Case Study: Bell California

CVS Health Corporation is an integrated pharmacy healthcare and head quartered in Woonsocket, RI. The President and CEO of CVS is Larry J. Merlo. The company has three segments, Pharmacy services, Retail pharmacy and Corporate. CVS was previously known as Caremark Corporation and the name was changed to CVS on September 3rd 2014.

On Monday, April 13th, 2009, I visited the Culver City city council meeting, and found that they operate using a council-manager form of government. For a city with a population of about 38,000, this type of governmental structure is fairly common, and I was not surprised to see it in action in a community where the median household income is around $56,000 a year. Culver City is also a culturally rich community with a 60 percent Caucasian population, and a quarter of the residents are either of African American or Asian decent. The mayor, D. Scott Malsin, is one of five members on the council, and his term as mayor is on a rotating basis. Having been to a Hermosa Beach city council meeting with a similar council-manager structure, I knew

Bell, a city of 35,000 people, has remained to be the greatest scandal in California. For a long time, the manager of Bell City Robert Rizzo and the people he was working with exploited the governance systems and the finances of the city (McGrath 122). They used vast sums of money to pay their salaries. They also transformed the development agency of the town into a piggy bank, from where they borrowed funds in an improper way, deposited money in retirement accounts that was illegal, purchased property without accounting in and documents, approved fees and taxes that were illegal and found out a way of exempting themselves from state law. Court documents provide evidence to show that indeed, those people committed the crime of corruption.

Powerful political “bosses” in each party compelled urban residents into voting for favored candidates, who would then give kickbacks and bribes back to the bosses in appreciation for getting them elected. Bosses would also spend money to improve constituents’ neighborhoods to ensure a steady flow of votes for their machines. Trading jobs and services for votes, a powerful boss might claim the loyalty of thousands of followers; the bosses found lodging, gave gifts of food and clothing, and patched up minor scrapes with the law. In this sense, party bosses and machine politics actually helped some of the poorest people in the cities, adding to the illusion of urban

Civil Right Violation is a problem that goes unseen in california. Nobody pays attention to it. Police officers beat or kill innocent citizens every year and don’t get punished. It’s a violation to our civil rights. They can’t just beat or kill an innocent person. 487 percent of latinos were killed, 341 percent of whites were killed, 229 percent of blacks were killed, and 76 percent of other races were killed by california police officers form 2006 through 2015.

The mayor is weak, the city council is composed of numerous individuals, and the city manager is supposed to stay out of politics." Thus, council manager cities have a tendency to respond more to tip top and white collar class concerns than to those of the regular workers and ethnic minorities. The business first class and the white collar class have more organizations and leaders who have entry to city government and know how to function the system Just a minority of council-manager cities have mayors who routinely give strong political and strategy leadership. One of these exceptions is San Antonio, where mayors for the most part are strong leaders The council-manager form seems to function admirably in cities where most individuals are of the same ethnic gathering and social class and share regular goals. Obviously, couple of focal cities fit this description, yet numerous suburbs

The Cal-works program promotes work and employment preparation for parents in penurious families with children. In fact, through employment and community resources the program aims to reduce the number of families living in poverty. However, there are several conditions affecting the Cal-works population in the Imperial Valley County, such as the high unemployment rates, the participants’ socioeconomic disadvantages and the absence of vocational/educational programs available for this population. The goal of the Basic Computer Skills and Employment Readiness program is to fill the gap in the lack of sustainable programs for the Cal-works population created by the shortage of educational, employment, and socioeconomic opportunities within the target area. Our program’s model embodies a

Bell California is a small community located south-east of Los Angeles California. In the summer of 2009 that was caught up in a corruption scandal. The city manager Robert Rizzo was making $800,000 a year, and the Chief of Police Randy Adams was making $457,000 a year much more than even the Chief of Police of the Los Angeles Police Department makes, (Coolican, 2010). The city council to include the mayor of the city were all part-time employees at the municipality only making monthly meetings and small political tasks, however, each garnered around $100,000 annually. The Town was an of modest income and where not wealthy people, so the tax base did not support the pay of these city officials. The Bell City Mayor Oscar Hernandez defended the salaries saying that since the city manager came the city went from being in defect near bankruptcy and now has nearly $ 15 million in the general fund, also the streets are cleaner and better lighting throughout the city, (Gottlieb, Vives, 2010).

Wahoo Inc. is a C Corporation that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April 2015. Before filing bankruptcy, Wahoo has net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards of $65,000,000 in 2009, $45,000,000 in 2010, and $30,000,000 in 2011. The company worked out a re-organization plan and one of the note holders (a venture capital firm that financed the company) with a $105,000,000 note payable will receive new common stock and the old stocks will be cancelled. The Bankruptcy Court and the creditors’ committee have accepted the plan. The fair market value of Wahoo before the ownership change was $85,000,000. Wahoo’s selected assets from the balance sheet are as follows:

1. Evaluate Family Dollar’s retail strategy. Will it work in both good and bad economic times?

The people of Benton Harbor Michigan are really starting to understand the meaning of corruption. Through their political puppets the Whirlpool corporation has taken control and is running the community of Benton Harbor through whats being described as a dictatorship. One of the ways this has become apparent is through the imprisonment of the beloved community leader Rev. Edward Pinkney. This man represents the voice of the poor working class people whose lives are being torn apart by the corporate dictatorship of Whirlpool. He has been imprisoned on a ridiculous "Voter Fraud" charge but the real reason why they want him silenced is because he speaks out against government corruption and human rights violations not just in Benton Harbor but

1) Evaluate HTC’s performance as described in the case. What are its competitive assets and liabilities?

The Dollar General is an American wholesale company that was first initiated in Scottsville, Tennessee by Turner and Cal Turner. Its headquarters are located in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. The mission statement of the Dollar General is "Serving Others." This mission statement helps to bring out the innate requests and intentions of the company in the United States of America and other countries in the world. The company has a vision that describes how it manages to cater for four different types of people. These four groups of people include the customers, the community, employees, and shareholders. Within these categories of people, Dollar General aspires to serve others through deliver of price quality and terrific prices for customers, opportunity, and respect for employees, a superior return for shareholders and a better life for the communities.

We will further discuss what led to this situation, and give a recommendation on the changes that should have been made prior to the divestiture in 1984.

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