Attorney general issues subpoenas in Bell salary scandal

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Source: LA Times

Los Angeles Times | July 26, 2010 | 12:35 p.m.
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Attorney general issues subpoenas in Bell salary scandal

Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown today issued subpoenas for hundreds of salary and employment documents from the city of Bell to determine whether top officials broke laws in awarding outsized salaries to city administrators and City Council members.

Brown said he was moving swiftly after The Times exposed a pay scandal in the small working-class city to reassure taxpayers that the state was determined to crack down on possible wrongdoing and to warn other cities not to follow Bell's path.

"These outrageous pay practices are an insult to the hard-working people of Bell and have provoked righteous indignation in California and even across the country," Brown said. "I'm determined to get to the bottom of these exorbitant payouts and protect the state's pension system against such abuses, and today's subpoenas are an important step in that process."

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