For those of you who haven’t been following the sordid case in the City of Bell, California, it is one of the worst examples of complete institutionalized corruption in recent memory (with my apologies to Charlie Rangel). The idea that these elected officials would overtax these working class constituents so as to pay for their ridiculous salaries that would be high for cities ten times the size just makes us furious. I mean, how could anyone hear this terrible story and not want to just- OH MY GOD, A CLOWN! YAY! LOOK AT THE CLOWN! LOOK AT THE CLOWN!
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=122400