCity.com S.F. Attorney Sends Letter to HP Residents Who Signed Recall Petition |
| Thursday, November 8, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com L.A. Times Reports: Noguez's council account offers leads in corruption probe L.A. business owners — who later received tax cuts — were the main donors to an account Noguez held as Huntington Park councilman. |
| Thursday, November 8, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Potential Disbarment HP City Council Complicit in Atty F. Leal's Conlict of Interest KCET TV's SoCal Connected has spent months looking into then city attorney Francisco Leal's conflict of interest. He said to reporters "city council knew". |
| Thursday, November 8, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Tricks at Men's Central Jail John Noguez Skips Court; Judge threatens to arrest him ..... while already in Jail |
| Thursday, November 8, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com HP Chamber gets Political HP's Chamber of Commerce Interim Director A Noguez Political Operative Letty Martinez managed Councilwoman Rosa Perez's campaign for Noguez, and is councilwoman Guerrero's cousin. |
| Monday, November 5, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Rene Bobadilla's Baggage HP's City Manager Named in El Monte Corruption Cover-up Scandal |
| Monday, November 5, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Assessor's Scandal Bribes $25 K to HP Council by Noguez & Salari HP councilmembers Hernandez and Gomez laundered bribes payed by Salari to Noguez in a scheme to lower property valuations for campaign cash. |
| Thursday, November 1, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com HP's next city Attorney? Is a City Attorney Worth $750,000 a year? Rick Olivarez is the son of U.S. Congresswoman Lucille Royball-Allard. His contract in El Monte is $750,000 per year. |
| Thursday, October 25, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com S&P: "Outlook is Negative" for Huntington Park S&P's Drastic Cuts to HP's Bond Ratings |
| Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Leo Briones Pimps Garcia: Cristina Garcia's Lies Catch Up Lied about earning a Doctorate. USC denies she earned a PhD. |
| Monday, September 17, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com PD Costs in Bell & HP: Above & Beyond the Cost of Duty Rizzo and Noguez led Bell and HP in cutting deals with Police Unions, exchanging short-term political muscle for 75% of city budgets, leading cities into bond indebteness and bankruptcy. |
| Thursday, December 16, 2010 WatchOurCity.com Huntington Park, The Next Bell: Warrant issued for Arrest of Former Huntington Park Police Chief Wadley Was under investigation for "lewd conduct" by Anaheim PD before his retirement on June 30. |
| Monday, December 6, 2010 WatchOurCity.com LAUSD School Board Race Luis Sanchez, Front Runner to Replace Board member Yolie Flores Aguilar Sanchez is Chief of Staff to Board President Monica Garcia, a lapdog to mayor Villaraigosa. Watchdog Scott Folsom drops out |
| Monday, December 6, 2010 WatchOurCity.com California Legislature on Vernon: Assemblyman John Perez: Dissolve Vernon's Cityhood Legislation would dissolve any city with less than 100 residents. Vernon is a cash cow generating $360 million per year. L.A. County would absorb Vernon. |
| Thursday, December 2, 2010 WatchOurCity.com Bell 8 am Special Session: Still on the Job: Bell's Interim City Manager Pedro Carrillo was not fired Rizzo, George Cole funded Carrillo's 2002 Assembly race; Cole hired Carrillo as Director of Southeast Cities Schools coalition |
| Wednesday, December 1, 2010 WatchOurCity.com Pedro Carrillo, Cole and Rizzo: Pedro Carrillo's Consultant Contract in Bell treated as a Purchase Order from '06 to '09 for over $200,000 Rizzo, George Cole and Carrillo conspired to circumvent Public Contract law. |
| Monday, November 29, 2010 WatchOurCity.com UTLA President A.J. Duffy: "Will make sure Southeast Cities Schools Coalition Doesn't Break Away from LAUSD" after Bell arrests UTLA and George Cole's Schools Coalition in talks before arrests. |
| Monday, November 29, 2010 WatchOurCity.com $10.1 Million Amount George Cole's Oldtimers Foundation has received in payments and contracts from city of Huntington Park since 2004, according to city clerk and public records. |
| Saturday, November 27, 2010 Gwilym McGrew, Big Government Cal-PERS Financial Model for Local Cities Masks Losses & Outright Fraud "The fact is this bad news will hit budgets for all cities, counties and the state of California and not just Huntington Park." |
| Saturday, November 27, 2010 Sam Quinones, L.A. Times The Saga of Maywood's Downfall: Inviting Bell officials in was "like asking the parolee next door to watch your kids" City Council's incompetence, gross mismanagement & greed. |
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| Monday, November 1, 2010 6:00 am Washington Times, Jeffrey Anderson, Investigative Reporter Signs of municipal corruption in Bell & Vernon spread to Huntington Park & mayor Noguez |
| Tuesday, October 26, 2010 8:00 am WatchOurCity.com County Supervisor Antonovich, L.A. Times & WatchOurCity.com Endorse John Wong for County Assessor No ties to Bell corruption scandal. |
| Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 6:00 am WatchOurCity.com D.A. Steve Cooley Rescinds Noguez Endorsement Cooley is first elected official to rescind endorsement of John Noguez for County Assessor. Noguez is Huntington Park's mayor implicated in Bell scandal. |
| Thursday, October 7, 2010 9:00 am WatchOurCity.com Degree Fraud Scandal with BASTA Co-Founder; USC confirms that Cristina Garcia does not have a PhD Garcia told media and Bell residents she earned PhD degree from USC. USC has confirmed that "TO DATE THERE IS NO DEGREE POSTED" for Garcia. |
| Thursday, October 7, 2010 9:00 am WatchOurCity.com Rizzo released on Bail by Judge Mary Lou Villar, mayor Villaraigosa's sister Judge Villar accepts tainted Bell money as part of Bail for Robert Rizzo. Rizzo's mother in law loaned $200,000 to Spaccia, Bell's Assistant manager. $2 million bail posted. |
| Monday, October 4, 2010 6:00 am WatchOurCity.com Mayor Noguez in bed with George Cole: Awards Multi-Million Dollar Housing Redevelopment contract to Cole, Recently Arrested by the D.A. & sued by the AG Huntington Park's Redevelopment Agency awards $3.8 million for Fiscal Year 2009-2010 to Cole's Oldtimers. |
| Thursday, September 30, 2010 6:00 am WatchOurCity.com Bell council: official authority not issued to Carrillo or Casso to lobby in Sacramento against corruption reforms or to lobby Molina's office against Receivership efforts City Manager Carrillo and Attorney James Casso taking action without Council aproval. |
| Thursday, September 30, 2010 6:00 am WatchOurCity.com Hector De La Torre's Assembly Committee on Accountability Releases comprehensive survey of city manager compensation Before Bell, Huntington Park Officials under John Noguez had the highest salary amongst state's city officials. Noguez's salary abuse triggered AB 11. |
| Monday, September 27, 2010, WatchOurCity.com Huntington Park's Mayor John Noguez Shakes down Charter School for campaign Contribution in Exchange for Project Approval Mayor John Noguez and City Attorney Leal called meeting with Charter school. Noguez is running for L.A. County Assessor. |
| Monday, September 27, 2010 6:00 am WatchOurCity.com Mayor Noguez Implicated in Bell Scandal with Cole Noguez directed multi-million dollar contracts to George Cole's Oldtimers Foundation, shared convicted felon as campaign managers with George Cole. |
| Saturday, September 25, 2010 6:00 am WatchOurCity.com Bell City Hall North: L.A. County Jail Rizzo considered a flight risk, denied bail deal; Former Bell Councilman Bello on Suicide Watch; Cole, Spaccia, Jacobo post bail. |
| September 24, 2010 6:00 am WatchOurCity.com State Controller Chiang Covers Up missing $110,000 Contract to City Manager in Bell John Chiang donated $1,200 to Carrillo's 2002 Assembly race. Pedro Carrillo denied that missing contract from City files was for Urban Associates, his firm. said is was for a "different" Urban Associates company. State records shows only one Urban Associates, Inc. |
| September 24, 2010, WatchOurCity.com Huntington Park Attorney Francisco Leal making $630,000, more than twice city of L.A.'s Attorney Mayor John Noguez authorized payments to Leal, and is good friend to Bell's George Cole. |
| September 24, 2010, L.A. Times D.A. Cooley Responds: Bell's PD Chief Adams "not my friend", a Work Relationship Cooley critiqued for seemingly selective prosecution for not arresting Bell PD Chief Adams June 9, 2010, 6:00 am, WatchOurCity.com Huntington Park Mayor Noguez Awards Rigged $3.9 Million Dollar Contract to George Cole's Oldtimers Foundation George Cole funded $3,500 to John Noguez months before receiving $3.9 million contract. |
| D.A. Steve Cooley arrests current and former Bell officials. Chief Randy Adams was not arrested. He made nearly as much as President Obama, is a personal friend of Cooley's. Adams had a hand in Bell's tow scandal, gamed CalPERS. |
| Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, 6:00 am, WatchOurCity.com News Service Possible Tampering of Electronic Voting Machines in City of Bell Elections The city of Bell uses a private contractor from Arizona providing electronic voting booths during elections. Sources say that overcharges are an issue. Evaluating system accuracy, security and internal hacking vulnerabilities may be of interest to the Attorney General. Under Charter Law, Bell ran its own elections without County intervention. Bell City Clerk ran elections under Rizzo. |
| Monday, September 20, 2010, 6:00 am WatchOurCity.com News Service Supervisor Molina Calls for Issuing "Immediate"Restraining Order in Bell and Placing City in Temporary Receivership Letter to AG Brown "urging him to use every legal measure at his disposal, including filing a temporary restraining order or writs of mandate or prohibition to immediately prevent any potential for continuing harm to the residents of Bell." Molina's Press Deputy confirmed. |
| Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, 6:00 am Corina Knoll, L.A. Times BASTA to BASTA The L.A. Times publishes report questioning BASTA leadership and finances. Bell PD paid $56,000 to Leo Briones; amount not shown on BASTA's website. Leo Briones recommended to Police by Cristina Garcia, neither of whom are from Bell. Hector De La Torre says BASTA leaders Ali Saleh and Cristina Garcia lied to him during a 15 minute meeting. |
| Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, 6:00 am, WatchOurCity.com AG Jerry Brown issues Subpeona to City of Vernon AG's office is requesting "compensation records for city officials and employees" going back to 2003, called for "reforms of salary and pensions practices." Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, 6:00 am, WatchOurCity.com Supervisor Antonovich sends formal request to D.A. to investigate John Noguez Antonovich "referred" letter to the D.A.s' office "for his review and appropriate action". Complaint seeks to investigate Huntington Park mayor John Noguez based on allegations that his legal name is John Rodriguez. Noguez is in a November runoff race against John Wong for Assessor. |
| Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, 6:00 am "Seeking Receivership for City of Bell Immediately" Attorney General Jerry Brown files civil suit against eight individuals in Bell, including Rizzo, Spaccia, Adams, current and former council members Mayor Hernandez, Teresa Jacobo, George Cole, Victor Bello, and George Mirabal "in their Official and personal capacities". AG Brown stated that his office is "accumulating a devastating case against these individuals for lining their pockets". AG Brown also stated that a "complaint for receivership was "filed this morning". Lawsuit against Bell officials is for "Waste of Public Funds, Negligence, Fraud, Conflict of Interest and Breach of Fiduciary Duty". |
| Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, 6:00 am WatchOurCity.com State Capitol Comes to Bell On Monday morning at 10, Lt. Governor Abel Maldonado will sign historic legislation at Bell city hall giving refunds to Bell residents for illegally charged property taxes. Signing of AB 900 officially sanctions property refunds for Bell residents who overpaid taxes charged in an illegal scheme set up by former Bell city manager Robert Rizzo and former mayor George Cole. The City of Bell has the 2nd highest property taxes of all 88 cities in Los Angeles County. Nestor Valencia will be a speaker at the signing of AB 900. Nestor is founder of the Bell Residents Club and has been focusing on exposing official malfeasance in Bell since 2007. Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, 6 am WatchOurCity.com John Wong, first County official to publicly announce Bell's Taxes higher than Beverly Hills John Wong, Chairman of the L.A. County Appeals Board, was first to announce on July 26 in media interview that Bell's property taxes were higher than Beverly Hills. Mr. Wong is a candidate for Assessor against John Noguez, mayor of Huntington Park, which has 6th highest property taxes. (see report on Assessor's race) |
| Thursday September 9, 2010, 9:30 am WatchOurCity.com County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas was forced to endorse John Noguez in County Assessor Race Ridley-Thomas was reluctant to endorse Huntington Park mayor John Noguez, was forced. Thursday September 9, 2010, 9:30 am WatchOurCity.com Leo Briones, BASTA's owner, a business partner of George Cole at Oldtimers Foundation Former Bell councilman George Cole hired Leo Briones for a lucrative business partnership at the Oldtimers Foundation in '06. Briones prepared a proposal requesting grant funding totaling millions of dollars over several years for a water education project. Thursday September 9, 2010, 9:30 am WatchOurCity.com Bell's City Attorney James Casso was backed by the Calderon brothers for '98 failed Congressional Race James Casso was chief of staff to congressman Esteban Torres when he ran in '98. Other backers were Antonio Villaraigosa and Gloria Molina. according to a Times reports from 1998. |
| Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, 9:30 am WatchOurCity.com George Cole to be Honored tonight for Exemplary Service to the Community George Cole, ex-Bell councilman, under investigation by the Attorney General's office, will be honored tonight at Luminaria's restaurant in Monterrey Park. The Montebello Housing Development Corporation is hosting the event along with co-hosts State Senator Ron Calderon (D, Montebello). Ron's brother, Tom is president of the Board of the Cole' Oldtimers Foundation in Huntington Park. Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, 12 am WatchOurCity.com George Cole Abruptly Quits......Again! George Cole, ex-Bell councilman, resigned as Director of the Oldtimers Foundation in Huntington Park on the heels of investigations by the Attorney General's office into financial dealings with Bell and Huntington Park. George Cole similarly quit as Bell councilman back in 2008. Cole and Rizzo orchestrated salary spikes, voter indebtedness, voter fraud, and Maywood's failure. |
| Tuesday September 7, 2010, 6:00 am, WatchOurCity.com Trillion Dollar County Tax Roll, Million Dollar deals, Some Benefiting John Noguez, Assessor Candidate Gary Townsend, Chief Deputy for current L.A. County Assessor Rick Auerbach is actively managing John Noguez's campaign for County Assessor. Townsend is cutting a deal with multi-national oil company at hearing today reducing $150 million property tax burden in exchange for campaign contributions for John Noguez's Assessor campaign. |
| Tuesday September 7, 2010, 6:00 am WatchOurCity.com City Manager Contract in Bell: Conflict of Interest Bell city attorney James Casso approved a contract for City Manager in close door session. Contract is made between City of Bell and Carrillo's firm, Urban Associates, Inc., not with Carrillo directly. UAI has contracts with the city of Bell. An employee of Urban Associates is Enrique Aranda, a former employee of George Cole's Oldtimers Foundation. Casso and Carrillo both worked under Robert Rizzo. |
| Friday September 3, 2010, 1:00 pm, WatchOurCity.com Bell City Manager and City Attorney use Rizzo tactics - Transparency thrown out the window Bell City Council called sneaky council meeting for this Friday at 8:00 a.m. when it is guaranteed that angry blue collar residents would not show up. What is city manager Pedro Carrillo hiding? There were about 30 residents in attendance. Pedro Carrillo and James Casso worked for Rizzo. BASTA's co-founder Cristina Garcia attended, said nothing. |
| Friday September 3, 2010, 1:00 pm WatchOurCity.com Pedro Carrillo violated FPPC regulations by hiding identity of campaign Donor Pedro Carrillo, a Robert Rizzo aid, is in violation of FPPC filing requirements. Carrillo hid identity of contributor who in 2002 donated $500. Donor, identified only as "Western Gaming Consultant", is former Bell councilman and convicted felon Pete Werrlein, a Rizzo friend. Bell's purchase of Werrlein's property is under investigation by the State Attorney General. |
| Thursday September 2, 2010, 9:00 am WatchOurCity.com BASTA accusing WatchOurCity.com as being Divisive in Bell BASTA owner Leo Briones has earlier said that BASTA will make him lots of money and that Police Officers Association is his client. WatchOurCity.com has been reporting on Bell corruption since 2004. BASTA was created in June 2010, just 2 months ago. Bell Residents Club has been operating for years in Bell. According to Briones' logic, The Times is also being divisive. |
| Thursday September 2, 2010, 9:00 am, L.A. Times Editorial L.A. Times warns Bell Residents about BASTA: - "find out who is funding the Firebrands and what their backgrounds are in the city" - "should be cautious of newly prominent figures who shout "Recall!" - Recall a bad idea - "Getting rid of old won't do good if can't replace with competent leadership" - Bell, Maywood, Vernon "should consider dissolving cityhood and join with other municipal bodies" |
| August 30, 2010, 1:00 pm Jeffrey Anderson, Washington Times D.A. Steve Cooley: FBI Investigating Cudahy officials' Links to Drug Cartels "Mr. Cooley said the FBI is investigating political corruption in cities that border Bell - most notably the small city of Cudahy to the south" including "cartel connections to Cudahy officials." Bell's George Cole ran Cudahy campaign in March 2009 defending incumbents (WatchOurCity.com, March 16, 2009) |
| August 24, 2010, 6:00 am, WatchOurCity.com Best, Best & Krieger takes their act from Bell to Paso Robles Paso Robles hires Bell Attorney Firm (CalCoastNews.com, Aug. 20, 2010) "Paso Robles City Council voted last night to hire the same attorney firm that signed off on the lavish salaries of city of Bell officials and employees. "Last night’s meeting was held at a different time, in a different place and on a different day than other regular council meetings. Only three members of the public attended the meeting." |
| September 1, 2010, 9:00 am, WatchOurCity.com South Gate Police Officer Arrested for Sexual Assault & Kidnapping, felony charge Officer arrested on Aug. 27 by LAPD and booked in County jail, released on Aug 31, $1,050,000 million bail, booking #2456395. Mayor Noguez Dismantles Huntington Park PD's elite Narcotics Enforcement Unit Mayor Noguez dismantled the narcotics investigation unit. Campaign contributors to Noguez include night club owners. |
| August 24, 2010, Updated 8-30-10 The Editor, WatchOurCity.com Robert Rizzo, George Cole, Pete Werrlein, other Bell officials gave $7,752 to Pedro Carrillo's 2002 Assembly race, more than all southeast cities combined No other city in the southeast gave more money, by more officials, or by more felons, to Pedro Carrillo's campaign than the city of Bell. Carrillo hid Pete Werrlein's donor identity. Pete was convicted of a felony in 1984. |
| August 21, 2010, 11:00 am, L.A. Times Attorney General: Ex-Bell mayor George Cole didn't disclose government contracts from cities of Huntington Park, Norwalk, Fontana to his Oldtimers Foundation (See Times 8-21-10) Huntington Park mayor John Noguez spearheaded effort to give Cole a $3.9 million dollar contract for bus transportation services and voted to give Cole $100,000 in start-up capital to buy buses. George Cole's 760 Form Claims $10,000 payment from Corona Elementary School in Bell Corona is an LAUSD campus across the street from Mayor Oscar Hernandez's store. School principal says he made no such payments in 2009 to Cole. |
| August 18, 2010, 8:00 am, WatchOurCity.com Assemblyman Kevin De Leon to Sponsor emergency legislation spearheaded by L.A. County Supervisors returning $2.9 million in illegal property taxes to Bell residents Bell and Huntington Park have 2nd and 6th highest taxes out of 82 cities. Mayor Noguez awarded multi-million dollar contracts to Bell's George Cole and raised taxes in Huntington Park. Supervisor Molina's office confirmed that she stands by her endorsement of Huntington Park mayor John Noguez for County Assessor. Huntington Park and Bell are in her District. |
| From The Editor, WatchOurCity.com November 3, 2010 It's one thing for a police officer to have an affair with a city councilwoman, as is alleged in Huntington Park with Councilwoman Elba Guerrero and a top PD lieutenant; it's a whole 'nother thing when an officer sleeps with the Police Chief's wife: An Iowa administrative law judge ruled in September that former police officer William Bowker of Fort Madison deserved worker's compensation even though he had not been "laid off" but rather fired -- for having an affair with the wife of the chief of police. Although the city Civil Service Commission had denied him coverage (based in part on other derelictions, such as sleeping and drinking on duty and refusing to attend a class on search warrants), the judge ruled that Bowker's dismissal seemed too much like improper retaliation for the affair. [Des Moines Register, 9-14-10] November 3, 2010 Huntington Park's mayor Noguez wasn't the only Assessor who ran and won despite lying about a college degree: LIBERTY, MO — A candidate who lost his endorsement from the Republican Party over questions about irregularities in his professional and educational credentials has won his race for Clay County Auditor. William James Norris, 27, claims that he is a CPA and a graduate of William Jewell College, and has worked as the financial controller for All-American Enterprises in Iowa since he was 21. But FOX 4 was unable to find a company by that name or any information to support that claim. In addition, a spokesperson from William Jewell College told FOX 4 before Tuesday's election that their records show that Norris never graduated from that school. In an email to FOX 4, Norris said "I assure you if I was going to fake a degree, I would do so from a better school than William Jewell College." As for his claims that he is a CPA, according to the Missouri Board of Professional Registration no records exists. Norris says that he let his license lapse. A week before the election, the Clay County Republican Central Committee had unanimously decided to not endorse the Norris as the GOP candidate for County Auditor. Ben Wierzbicki, Clay County Republican Central Committee chairman, says this is the first time he can remember the Republican Committee not endorsing a Republican candidate. "The committee decided not to endorse Mr. Norris because of his uncertainty of his degree from William Jewel College and for his qualifications as a CPA," said Wierzbicki (Fox4 News, Kansas City, MO). October 24, 2010 Government in Action! For most of 2010, California's dysfunctional legislature could find no acceptable tax increases or spending cuts to keep the state from going broke, and only in October did it manage to cobble together enough pie-in- the-sky bookkeeping tricks to create the illusion of a balanced budget. Nonetheless, the legislature has been busy. It created a "Motorcycle Awareness Month" and a "Cuss Free Week," considered changing the official state rock, and made it illegal to use non-California cows in the state's marketing materials (a decision that entailed five committee votes and exhausted eight legislative analyses, according to a September Wall Street Journal report). (Newsofthewerid.com[Wall Street Journal, 9-28-10]) October 15, Puerto Rico's House of Reps are no "Girly Men" In March (1995), after the president of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives accused him of illegal drug use, Sen. Freddie Valentin denied the charge and led reporters into a restroom in the Capitol building in San Juan, where he yielded a urine sample that he later submitted to the Senate leadership. A TV cameraman shot over Valentin's shoulder, and journalist Sonia Salgado's play-by-play radio report ended, "I have just transmitted, for the first time ever, a senator taking a pee before the media." ([Austin American-Statesman- AP, 3-18-95] Courtesy of News of the Weird) October 7, 2010 Send in the Clowns - Brazil In Brazil's legislature races: Some candidates without legal troubles had otherwise dubious qualifications. The self-styled Miss Pear (curvy, corseted) and Miss Melon (self-explanatory) did gratifyingly badly in their bids to enter state legislatures. But Tiririca (Grumpy), a clown best known for a hit single, won more votes (1.35m) than any other candidate for the lower house of Congress. “What does a federal deputy do? To be honest, I don’t know,” ran his ads. “But vote for me and I’ll let you know.” He will have to take a literacy test before he can take office (Economist Magazine, October 7, 2010). August 29, 2010 A 1997 election law in Brazil makes it illegal to "degrade or ridicule" political candidates or their parties, making that country's election season not nearly as lively as the U.S.'s. However, in August, one week after a protest in Rio de Janeiro by Brazilian comedians, the vice president of the Supreme Court acquiesced and suspended the law as unconstitutional. (News of the Weird [Brazzil Magazine, 8- 29-10]) July 19, 2010 Spousal violence continues to plague India, especially in lower- income areas of Uttar Pradesh state, but four years ago, Ms. Sampat Pal Devi, then 36, formed a vigilante group of females to fight back and has made notable progress, according to a July report on Slate.com. Members of Pal's group ("gulabis" -- literally, "gangs for justice") travel in numbers, wearing "hot pink" saris and carrying bamboo sticks, and try to reason with abusive husbands to improve their behavior. Originally, Pal imagined a temporary team, in place until women acquired greater electoral power, but the experience in Uttar Pradesh has been disheartening in that, often, the women elected as officials have been just as corruptible and male-centered as the men they replaced. [Slate. com, 7-19-10] July 8, 2010 The City of Maywood is not alone in its incompetence in failing to manage municipal insurance requirements: - "Washington, D.C. - Attorney General Peter Nickles ordered an investigation in June after learning that the city's payroll office had, over a seven-year period, failed to remit the life- insurance premiums deducted from the paychecks of at least 1,400 employees. Already, one employee had been told that her policy had been canceled because of the unremitted premiums. (Until the investigation is finished, it is impossible to say which of the two usual explanations of chronic D.C. bureaucratic dysfunction -- theft or "large-scale human error" -- is applicable.)" [Washington Post, 6-16-10] Sometimes, during a council meeting, you just have to nuke'em with an F-bomb: - "At a public meeting of the Dixon, Calif., City Council in May, Councilman Michael Ceremello refused to yield the floor to a colleague ("(Y)ou don't have the floor. Please sit back and shut the (F-word) up")". [KOVR-TV (Sacramento), 6-3-10] - "Paul Gogarty, a Member of Ireland's Parliament, during a public session in May, answering the criticism of an opponent ("With all due respect ... (F- word) you, Deputy Stagg, (F- word) you.")." [Sky News (Isleworth, England), 5-25-10] (courtesy of News of the Weird) Other times, outside of city council too: - "Toledo, Ohio - The day before Mayor Carty Finkbeiner's spokesman was suspended for three weeks for allegedly using vulgar language with an off-air radio producer, the mayor himself used a profanity during a live interview broadcast. Mr. Finkbeiner uttered the "f-word" followed by "ruckus" to describe the "few days" after his order last week to cancel a Marine Corps weekend-long urban warfare exercise in downtown Toledo and in some abandoned buildings." Talking of the military and the f- word, military folk just have to let loose an f-bomb once in a while, especially while on-record in an interview for a Rolling Stone Magazine report (by Michael Hastings, 'The Runaway General' June 22, 2010), where the f-word was liberally sprinkled like raisins on a bowl of oatmeal; some quotes from the report (who would have thought military dirty laundry on Afghanistan war strategy would be so fun to read? Must be like 'Catcher in the Rye' for West Point cadets): - "The Boss would find the 24- year-old kid with a nose ring, with some (f-ing) brilliant degree from MIT, sitting in the corner with 16 computer monitors humming," says a Special Forces commando who worked with McChrystal in Iraq and now serves on his staff in Kabul. "He'd say, 'Hey – you (f-ing) muscleheads couldn't find lunch without help. You got to work together with these guys.' " And sometimes an F-bomb literally means an F- bomb (again, from Rolling Stone's 'Runaway General'): -"For a soldier who has traveled halfway around the world to fight, that's like telling a cop he should only patrol in areas where he knows he won't have to make arrests. "Does that make any (f- ing) sense?" asks Pfc. Jared Pautsch. "We should just drop a (f-ing) bomb on this place. You sit and ask yourself: What are we doing here?" Our own little Afghanistan in southeast cities of L.A. County: We finally make full circle, going from the f-word and dropping f-bombs to the C-word - Corruption -, a gem of a quote from the 'Runaway General': "[in Afghanistan] A tsunami of cash fuels corruption, delegitimizes the government and creates an environment where we're picking winners and losers" – a process that fuels resentment and hostility among the civilian population." For State, city and LAUSD employees, The F-word takes on a whole new twist in meaning: Furlough. The F-word, not to be confused with the U.K.'s Feminist website thefword. org.uk Also, for an exploration of the F-word and other foul language as you've never seen it before, WatchOurCity.com explored the F-word's many uses by local corrupt officials caught on FBI wiretap: "Cultural Nuances and Pimpin' Politicos" (posted November 5, 2007 by the Editor, WatchOurCity.com) ______________________________ |
CURRENT POSTINGS
FROM 2008
CLICK BELOW
FROM 2008
CLICK BELOW
BODY POLITIC
The Media's focus on
Bell's criminal-level
salaries is merely a
one-dimensional view of
the endemic larger
problem; the bigger
problem is three
dimensional, the
festering network of
corruption between
officials in the southeast.
- The Editor
Bell's criminal-level
salaries is merely a
one-dimensional view of
the endemic larger
problem; the bigger
problem is three
dimensional, the
festering network of
corruption between
officials in the southeast.
- The Editor
| Tuesday July 13, 2010 Update Wednesday July 14, 2010 The Editor, WatchOurCity.com Depriving the Public of Honest Services: Bell, Maywood, Huntington Park, LAUSD Fiduciary fail by Maywood, Bell, Huntington Park officials. |
| Monday July 19, 2010 The Editor, WatchOurCity.com George Cole - The Brains Behind Criminal-level salaries and Charter City Law Deception |
| Tuesday July 13, 2010 The Editor, WatchOurCity.com Huntington Park in $1.2 Million Fiscal Deficit Partly Caused by City of Bell's George Cole Mayor Noguez gave George Cole millions |
| Saturday, July 24, 2010, 7:00 am The Editor, WatchOurCity.com Young Bell resident wears his original T-shirt design inspired by WatchOurCity.com slogan The slogan was published on this site on March 4, 2009 alongside a report on Bell's election and voter fraud. Kudos to the young man for his ingenuity and civic participation. City seal is used as an "O" in the word "corrupt". |
| Friday, July 23, 2010, 12:30 am Editor, WatchOurCity.com Resigned! Bell's Robert Rizzo, Angela Spaccia & Police Chief Randy Adams Gone Who is Pedro Carrillo, Bell's Interim Manager? |
| Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 8:00 am Editor, WatchOurCity.com Bell: Higher property taxes than Beverly Hills (Bloomberg News) Rizzo ordered Bell PD to collect Absentee Ballots threatening to Bring In Sheriff's; Rizzo fired from city manager's job in Hesperia in 1990's, Hired by George Cole in Bell; Interim City Manager Carillo fired by city of Maywood. |
| Monday, July 26, 2010 The Editor, WatchOurCity.com $10,000 a month to Pedro Carrillo Organization with no staff, office, or work, run by George Cole. |
George Cole, former
Bell councilmember
and Teresa Jacobo.
George ran
her Bell
reelection
campaign
Bell councilmember
and Teresa Jacobo.
George ran
her Bell
reelection
campaign
| Thursday, July 29, 2010 Editor, WatchOurCity.com DOJ Anti- Corruption Unit Resurrected Yet? |
| Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Editor, WatchOurCity.com California AG Jerry Brown Accepts Nestor Valencia's 12-Point Plan for Clean Governance in Bell |
| U.S. Attorney General's office disbanded Anti-Corruption unit back in March 2008. WatchOurCity.com reported timing to disband Anti-corruption unit could not have been at a worse time, just when things were getting interesting in the southeast cities such as Bell, Maywood, and Huntington Park. |
| ___________________________ Special Encore Presentation (Editor's note: Encore posting of this December 2005 report sets historical context to today's reports) Honor Among Thieves Depriving The Public of Honest Services. George Cole's fingers in Huntington Park cookie jar of politics, city contracts, and LAUSD ___________________________ |
| Thursday, July 29, 2010, 8:30 pm L.A. Times 7-29-10 7:02 pm Downey Avoids Stench of Corruption Downey Officials Dismiss City Attorney Ed Lee, Who is Also Bell's Attorney Bell's Pedro Carrillo Hires Spaccia as Maywood's Finance Director at $10,000 month Bell's Interim City Manager Pedro Carrillo continues Rizzo's criminal enterprise in the face of Bell's massive corruption probes that are deep, broad and unprecedented. Pedro Carrillo perpetuates Rizzo's brazenly egregious Fiduciary fail by hiring Bell's disgraced assistant manager Spaccia as Maywood's city manager. It's as if his back is covered by someone up high. |
| Friday, July 30, 2010, 5:00 pm The Editor, WatchOurCity.com Spaccia Resigns First Bell, Now Maywood Maywood City Manager Spaccia quits after only 24 Hours of her appointment by Bell's Pedro Carrillo, Interim City Manager, confirms Maywood spokeswoman. Angela Spaccia, disgraced Assistant City Manager under Rizzo who was the third highest paid official in Bell; After resigning from Bell, Pedro Carrillo appoints her City Manager in Maywood. Rizzo, Adams and Spaccia took home combined salaries totaling $2,100,000 a year. This shows that Carrillo is both incompetent and corrupt as well. |
| John Noguez Hinders HP's $1.8 Mil Deficit City Staff is struggling to manage a $1.8 million deficit. Some city contractors are approached with a deal: extend contract time in exchange for reduction of monthly invoices by $20 K or $30 K per month. Mayor Noguez refused to allow negotiations with one contractor firm because it has not contributed to John Noguez's L.A. County Assessor's campaign. Such an arrangement as requested by Noguez is known as Quid Pro Quo, or Pay for Play. |
| L.A. County Assessor's Race John Wong vs. John Noguez County Assessor candidate John Wong at City of Bell's Protest. Wong breaks story that Bell pays 2nd highest taxes in L.A. County. John Noguez, Huntington Park Mayor who gave Bell's George Cole millions of dollars in rigged public contracts, is in hiding and not responding to inquiries about his relationship to Cole. While Noguez campaigns on a platform of fair property values, his friend Cole was raising taxes in Bell. |
| Bell's Property Tax Scam & John Noguez George Cole was mayor of Bell during the critical years when property taxes reached criminal levels. Ironically, Cole partnered with Noguez for political campaigns, receiving in return multi million dollar contracts from Huntington Park mayor and county assessor. Noguez is now running for L.A. County Assessor in a November runoff with John Wong. Noguez is in hiding. The L.A. Times endorsed Wong, strongly suggesting Noguez will politicize the assessor's office and bring corruption. |
Propery Taxes, John Noguez & George Cole
| Noguez Launders $11,000 Donation in 2004, Huntington Park's mayor John Noguez and Bell's mayor George Cole, including HP's city attorney Francisco Leal, teamed up to raise campaign funds for Rosario Marin's U.S. Senate race against Barbara Boxer. Bell's mayor George Cole and Francisco Leal were Co-Hosts at a fundraiser for Marin at Leal's Hancock Park House. Noguez approached a businessman in Huntington Park and demands $11,000 cash for Marin's campaign. The businessman gives him the money, feeling threatened by mayor Noguez. The $11,000 "donation" demanded by Noguez never made it to Marin's official campaign reports and exceeded the maximum allowed contribution by a factor of 4. |
John Wong is mad as hell -
Wong broke the news on Monday July 26 that
Bell pays 2nd highest property taxes in L.A.
County, higher than Beverly Hills. (see Video)
Wong broke the news on Monday July 26 that
Bell pays 2nd highest property taxes in L.A.
County, higher than Beverly Hills. (see Video)
| City of Bell's George Cole and Noguez Grab $250,000 from Local Property Taxes Earmarked for LAUSD George Cole, former longtime mayor of Bell, and John Noguez, Huntington Park's mayor, introduced motions to grab $250,000 from local generated Redevelopment Increment Property Taxes, and redirect to Southeast Schools Coalition, funds earmarked for cash-starved LAUSD. George Cole is director of the Southeast Cities Schools Coalition and has partnered with Mayor Noguez introducing legislation to grab for LAUSD funds. George Cole was for 23 years a councilman and mayor of Bell, and the intellectual author of Bell's criminal-level salaries and astronomical city tax rate. Bell's Interim City Manager Pedro Carrillo was hired by George Cole as Executive Director of the Schools Coalition, making $10,000 monthly, with no staff, no office and no work. Board Members of the Coalition include Teresa Jacobo, Bell Councilwoman making $100,000. George Cole ran Jacobo's campaign for the March 2009 election. A lawsuit filed by a former Bell police officer claims that election was rigged due to voter fraud with absentee ballots. The challenger to Cole's candidate was Nestor Valencia. Cole also ran Bell's campaign passing the Charter City law, manipulating absentee ballots. |
| Huntington Park's $600,000 man Huntington Park's city attorney Francisco Leal was first hired by Huntington Park city council right after Noguez and his team was voted into office in March 2003. Leal was hired in closed door session without competing bids, as reported by WatchOurCity.com . Leal's contract stipulates a maximum not to exceed amount of $25,000 per month, or $300,000 per year for Leal's legal fees. However, this can be waived per city council action, as happened to Leal. In 2008, Noguez and City council approved warrant drafts giving Leal $50,000 per month in billings, 2 times maximum, equivalent to $600,000 per year. City of Commerce fired Leal as its city attorney back in 2005, filing suit against Leal, and winning a $300,000 settlement. Where did Leal get $300 K? Huntington Park mayor John Noguez approved the increase in billings to city attorney Leal totaling $80,000 per month. Leal's increase in billing rates neatly coincided with City of Commerce's lawsuit and $300,000 settlement levied against Leal for "Unjust Enrichment". |
| Contributors to John Noguez's Assessor Campaign Surprise #1:WatchOurCity.com reviewed copies of Huntington Park mayor John Noguez's campaign contribution filings for his 2010 L.A. County Assessor's race. Form 460 filings are for the Primary race and covers the period from January 1, 2010 to May 22, 2010. The largest single contributor is Leonardo Lopez ($6,000) of Encino, owner of Leonardo's Restaurant and Dance Club in Huntington Park on Alameda Ave. Back in 2004, When Noguez first won elected office, Leonardo Lopez bankrolled Noguez's campaign. First official action was to see if Leonardo's Restaurant could be converted into a Card Club Casino in the style of Bell's Bicycle Club or Commerce Casino. A State moratorium on new Card Clubs is in place until 2010, when the Governor is considering to cancel or continue the moratorium. Surprise #2: Owners of Downtown L.A. Historic Core properties contributed thousands of dollars to John Noguez who is currently in charge of assessing property taxes for the Downtown Historic Core area. |
| Property Taxes: Bell - 2nd Highest in L.A. County Huntington Park - 6th Highest Huntington Park mayor Noguez is running for L.A. County Assessor and campaigns on a platform of fair property taxes, hiding that fact that Huntington Park has the county's 6th highest property taxes, while his friend George Cole, former Bell councilman, campaign donor and recipient of millions of dollars in rigged contracts from Huntington Park city hall, rigged elections in Bell yielding the 2nd highest property taxes there, all to feed an unsustainable Bernie Madoff-type Ponzi scheme using public funds to pay criminal level salaries. Both Huntington Park and Bell are operating in the red with deficits of about $2 million each. |
| Thursday August 5, 2010, Updated Friday August 6, 2010 The Editor, WatchOurCity.com Pedro Carrillo Takes City of Bell Deeper into Corruption, Follows Rizzo's Policies Bell, CA - Bell's Interim City Manager Pedro Carrillo, a Sacramento Latino Caucus insider, was assistant to Bell's Robert Rizzo. After Rizzo resigned, It was Carrillo who was identified in TV broadcasts as "Spokesman for Rizzo", justifying Rizzo's criminal-level $800,000 salary. Bell's previous mayor for 23 years, George Cole, the intellectual author of Bell's Charter City initiative and high salaries, hired Carrillo back in '08 as director of the Southeast Cities Schools Coalition whose mission is to break away from LAUSD. Pedro runs a sham company called Urban Associates, Inc., noted WatchOurCity.com in a report on Carrillo posted on July 23, 2010. (click here to see full report) |
Monday August 2, 2010
Pedro
Carrillo,
Bell's
Interim City
Manager
Carrillo,
Bell's
Interim City
Manager
| Breaking News: Huntington Park Salaries City Attorney Francisco Leal makes $600,000 per year according to public records released late Thursday (WatchOurCity.com, 8-6-10, 7:00 am) Bell Salaries - It Gets Worse Even more Bell employees make from $200 K to $400 K (L.A. Times, 8-6-10, 4:00 pm) |
Supervisor Molina is Deathly Silent on Bell
| Monday, August 9, 2010 L.A. County Supervisor Yaroslavsky highlights a Times report on Nestor Valencia on his official website; Nestor was officially targeted by Bell city hall |
| Breaking News: Huntington Park Salaries City Attorney Francisco Leal makes $600,000 per year according to public records (WatchOurCity.com, 8-6-10, 7:00 am) Bell Salaries - It Gets Worser than Worse Even more Bell employees make from $200 K to $400 K; Also Rizzo, Spaccia & Adams Actually made double their criminal salaries with perks Times, 8-6-10, 4:00 pm) |
Investigative Reporter Jeffrey Anderson is Back in Town
| Washington Times, Wednesday, August 11, 2010 City officials Get Cash, But Gangs Hold Power in Southeast Hub Cities of Bell, Cudahy, Huntington Park, Maywood (see report) |
| Jeffrey Anderson's previous reports on southeast cities: The Name Game in Huntington Park, L.A. Weekly, February 8, 2007 The Town the Law Forgot (Cudahy), L.A. Weekly, February 22, 2007 Friends in High Places (Bell Gardens), L.A. Weekly, April 19, 2007 Mario Beltran's Undertow (Bell Gardens), L.A. Weekly, June, 28, 2007 Bell Gardens Police Chief & notorious towing troubles, L.A. City Beat, 1-21-09 |
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 |
Maywood's
Felipe Aguirre
Felipe Aguirre
| Breaking News: Huntington Park Salaries $630,000 to City Attorney Francisco Leal in Huntington Park The Editor, WatchOurCity.com, August 11, 2010 Huntington Park, CA - The city clerk in Huntington Park confirmed this morning that city attorney Francisco Leal has been paid a total of $630,007 from July 2009 to May 2010. L.A. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich earns a base salary of $214,000 (see full report). |
| Pedro Carrillo, Bell's Interim City Manager, connected directly to Rizzo and George Cole |
| August 13, 2010, 3:00 pm State Controller John Chiang Bell, Another Tax Shocker Bell Voted Illegal Property Tax Increase in 2007 George Cole was city councilman then. City council would not move on agenda items without George Cole's and Rizzo'a approval. |
| August 13, 2010, 3:00 pm Huntington Park city contracts Mayor Noguez & Carrillo Noguez and Guerrero give lucrative contract to Carrillo for LAUSD LAUSD requested to remove Carrillo from official negotiations regarding a new school site due to concerns about Carrillo's qualifications and lack of professional skills. Noguez reinstated Carrillo despite LAUSD's concerns. |
| Why BASTA is not calling for Carrillos' resignation The Editor, WatchOurCity.com August 12, 2010, 6:00 am Part I: Rizzo, George Cole & John Chiang Donated to Pedro Carrillo's 2001 Assembly Campaign |
| The Editor, WatchOurCity.com Sunday, August 15, 2010, 6:00 a.m. Center For Investigative Reporting California Watch: BASTA a front for the Police Officers Association; Bell Police Highly Paid, Too |
| BASTA's owner revealed: "BASTA will make me lots of money" The Editor, WatchOurCity.com August 13, 2010, 6:00 a.m. Part II: BASTA issues Press release criticising Whitman's politicizing of Bell; Gubernatorial candidate Whitman Dismisses BASTA as funded by Police Union |
Leo
Briones
Briones
| The Editor, WatchOurCity.com Sunday, August 15, 2010, 6:00 a.m. BASTA's owner Leo Briones and co-founder Cristina Garcia: using Bell's corruption saga and media attention as staging for 2nd attempt at a Bell Gardens city council campaign |
Cristina
Garcia
Garcia
Pedro
Carrillo
Carrillo
| Felipe Aguirre, Councilman |
Leo Briones:
"BASTA will
make me lots
of money".
"The Police
Officers
Association is
my client, not
Bell
Residents".
"BASTA will
make me lots
of money".
"The Police
Officers
Association is
my client, not
Bell
Residents".
| August 18, 2010, 6:00 am WatchOurCity.com Carrillo In over his head Bell Appoints Rizzo Aid Pedro Carrillo as City Manager & $900 K Loans to City Staff BASTA not asking for Pedro Carrillo's resignation. BASTA's owner is Leo Briones, who managed Carrillo's campaign. Rizzo, George Cole and Werrlein funded Carrillos' campaign. |
| The Editor, WatchOurCity.com Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 6:00 a.m. FBI Investigating Maywood's Felipe Aguirre; Leal OK'd $95,000 city grant to Aguirre & $360,000 contract to Aguirre controlled group |
| Pedro Carrillo |
June 9, 2010
WatchOurCity.com
Huntington Park:
Mayor John
Noguez: A Study
in Corruption &
multi-million
dollar contracts
to City of Bell's
George Cole
L.A. County
Assessor's Race:
Noguez and Wong
forced into a
November Runoff
for Assessor
Noguez Fails L.A.
Times Endorsement
for Assessor Times
Endorses Wong for
L.A. County
Assessor
March 8, 2010
WatchOurCity.com
Southeast Cities
Schools Coalition:
Charter Schools
in George Cole's
Dirty Fat Hands
WatchOurCity.com
turns 6 yrs old
John "Juan" Noguez
for L.A. County
Assessor - Mi
Financial Gain es su
Financial Gain
Cross-Breeding a
Donkey with an
Ass:Maywood's
finances managed
by Bell city
employee
December 14, 2009
WatchOurCity.com
Bell Councilman Luis
Artiga Caught with
Illegally Swapped
Car License Plates
Councilman Crespo
wins in recount in
Bell Gardens
Electoral Fraud
alleged in Maywood
Former Councilman
Calderon regrets
quitting Maywood
Council seat.
November 4, 2009
WatchOurCity.com
Rosario Marin: El Dia
de los Muertos
Politicos- She's
Baaaaaack!
Election Results:
Our Own Little
Afghanistan -
Maywood: Felipe
Aguirre Wins back
Council Seat
Huntington Park:
Measure E Wins by a
30 vote margin;
You Pay, They Play
June 8, 2009
WatchOurCity.com
Sheriff Raids Super
Meth Lab in House
Owned by Bell
Mayor Oscar
Hernandez; Bell PD
kept clueless
March 16, 2009
WatchOurCity.com
George Cole in
League with Cudahy
&
The Cudahy Booze
Cruise
March 5, 2009
WatchOurCity.com
Rosario Marin
Resigns from State
Cabinet Post Under
Cloud of
Investigation
March 4, 2009
WatchOurCity.com
George Cole and His
Gay Issue
Bell Election Result
February 10, 2009
WatchOurCity.com
Political
Transvestites and
Democratic Cross
Dressers:
THE COMINGS AND
GOINGS OF GEORGE COLE
AND JOHN NOGUEZ
THE TAP FLOWS FOR
GEORGE COLE AT
CENTRAL BASIN
MUNICIPAL WATER
DISTRICT
OUT OF THE ARMOIRE
FOR JOHN NOGUEZ
January 22, 2009
WatchOurCity.com
THE GEOMETRY OF
CORRUPTION
BELL GARDENS CITY
COUNCILMAN MARIO
BELTRAN HAS ISSUES:
MARIO BELTRAN
CONVICTED............AGAIN
BELL GARDENS CHIEF OF
POLICE GETS CAUGHT UP
IN THE CITY'S
NOTORIOUS TOWING
TROUBLES
January 12, 2009
WatchOurCity.com
REVOLUTIONS AND
REVELATIONS IN '09
October 8, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
A HOT LATINA:
Rosario Marin, A Paid
Consultant of Stealth
Campaign Killing
Legislation to Regulate
Freddie Mac & Fannie
October 8, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
GEORGE COLE ABRUPTLY
RESIGNS FROM BELL CITY
COUNCIL
October 6, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
EX-DA INVESTIGATOR
HIRED AS BELL GARDENS
NEW CITY MANAGER:
BELL GARDENS GETS
INTERESTING AGAIN
CITY OF BELL PUBLIC
RECORDS REQUEST
September 16, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
Lipstick on a Guinea Pig
September 8, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
YES WE CAN'T: Noguez
Gives META 2000 over
$500,000 in 5 years in
Gifts of Public Funds
September 2, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
BROKEBACK CITY:
SUMMER OF LOVE
The Political Adventures
of Curious George
May 21, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
FBI Serves Subpoenas on
Bell Gardens Police Chief
& City Officials in
Connection to Beltran
May 17, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
Mario Beltran is arrested
and Booked on Felony
Charges
May 12, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
Taco Trucks, Steve
Cooley and Corrupt
Politicos in Maywood,
Bell Gardens, and
Huntington Park;
Gansters in Suits
May 3, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
D.A. Indicts Mario
Beltran, Embezzling
Campaign Funds
April 22, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
Carson Council Feuds
Over City Attorney.
Francisco Leal: A
political corruption hot
potato
April 7, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
Graffiti Removal Contract
Awarded to Highest,
Most Expensive Bidder,
$110,000 More Than
Low Bidder
March 28, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
Senator Feinstein
Questions A.G.'s
Disbanding of L.A. Public
Corruption Unit While
Mukasey Vows
Corruption Crackdown
But Defends L.A.'s Office
Dismantling of Public
Corruption Unit
March 26, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
Conspiracy Exposed,
Francisco Leal No Longer
Seeks Lucrative Carson
City Attorney Contract
March 25, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
City Attorney Francisco
Leal, A Cancer of
Corruption in
Huntington Park,
Maywood, Commerce,
and Now Carson
March 21, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
U.S. Attorney Disbands
L.A. Public Corruption
Unit
March 17, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
Latino Taliban Politics by
Villaraigosa & Fabian
March 3, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
Mariachi Politics
February 25, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
Gay Latino Politicos
Battle for Fabian Nunez's
Assembly Seat
February 14, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
Why Fabian and Antonio
Failed Hillary in California
February 13, 2008
L.A. Times
Controversial chief in
Maywood steps down
February 4, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
A Note To Fabian Nunez:
You Are The Face of
Propostion 93.
February 2, 2008
L.A. Times
Convicted cop hired as
Maywood police chief
WatchOurCity.com
Huntington Park:
Mayor John
Noguez: A Study
in Corruption &
multi-million
dollar contracts
to City of Bell's
George Cole
L.A. County
Assessor's Race:
Noguez and Wong
forced into a
November Runoff
for Assessor
Noguez Fails L.A.
Times Endorsement
for Assessor Times
Endorses Wong for
L.A. County
Assessor
March 8, 2010
WatchOurCity.com
Southeast Cities
Schools Coalition:
Charter Schools
in George Cole's
Dirty Fat Hands
WatchOurCity.com
turns 6 yrs old
John "Juan" Noguez
for L.A. County
Assessor - Mi
Financial Gain es su
Financial Gain
Cross-Breeding a
Donkey with an
Ass:Maywood's
finances managed
by Bell city
employee
December 14, 2009
WatchOurCity.com
Bell Councilman Luis
Artiga Caught with
Illegally Swapped
Car License Plates
Councilman Crespo
wins in recount in
Bell Gardens
Electoral Fraud
alleged in Maywood
Former Councilman
Calderon regrets
quitting Maywood
Council seat.
November 4, 2009
WatchOurCity.com
Rosario Marin: El Dia
de los Muertos
Politicos- She's
Baaaaaack!
Election Results:
Our Own Little
Afghanistan -
Maywood: Felipe
Aguirre Wins back
Council Seat
Huntington Park:
Measure E Wins by a
30 vote margin;
You Pay, They Play
June 8, 2009
WatchOurCity.com
Sheriff Raids Super
Meth Lab in House
Owned by Bell
Mayor Oscar
Hernandez; Bell PD
kept clueless
March 16, 2009
WatchOurCity.com
George Cole in
League with Cudahy
&
The Cudahy Booze
Cruise
March 5, 2009
WatchOurCity.com
Rosario Marin
Resigns from State
Cabinet Post Under
Cloud of
Investigation
March 4, 2009
WatchOurCity.com
George Cole and His
Gay Issue
Bell Election Result
February 10, 2009
WatchOurCity.com
Political
Transvestites and
Democratic Cross
Dressers:
THE COMINGS AND
GOINGS OF GEORGE COLE
AND JOHN NOGUEZ
THE TAP FLOWS FOR
GEORGE COLE AT
CENTRAL BASIN
MUNICIPAL WATER
DISTRICT
OUT OF THE ARMOIRE
FOR JOHN NOGUEZ
January 22, 2009
WatchOurCity.com
THE GEOMETRY OF
CORRUPTION
BELL GARDENS CITY
COUNCILMAN MARIO
BELTRAN HAS ISSUES:
MARIO BELTRAN
CONVICTED............AGAIN
BELL GARDENS CHIEF OF
POLICE GETS CAUGHT UP
IN THE CITY'S
NOTORIOUS TOWING
TROUBLES
January 12, 2009
WatchOurCity.com
REVOLUTIONS AND
REVELATIONS IN '09
October 8, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
A HOT LATINA:
Rosario Marin, A Paid
Consultant of Stealth
Campaign Killing
Legislation to Regulate
Freddie Mac & Fannie
October 8, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
GEORGE COLE ABRUPTLY
RESIGNS FROM BELL CITY
COUNCIL
October 6, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
EX-DA INVESTIGATOR
HIRED AS BELL GARDENS
NEW CITY MANAGER:
BELL GARDENS GETS
INTERESTING AGAIN
CITY OF BELL PUBLIC
RECORDS REQUEST
September 16, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
Lipstick on a Guinea Pig
September 8, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
YES WE CAN'T: Noguez
Gives META 2000 over
$500,000 in 5 years in
Gifts of Public Funds
September 2, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
BROKEBACK CITY:
SUMMER OF LOVE
The Political Adventures
of Curious George
May 21, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
FBI Serves Subpoenas on
Bell Gardens Police Chief
& City Officials in
Connection to Beltran
May 17, 2008
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Mario Beltran is arrested
and Booked on Felony
Charges
May 12, 2008
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Taco Trucks, Steve
Cooley and Corrupt
Politicos in Maywood,
Bell Gardens, and
Huntington Park;
Gansters in Suits
May 3, 2008
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D.A. Indicts Mario
Beltran, Embezzling
Campaign Funds
April 22, 2008
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Carson Council Feuds
Over City Attorney.
Francisco Leal: A
political corruption hot
potato
April 7, 2008
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Graffiti Removal Contract
Awarded to Highest,
Most Expensive Bidder,
$110,000 More Than
Low Bidder
March 28, 2008
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Senator Feinstein
Questions A.G.'s
Disbanding of L.A. Public
Corruption Unit While
Mukasey Vows
Corruption Crackdown
But Defends L.A.'s Office
Dismantling of Public
Corruption Unit
March 26, 2008
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Conspiracy Exposed,
Francisco Leal No Longer
Seeks Lucrative Carson
City Attorney Contract
March 25, 2008
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City Attorney Francisco
Leal, A Cancer of
Corruption in
Huntington Park,
Maywood, Commerce,
and Now Carson
March 21, 2008
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U.S. Attorney Disbands
L.A. Public Corruption
Unit
March 17, 2008
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Latino Taliban Politics by
Villaraigosa & Fabian
March 3, 2008
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Mariachi Politics
February 25, 2008
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Gay Latino Politicos
Battle for Fabian Nunez's
Assembly Seat
February 14, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
Why Fabian and Antonio
Failed Hillary in California
February 13, 2008
L.A. Times
Controversial chief in
Maywood steps down
February 4, 2008
WatchOurCity.com
A Note To Fabian Nunez:
You Are The Face of
Propostion 93.
February 2, 2008
L.A. Times
Convicted cop hired as
Maywood police chief
| August 18, 2010, 2:00 pm, WatchOurCity.com Pedro Carrillo, Bell's City Manager, briefing lawmakers today in Sacramento BASTA's leader Cristina Garcia and owner Leo Briones, have not called for Carrillo to resign, despite Carrillo's lack of experience as a city manager. Leo Briones managed Carrillo's failed 2001 Assembly race against Fabian Nunez. Briones also managed Cristina Garcia's city council campaign in Bell Gardens, which also failed. Pedro Carrillo was funded by Rizzo and George Cole. Cole and Rizzo hired Carrillo in Bell. - John Wong urged residents to consider action now taken by County Supervisors, to pass tax relief leglislation. |
Gloria Molina
County
Supervisors
consider Bell
Supervisors
consider Bell
John Wong
Called to issue
tax relief
for Bell
Called to issue
tax relief
for Bell
| August 19, 2010, 6:00 am, WatchOurCity.com Assemblyman Hector De La Torre tells Times he objects to Pedro Carrillo's 1-Year $175 K manager contract proposal by Bell council. Wealthy S.F. Valley Donor: $25,000 to Bell recall on one condition: Nestor Valencia calls shots on what money is to be used for, not BASTA, not Briones. |
| August 19, 2010, 6:00 am, WatchOurCity.com Leo Briones lies to Bell Residents about his relationship to BASTA & Bell city manager Pedro Carrillo At Wednesday meeting, Briones said he met Carrillo 5 years ago and ran a campaign against Carrillo; Also said he had nothing to do with BASTA, yet earlier saying he owns BASTA and that "BASTA is going to make me lots of money". Briones's new wife is Face Book friends with Pedro Carrillo's wife. |
Nestor Valencia
Hector
De La Torre
De La Torre
| August 20, 2010, 6:00 am, WatchOurCity.com Rizzo donated $1,350 to Pedro Carrillo's campaign in 2002 and hired him as Aid BASTA leadership refuses to ask for Carrillo's resignation. BASTA owner Leo Briones was Carrillo's campaign manager. Briones, who just bought a $1.7 million dollar home in Whittier, is a very expensive consultant. |
| August 20, 2010, 6:00 am, WatchOurCity.com Bell Councilman Velez votes "NO" to hire Pedro Carrillo as city manager, a Rizzo aid Velez was only "No" vote in selecting Pedro Carrillo as Bell's new city manager on a 1 year, $175,000 contract. Councilman Velez, who made only $800, not $100,000 said Carrillo is a Rizzo Aid and he has major concerns about his professional capacity. Mayor Hernandez led efforts to hire Carrillo and Casso, both aids to Rizzo and George Cole. |
| August 20, 2010, 6:00 am, WatchOurCity.com Bell's new city attorney was Rizzo aid in 2003 Bell councilman Velez announced Thursday that new city attorney Jamie Casso was a Rizzo hire in early 2000's. Velez says he has no confidence in anyone connected to Rizzo such Casso or Carrillo. BASTA leadership is run by Leo Briones who managed Pedro Carrillo's campaign in 2002. BASTA's Briones part of deal to hire Casso & Carrillo. Casso was Chief of Staff to former U.S. Rep Esteban Torres |
James
Casso
Casso
Councilman
Velez
Velez
Carrillo & Johnn
Chiang, State
Controller
Chiang, State
Controller
Mayor Oscar
Hernandez
Hernandez
| August 20, 2010, 6:00 am, WatchOurCity.com Vernon City Hall Headquarters for George Cole's Southeast Cities Schools Coalition Former Bell Mayor George Cole Author of Rizzo's salary spikes, is director of School Coalition's Foundation; Aim to break away from LAUSD creating a school District with $500 million budget. |
| August 20, 2010, 6:00 am, WatchOurCity.com Southeast Cities Schools Coalition poised to grab $250,000 from LAUSD Huntington Park mayor John Noguez, George Cole, School Coalition Board members sponsor legislation to grab $250,000 from Tax Increment funds earmarked for LAUSD, to fund Coalition's breake-away. Cole hired Pedro Carrillo as Coalition's director. |
| August 20, 2010, 6:00 am, WatchOurCity.com State Controller John Chiang gave $1,150 to Pedro Carrillo's 2002 Assembly campaign, according to State campaign filing Reports John Chiang and Pedro Carrillo have a personal & political relationship going back to 2001. |
| August 23, 2010, 8:00 am, WatchOurCity.com Bell City Manager Carrillo in Sacramento to derail Assemblyman Hector De La Torre's Legislation Met in Closed door session with State Senator Ron Calderon and others. Bell Police Union paying Consultant Leo Briones $150,000 for BASTA Tom Calderon Making $11,000 a month on Central Basin Water Board as "Lobbyist", is President of George Cole's Oldtimers Foundation, Cole received $1 million dollar contract from Central Basin Water District in January 2009 after Notice of Award was already issued to another firm, Tom is State Senator Ron Calderon's brother. |
George
Cole
Cole
| George Cole's Oldtimers Foundation does not disclose financial information nor does it list on its website who its board members are. |
Rizzo donated
$1,152 to
Pedro Carrillo's
campaign. Also
donating
$1,250 to
Carrillo was
State
Controller John
Chiang.
$1,152 to
Pedro Carrillo's
campaign. Also
donating
$1,250 to
Carrillo was
State
Controller John
Chiang.
| Cristina Garcia, BASTA co-founder, is not from Bell |
| Leo Briones is not from Bell |
Gary Townsend,
Chief Deputy,
Assessor Office
Chief Deputy,
Assessor Office
Casso, Bell
city attorney
city attorney
John Noguez
Ron Calderon
Supervisor
Mark Ridley-
Thomas
Mark Ridley-
Thomas
Leo
Briones
Briones
John Wong: Bell
property taxes
higher than
Beverly Hills
property taxes
higher than
Beverly Hills
Nestor Valencia
Bell Residents
Club
Bell Residents
Club
Lt.
Gov. Abel
Maldonado to
sign AB 900
at Bell city hall
Gov. Abel
Maldonado to
sign AB 900
at Bell city hall
| State Capitol comes to Bell |
| ________________ Special Encore Presentation Corruption Watch Central Basin Water District The Editor, WatchOurCity.com January 4, 2007 Part I: And You Thought Your Water Was Clean February 10, 2009 Part II: The Tap Flows for George Cole at Central Basin Water District |
| Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010, 6:00 am L.A. Times, Jeff Gottlieb & Ruben Vives Rizzo Obscured True Salary in Bell, Invalidating contract "The issue of exactly how much Rizzo made came up again in 2008, when Luis Artiga was appointed to the council. Artiga said that soon after he took office, community activist Nestor Valencia began asking how much the city manager made." Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010, 6:00 am Editor, WatchOurCity.com Home owned by Bell Mayor rented to Carrillo sold to city, now a public park City Manager Carrillo listed his home address behind Bell mayor Oscar Hernandez's Korner Store that is now a city park. |
| Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010, 6:00 am, WatchOurCity.com AG Jerry Brown to Announce "Legal Action" in Bell Investigations The Attorney General will hold a news conference Wednesday to announce "new development in his investigation into excessive salaries in the city of Bell, as well as the expansion of his probe into excessive compensation paid to officials in other jurisdictions". Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, 8:00 am, the Editor, WatchOurCity.com Kevin De Leon and BASTA Hijacked AB 900 event De Leon and BASTA actively tried to remove Nestor Valencia from speaking. Lt. Governor's staff was also bullied by De Leon. |
| Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 8:00 am Francisco Leal funding San Jose City Council candidate, Kevin De Leon's ex-Wife Local media has reported that Huntington Park's $630,000 city attorney Francisco Leal is funding De Leon's ex-wife, Margaret Carrasco, running for San Jose City Council this November. |
| Bell's George Cole has ties to San Gabriel Valley Saturday, September 11, 2010, San Gabriel Valley Tribune "Former Bell Mayor George Cole, a longtime politician tied to the Bell corruption scandal, didn't show up for a lavish gala held at Luminarias to award him for his community advocacy". The Thursday evening event was co-hosted by State Senator Ron Calderon. Ron's brother Tom Calderon is president of the board of Cole's Oldtimers Foundation. Tom is making $10,000 per month as lobbyist for Central Basin Water District where Cole was a Board member. Cole's Oldtimers Foundation received a million dollar toilet replacement contract in rigged bidding conditions in January of 2010. Cole was recipient of other million dollar contracts from Central Basin even while he was a board member, according to public records.I am appalled with what they are doing in there," said Mario Rivas, 35, of Bell. "He shouldn't be getting an award, he should be getting a rat trap." The Attorney General is investigating Oldtimers Foundation. Attorney for the Oldtimers Foundation is Steve Madison, a Pasadena councilman. Receiving the award for George Cole was Rudy Montalvo, a long time friend and former employee at Cole's Oldtimers Foundation. Montalvo is board member of Central Basin Water. |
Bell city
manager
Pedro
Carrillo
manager
Pedro
Carrillo
Lt. Gov.
Abel Maldonado signing AB 900 in Bell.
Abel Maldonado signing AB 900 in Bell.
| Bell Breaking Newswires: October 27, 2010 Plan to disband city of Vernon gains steam (Hector Becerra & Sam Allen, L.A. Times) September 24, 2010 D.A.'s office investigates former Bell police chief's pension deal (Paul Pringle, L.A. Times) September 24, 2010 Rizzo's proposed bail deal rejected by judge (Sam Quinones, L.A. Times) September 10, 2010 U.S. Dept. of Justice investigating Possible Civil Rights Violations by Bell Police Dept. (Winton, Esquivel, Vives, L.A. Times) Thursday August 19, 2010 Bell loans $1.5 Million to Rizzo, Spaccia, other employees (Jeff Gotlieb, L.A. Times, 8-19-10) Friday August 6, 2010 Bell salaries raise more concerns about CalPERS (Evan Halper and Marc Lifsher, L.A. Times, 8-6-10) Thursday August 5, 2010 Voters in Bell tell of possible Fraud (Paloma Esquivel and Jeff Gottlieb, Los Angeles Times, 8-5- 10) Tuesday August 4, 2010 CalPERS Launches Compensation Review of Public Officials and Takes Steps Toward Increased Transparency (Cal-PERS Press Release, 8-4- 10) Tuesday August 3, 2010 CalPERS knew of Bell Salaries in 2006 but didn't stop, memo shows (Los Angeles Times, 8-3-10) Sunday August 1, 2010 Cities stuck with Bell pension tab (Catherine Saillant, L.A. Times, 8-1-10) Sunday August 1, 2010 Cities stuck with Bell pension tab (Catherine Saillant, L.A. Times, 8-1-10) Covina Considers dismissing Ed Lee, Bell's City Attorney (Thomas Himes, San Gabriel Tribune, 7-30-10) Thursday, July 29, 2010 Former Bell Police Chief says his department faced relentles cuts as top city officials' salaries escalated (Sam Quinones, L.A. Times, 7-28-10) 3 former Bell administrators won't collect pensions until California clears them 'CalPERS is concerned,' an official says. If approved, payouts for the administrators would be more than $1 million a year (L.A. Times, 7-28-10) California's city officials scramble to limit damage from Bell scandal (L.A. Times, 7-28-10) Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Voter Fraud Allegations in lawsuit presented by former Bell PD officer; Absentee Ballots were Rigged by Top Bell Officials - Nestor Valencia a Victim of Voter Fraud Voter Fraud also in Huntington Park Tuesday, July 27, 2010 State Attorney General Jerry Brown: Bell Officials Failed Fiduciary Duty, Issues Subpoenas to Bell City Council Will look wherever public records take him, Huntington Park, Maywood. Sunday,July 25, 2010 Bell's Sunday Protest - "FUERA! OUT!" L.A. Times - It was a striking demonstration for a working- class city where civic engagement traditionally has been muted. The raucous crowd trudged to the homes and workplaces of Mayor Oscar Hernandez, Vice Mayor Teresa Jacobo and City Council members Luis Artiga and George Mirabal, each time pausing for a moment of silence and reflection, then erupting with cries of "fuera!" — "out!" Some in the crowd showed up wearing T-shirts featuring a city seal and the words: "My city is more corrupt than your city." Bell Pension Burden Sucker- Punches other Cities Sharing Cal-Pers Pension Pool L.A. Times Steve Lopez:A pension reform activist says that since Bell is pooled with 140 similar-size California towns and public entities, their taxes will help support the three high-priced officials who have resigned. Friday, July 23, 2010, California League of Cities Blasts City of Bell - "Nauseating" Bell mayor Oscar Hernandez issued letter stating "the big picture of city compensation shows that salaries of the city manager and other top city staff have been in line with similar positions over the period of their tenure," California League of Cities responds: "We are unaware of any city in the nation where salaries of this level are paid for comparable positions", and "situations like this appals all of us". Times reports "Robin Lowe, president of the league and a Hemet councilwoman, said she found Hernandez's defense of Rizzo's salary "nauseating." Thursday July 22, 2010 $800,000 Turns Into $30 Million Rizzo's Salary & Retirement Payout Orchestrated by Former Bell Mayor George Cole Bell in $1.8 million Deficit Bloomberg News: "Bell’s general fund revenue declined 4.6 percent to $14.1 million for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2009, according to the city’s financial statement. The city’ s expenses rose 2.3 percent to $15.9 million in same period." (Chris Palmeri, Bloomberg News, 7-20-10) Reuters: "A municipal manager in California who makes nearly $800,000 a year working for a small, poor city could draw pension payments exceeding $30 million in retirement, according to an activist who has been calling for an overhaul of the state's public pension system. "This guy will be our first seven-figure retiree," said Fritz, whose group has played a leading role in publicizing the issue of California 's public pension liabilities." (Jim Christie, Reuters, San Francisco, 7-21- 10) Wed, July 21, 2010 D.A.'s office NOT investigating Bell, only "Reviewing" Jerry Brown's State Attorney General's office asleep at the wheel on Bell Whitman may take advantage of Bell's large- scale looting of city treasury to gain edge on campaign against AG Brown for Governor's race Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - Former Bell councilman Victor Bello, director of Bell Food Bank is paid $100,000 from re-directed public funds - George Cole Reports in 740 Form receiving $10,000 from Corona Elementary School, an LAUSD school in Bell; school principal denies paying George Cole any fee; where did such funds come from? Laundering re- directed public funds? - George Cole created the Food Bank when he was in Bell City Council - George Cole is Director of Southeast Cities Schools Coalition Foundation leading effort to breakaway from LAUSD, and partners with LAUSD Options Schools awarded to Charter school operators - George Cole and Huntington Park mayor John Noguez trying to grab $250,000 from tax funds slated for LAUSD - Maywood's Finances directed by Bell's Financial Director; Will Spaccia also cook Maywood's books and redirect public funds? _____________________ |
Huntington
Park mayor
John Noguez
Park mayor
John Noguez
Mike
Antonovich
| Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, 9:00 am, Washington Times, Jeffrey Anderson Brown's lawsuit puts Bell's city attorney in tough spot |
| Mr. Casso's own past, which includes close ties to Bell city officials, questionable service to other municipal clients and involvement in a Clinton-era political scandal, raises questions about whether he is suited to restore the public's trust. |
| Cristina Garcia, BASTA co-founder, is not from Bell |
Leo
Briones
Briones
Arrested Development
Robert
Rizzo
Rizzo
Oscar
Hernandez
Hernandez
Angela
Spaccia
Spaccia
Victor
Bello
Bello
Teresa
Jacobo
Jacobo
Luis
Artiga
Artiga
George
Mirabal
Mirabal
George
Cole
Cole
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Los Sinverguenzas
| 3-8-2010 WatchOurCity.com Southeast Cities Schools Coalition: Funded by city of Vernon, George Cole is Chairman of the board, Teresa Jacobo Treasurer, Pedro Carrillo former Interim Director |
| August 20, 2010, 6:00 am, WatchOurCity.com George Cole and Huntingtington Park Mayor John Noguez at Southeast Cities Schools Coalition poised to grab $250,000 from LAUSD, intend to breakaway from LAUSD |
Cole at Bail hearing, was
released on Thursday,
9-23-10.
(Courtesy L.A. Times)
released on Thursday,
9-23-10.
(Courtesy L.A. Times)
George Cole
Former Bell Councilman,
the Don of Southeast cities
Former Bell Councilman,
the Don of Southeast cities
City Manager
Pedro Carrillo
& State
Controller John
Chiang
Pedro Carrillo
& State
Controller John
Chiang
L.A. County Jail
D.A. Cooley
| Monday, October 4, 2010 6:00 am WatchOurCity.com Huntington Park Utility and Property Taxes, like Bell, also collected under questionable authority Mayor Noguez led efforts to pass measures increasing taxes for lighting, cell phone, and property taxes. Under Noguez, city has 6th highest property taxes of 88 cities, 4 notches below Bell. |
Noguez
Cole
Cristina Garcia
Victor
Bello
Bello
Noguez
Wong
| Monday October 11, 2010 6:00 am WatchOurCity.com Times Endorses John Wong for County Assessor, Again Noguez Fails Endorsement "Political entanglements" says L.A. Times as reason not to endorse Huntington Park mayor John Noguez for Assessor. Noguez awarded rigged multi-million dollar contracts to Bell's George Cole, recently arrested by the D.A. in Bell's corruption scandal. Academic Degree Scandal Widens - Huntington Park's mayor Noguez Does not have a College Degree Noguez did not inform voters he failed to get a college degree. |
Rick
Cole
Cole
Steve
Cooley
Cooley
Gary
Townsend
Townsend
| Tuesday, October 12, 2010 6:00 am Rick Cole, Ventura City Manager L.A. Times Receivership for Bell Only Option Attorney General Jerry Brown Must request a court appointed receiver to reinstitute honest administration in the city. (English here.....Español aquí) |
| Monday, October 11, 2010 6:00 am WatchOurCity.com District Attorney Opens Preliminary Investigation into John Noguez Complaint letter is sent to D.A. by L.A. County Supervisor Antonovich - John Noguez is really Juan Reynaldo Rodriguez. Monday, October 11, 2010 Center for Investigative Reporting California Watch Tipster in Bell scandal waited months for D.A., then was arrested Victor Bello, ex-Bell councilman, and Detective James Cochrann sent letter to D.A. on May 6, '09 alleging wrongdoing by Rizzo. Cooley did nothing, 1 year later arrests Bello, along with Rizzo timed to benefit AG campaign. |
Corruption
Watch
Watch
Mayor
John Noguez
wins as L.A.
County
Assessor
getting 60%
of the vote.
John Noguez
wins as L.A.
County
Assessor
getting 60%
of the vote.
Mayor John Noguez
| Friday, November 19, 2010 6:00 am WatchOurCity.com State Controller's Audit Nov. 18: Rizzo Authorized $222,000 payments to Pedro Carrillo's Urban Associates without a formal contract Bell City Manager Pedro Carrillo has lots to hide & profited in Bell. |
| Thursday, November 18, 2010 6:00 am WatchOurCity.com Huntington Park Police Chief Appointed as Interim City Manager Action led by councilwoman Elba Guerrero, the PD Chief's personal friend. Item was not on Council Agenda. Possible Brown Act Violations? |
| Friday, November 19, 2010 6:00 am WatchOurCity.com Huntington Park Officials also gave contracts to Pedro Carrillo's Urban Associates WatchOurCity.com made a public records request on Oct. 12 requesting amounts paid to Urban Associates; totals not yet received after 5 weeks. |
| Monday, November 15, 2010 6:00 am WatchOurCity.com Bell City Attorney James Casso in a battle with AG's Office on Monitor Casso's actions are in line with his agenda to protect interests of wrongdoing by the very same council members who appointed him and Pedro Carrillo. |
| Monday, November 15, 2010 6:00 am WatchOurCity.com - County Supervisor Antonovich Calls for city of Vernon to be annexed by City of Commerce - Atty. General Brown's lawsuit against Bell officials could be in jeoporady; A.G. Brown may have overreached authority. |
| Monday, November 15, 2010 6:00 am WatchOurCity.com Southeast Cities Schools Coalition led by officials in Vernon, Bell, Huntington Park & Maywood, most of them under investigation, intend to break away from LAUSD and form their own School District with a $500 million dollar operating budget. |
| The Next Bell: Huntington Park |
Pedro Carrillo
Mayor
Aguirre
Aguirre
George Cole,
former Bell
mayor, arrested
former Bell
mayor, arrested
Pedro
Carrillo
Carrillo
Mayor
Hernandez
Hernandez
Assemblyman
Perez
Perez
Congresswoman
Royball-Allard
with Chief
Wadley
Royball-Allard
with Chief
Wadley
| Monday, February 21, 2011 WatchOurCity.com Bell Campaign Central: Harnessing Voter Anger for Political Action and Change While hundreds of Bell residents protested for change, only a few take their anger to the next level, as campaign volunteers, where the real work for change takes place. Here, their stories. |
Thursday, December 16, 2010 WatchOurCity.com Elections: Huntington Park: 8 Candidates vie for 3 City Council seats City Clerk has certified that 8 candidates qualify to run for next March 2011 elections. |
Carmen
Bella,
Star
Civic
Activist
in Bell
Bella,
Star
Civic
Activist
in Bell
| Monday, February 21, 2011 Sam Quinones, L.A. Times Cudahy Illegel Maneuvering: Judge: Evidence of Crime in Cudahy's Legal Maneuvering D.A. Steve Cooley filed charges against council members, but found no wrongdoing. Cooley's friend Philibosian was defense atty, fleeced city for over a $1 million and in conflict of interest. |
| Wednesday, March 2, 2011 WatchOurCity.com Bell Campaign Central: Bell Residents Await Leo Briones' Dirty Campaign Mailer Leo Briones, a master of dirty campaigning, is funded by Bell Police Union to attack grass-roots community activists. |
| Wednesday, March 2, 2011 WatchOurCity.com HP Campaign Central: Huntington Park Attorney Francisco Leal Illegally Orders City Clerk to Stop Release of Public Records City Atty Leal stated that public records request of his billing records will damage incumbents' chances of reelection. |
| Monday, February 21, 2011 Sam Quinones, L.A. Times Cudahy Illegel Maneuvering: Judge: Evidence of Crime in Cudahy's Legal Maneuvering D.A. Steve Cooley filed charges against council members, but found no wrongdoing. Cooley's friend Philibosian was defense atty, fleeced city for over a $1 million and in conflict of interest. |
| Thursday, March 3, 2011 WatchOurCity.com HP Campaign Central: Convicted Twice & under investigation by FBI, Managing Campaign of Huntington Park Incumbents Mayor Mario Gomez, Ofelia Hernandez are being managed by Mario Beltran, FBI suspect. |
| Thursday, March 3, 2011 WatchOurCity.com HP Campaign Central: Huntington Park Incumbents Mayor Gomez and Ofelia Hernandez Voted for Higher Property Taxes, 6th Highest in L.A. County Cities Both have never been employed outside of city council. |
CONVICTED
CONVICTED
| Friday, March 4, 2011, 9:00 pm, Editor, WatchOurCity.com Bell Council Candidate Dies Miguel Sanchez, 34, a candidate for Bell city council on the same slate as Nestor Valencia & Mario Rivas, died Friday at County USC Medical Center at 3:30 pm. |
| Friday, March 4, 2011, WatchOurCity.com Bell's Rizzo at $800,000, HP's Leal at $700,000 HP City Pays City Atty Leal $700,000 in FY '09-'10, but never submitted any invoices justifying work Today, City Clerk revealed that indeed no invoices exist on record from city attorney Francisco Leal, thus, no proof of any work product created by Leal justifying a $700,000 salary. Since October 13, 2010, Leal has been in violation of the California Public Records Act by holding back release of requested public records of his invoices. Leal is the 2nd highest paid city attorney in California, bested only by city of Vernon's. |
| Friday, March 4, 2011 WatchOurCity.com Bell Campaign Central: Bell Council candidate Ana Maria Quintana worked for Francisco Leal's law firm for 1 month, same month she moved into Bell to run for city council Quintana lived in Cudahy, then moved to Bell to run for a seat on the recall ballot initiative. Quintana worked for the law firm of Leal & Trejo in Oct '10 for all of one month. In the same month, she moved into an apartment in Bell from her parents' home in Cudahy. Also in the same month, Quintana registered to vote as a Democrat. Quintana is an attorney with advanced degrees. |
| Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 11:20 pm, Editor, WatchOurCity.com Winning! Bell Elections: Fresh Look of Bell Bell now wears young, fresh, energetic faces, urban and sophisticated, even Danny, the retired baker is young blood. |
| Friday, March 4, 2011 WatchOurCity.com Gaining! Bell Elections An Open Letter: A Campaign Volunteer I want to share some thoughts about this campaign and the activism that we all have participated since the Bell scandal broke out last summer. |
| Friday, March 9, 2011 WatchOurCity.com Gaining! Bell Elections An Open Letter: A Campaign Volunteer I want to share some thoughts about this campaign and the activism that we all have participated since the Bell scandal broke out last summer. |
| Monday, June 4, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Investigate Former Chief Deputy Assessor Gary Townsend and Former Assessor Rick Auerbach Gary Townsend and Rick Auerbach created current environment under which Assessor John Noguez now flourishes |
| Thursday, March 10, 2011, 8:00 am, Editor, WatchOurCity.com Dead Candidate gets more votes than 3 live ones Bell candidate Miguel Sanchez, 34, who died on March 4, received more votes than 3 of the 5 candidates in the Recall part of the election. |
Assessor Watch
Gary
Townsend
Townsend
| Monday, June 25, 2012, Editor, WatchOurCity.com Se Habla Corrupcion Huntington Park: The City John Noguez left behind |
Noguez and
Auerbach
Auerbach
John Noguez
| + |
| + |
| = |
John
Noguez
Noguez
| Miguel Sanchez: "The Corruption Changed Me" Reform Rings in Bell Friday, March 4, 2011 Laurel Galanter, Staff writer, Annenberg Digital News |
| Friday, March 9, 2011 WatchOurCity.com Loosing! Bell Elections Councilman Velez Not Reelected |
| Monday, June 25, 2012, Editor, WatchOurCity.com Cudahy, Bell and John Noguez: Huntington Park Mayor John Noguez shared same campaign manager, Mario Beltran, with Cudahy officials and George Cole in Bell. |
| Monday, June 25, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com HP City Atty Leal Hires daughters of 2 Councilmembers Council approves $630,000 per year payment to city attorney |
| Monday, November 1, 2010, 6:00 am Washington Times, Jeffrey Anderson, Investigative Reporter Signs of municipal corruption in Bell & Vernon spread to Huntington Park & mayor Noguez |
Former
Bell city
manager
Pedro
Carrillo
Bell city
manager
Pedro
Carrillo
| Monday,July 9, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Democracy looks a whole lot different in Cudahy If Corruption a drug: Bell, HP & Maywood are hooked on Cocaine; Cudahy on Crystal Meth |
| Monday, July 9, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Pedro Carrillo worked for Cudahy before appointment as Bell City Manager Former Bell Mayor Oscar Hernandez rented a house to Pedro Carrillo while Carrillo worked for Cudahy. Same house was later sold to city |
| Anatomy of a Million Dollar Assessment Reduction Deal How the Suasage gets made Monday, July 23, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com |
| Monday, July 23, 2012, 6:00 am, Editor, WatchOurCity.com L.A. County Assessor's Office: Under New Management, Same Corrupt Culture & Staff Interim replacement to Assessor John Noguez has kept all of Mr. Noguez's executive staff in place. County funds still given away by executive managers; checks in the millions of dollars issued to Fortune 500 corporations, hand-written reductions in property valuations still done, despite on-going corruption probe. |
Gary
Townsend
Townsend
L.A. County Assessor
John Noguez
John Noguez
| Monday, July 23, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com John Noguez used his position at Asssessor's office to bankroll current Coucilmembers in Huntington Park Ramin Salari and other tax agents, Assessor employees helped HP candidates win seats. |
| Monday,July 23, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Noguez Cousin is Huntington Park Vice-Mayor HP Councilwoman Elba Guerrero is John Noguez's cousin; John still controls Huntington Park's lucrative contracts through his cousin. |
| Monday, September 10, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Utility User Taxes Highest in Bell and H.P. Bell's Utility tax at 10% since a 1997 vote; HP at 9.25%. Bell residents paid a total of $3.1 million in 2009-2010 in Utility User's Tax; HP's $4.7 million. |
| Monday, October 15, 2012, 4:00 pm, Editor, WatchOurCity.com My Mayor is more corrupt than Your Mayor - The Next Bell HP City Council Recalled Residents and business owners unite against corruption and financial mismanagement inside City Hall; recall papers to be presented at Monday's city council meeting; John Noguez, former Mayor, and Ramin Salari financially supported councilmembers. |
| Watch: in a 3-part investigative report on WatchOurCity.com, Spanish News Anchor Socorro Cruz from Estrella TV asked WatchOurCity.com about corruption in Huntington Park. I pointed to Mr. Leal. So Mrs. Cruz visited Mr. Leal to inquire if it's true that he makes over $630,000 per year as reported by WatchOurCity.com. Mr. Leal's response is here posted on this Youtube video. |
| Huntington Park, CA - On Tuesday, the city of Huntington Park posted a press release announcing the resignation of city attorney Francisco Leal. Mr. Leal was first hired by former mayor John Noguez in a no-bid vote in closed session in December 2003, months after Noguez was first elected to public office. Since then, Mr. Leal was a prominent contributor to Mr. Noguez's political campaigns. Former Chief of Police Randy Narramore stated that Mr. Leal and Mr. Noguez "ran the city" and controlled the other council members. A possible candidate to replace Mr. Leal is Cudahy city attorney Rick Olivarez. Mr. Olivarez is the son of U.S. Congresswoman Lucille Royball-Allard. Mr. Leal was Billing over $650,000 per year as city atty. |
| L.A. County Assessor John Noguez |
| Tax Agent Ramin Salari |
| Assessor's Office Mark McNeil |
| Tuesday, October 23, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Bail Denied Judge denied bail for John Noguez. A Mexican national appeared in court to volunteer to pay Noguez's bail of $1.16 million but was denied. Proceeds have to show that they are not from illicit or illegal sources. |
| Tuesday, October 23, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Gag Order Put on HP City Staff Huntington Park City Mgr. imposes gag order on employees; no talking to media. What is city hiding? |
| Friday, October 19, 2012, Editor, WatchOurCity.com 23 Felonies |
| Thursday, October 18, 2012, Editor, WatchOurCity.com My Mayor is more corrupt than Your Mayor Noguez & Salari Laundered Bribes Through HP Council Members |
| Judge freezes all assets of Assessor John Noguez and Tax Agent Ramin Salari. Bail is denied. Noguez charged with 23 felony counts, including bribery, perjury. |
| Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Noguez Arrested |
| Monday, November 5, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com From Bad to Worse HP's New City Mgr was "Let Go" from El Monte Rene Bobadilla used Police Dept. in El Monte to spy on political opponents and level threats on perceived enemies. |
| Monday, November 5, 2012 Editor, WatchOurCity.com From Bad to Worse Recall Moves Forward on 3 HP Council members Huntington Park Citizens Unite is moving forward to recall Ofelia Hernandez, Mario Gomez and Rosa Perez on charges of corruption, campaign donations tied to Noguez and Salari. |
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| Thursday, March 21, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Bell Corruption Verdicts Guilty: Crime of Misappropriation of Public Funds Finally! After 2 years of waiting, Bell residents see some justice in the guilty verdicts of the Bell 8 corruption scandal. 5 of 6 former Bell councilmembers were found guilty of stealing public funds, a felony. Said a resident "they were stealing under our noses". |
| Monday, March 4, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com HP's $900,000 Street Sweeping Contract is Criminal Contractor gives thousands to Noguez, Guerrero & Molina. |
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| Wednesday, March 6, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com All Provisional & Vote by Mail Ballots counted Voters Boot Vice Mayor Elba Guerrero from Office Voter disgust with the John Noguez corruption scandal, water fee increases and 6th highest property tax in County. |
| Wednesday, March 6, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Noguez Legacy of Corruption Out Historic Upset in Huntington Park Upstart challenging candidates for city council Karina Macias and Valentin Amezquita may have easily won election against two of Huntington Park's formidable incumbents. |
| Tuesday, March 12, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Firing of City Clerk; Final Vote Count Postponed City manager publicly states "City Clerk has to go"; Finance Director caught stating "We don't need city ordinances; no one will know". |
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| Monday, April 15, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Noguez Back in Business Formerly Jailed Assessor Noguez gets County IT to install computer in his home connecting to Assessor's Office And County Supervisors are allowing this to happen. |
| Monday, May 13, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Normalization of Deviance Part II: While DA says Noguez Losses total $9.8 Mil, Deputy Assessor Kreimann Keeps Toxic A-Team and Culture in Place |
| Monday, May 20, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com City Council gets Mastered Master's Degree for Councilwoman Karina Macias, 25, HP's freshman councilmember, received a Master's Degree from Chapman University on Saturday, majoring in International Studies. Macias, a product of public schools in HP (Middleton ES, Gage MS, and HP HS), received the highest vote count in the March 2013 municipal elections. |
| Monday, May 20, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Normalization of Deviance Huntington Park City Manager Gives Illegal $155,592 Contract to his Buddy without Council Approval Public records show that city council issued no authority to City Manager for such contract. |
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| Monday, June 10, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Rizzo in Huntington Park Where is HP's City Clerk? All functions of City Clerks office now controlled by City Mgr. Rene Bobadilla. Integrity and function of City Clerk's office is now compromised. Bobadilla has been the subject of various reports on WatchOurCity.com. According to city, Ramirez is on indefinite leave. |
| Monday, June 10, 2013 Editor, WatchOurCity.com Bobadilla Hiding Something HP City Mgr. not releasing Public Records Request for 8 months City Manager Rene Bobadilla is in flagrant violation of California's Public Records Act. While still in office, City Clerk Ramirez seemed to be pressured not to release docs. |
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