The Bell Association to Stop The Abuse or BASTA is a coalition of concerned Bell residents and the Bell Police Officers Association. Our mission is help restore good governance to the City of Bell by ending the abuse of Bell taxpayers’ funds by various elected and appointed officials.
Due to the recent revelations of exorbitant salaries of Bell city officials we are calling for immediate action to correct these unethical and immoral abuses of taxpayer dollars.
Our demands are as follows:
- The immediate resignation of council members Hernandez, Artiga, Jacobo and Mirabal.
- A forensic audit from a neutral 3rd party.
- The immediate establishment of a residents’ committee to review and reestablish salaries at reasonable rates.
- The immediate suspension of any plans to establish a regional police department or contract City of Bell policing responsibilities to any outside entity until reforms are established. This suspension of activities would also apply to any other actions by the Rancho San Antonio Police Authority (also known as the Authority and JPA).
- The immediate resignation of other administrators making disproportional salaries as compared to their contemporaries in other cities including:
Lourdes Garcia (Director of Administrative Services) $422,707.09
Eric Eggena (Director of General Services) $421,402.33
Annette Peretz (Director of Community Services) $273,542.21
Luis Ramirez (Deputy Engineer) $247,573.86
Ricardo Gonzalez (Business Development Coordinator) $195,627.76
Victor Bello (Assistant to the Food Bank Coordinator) $96,600.00
- An immediate explanation from city administrators as to the scope of services of each of the administrative positions.
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The immediate termination of City of Bell’s contract Pacific HousingManagement.
