City Of Bell Case Analysis

Corruption is seen by many citizens of Baltimore as a normal occurrence. Corruption is rampant in many parts of city government from city hall to the Baltimore police department. Perazzo (2013) notes that the city of Baltimore, “has been governed exclusively by Democratic mayors and city councils since 1967.”

Garcia claims this current system is unsustainable, and requires City Hall, legislators, employees, and taxpayers to form a partnership. “Two things appeal to the voters: I know how to protect the community and I know how to save people money.”

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).

In a recent interview with ESPN, Le’Veon Bell said that he believes The Steelers would have beaten New England if he wasn’t physically injured during the playoffs game which led to their loss to the Patriots, and the Patriots advance to the 2017 Superbowl.

John Baker’s edition of “The Lanahan Readings in state and Local Government” talks about different policy rules local and state governments have to go through in their political careers. In chapter 23, “Measuring State Legislative Professionalism”, Baker summarizes how local and state professionalism are characterized through three main components. These components are based on an index performance that Peverill Squire created. His index compares local/ state government to the national government. In figuring out whether a state/local government is considered professional, he uses three main components. These components are compensation and benefits, time demand of service, and staff and resources. Today, these components are considered the

On March 7, 2017, I attended a commission meeting in the City of Aventura. The City of Aventura is a council-manager form of government. According to the authors Cheon Geun Choi, Richard C. Feiock, and Jungah Bae (2013) in their article, The Adoption and Abandonment of Council-Manager Government, most U.S. have this type of government, “The form of city government—typically council-manager or mayor-council in the United States—represents the fundamental choice of governing structure by citizens of the local polity,” (p. 727)

I scanned the Mayor and Common Council meeting on 02/16/2016 and noticed a disconcerting trend pertaining to charter reform. The town-hall and charter reform meetings laboring had an insatiable appetite to reform. The meetings raised a question of motive observing the spin to own favorable pubic opinion. I came to a conclusion realizing, "profit" and "power" to be spirited. The City of San Bernardino local economy has been financially predatory that sacrificed public interest to the interests of a specialized sector. That is why the economical no more works for ordinary folks. Finance is no longer productive, and It has become a parasite on the local economy. The result from the meetings noted that the municipality regarded the needs of the

In Buck v. Bell in 1927 a decision was made by the United States Supreme Court stating they allowed state enforced sterilization. This court decision was written by Justice Oliver Wendell Homes Jr., in which the Court ruled and controlled that a state figure or statue allowing forced sterilization of the unhealthy, counting the intellectually disabled, while considering the protection and well-being of the state. Meaning, it would not violate the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. As a result, this agreement was broadly recognized as a ratification and approval of negative eugenics. The attempt to develop the human race by getting rid of “defectives” or “unfit” people from the gene pool. In fact, the Supreme Court has not at any time expressly reversed or overturned the case of Buck v. Bell.

Cities face difficult issues on a regular basis, the responsibility to resolve these issues is placed upon the City Council. These elected officials have a multitude of people expecting them to make correct decisions in the communities best interest. But who is to say which call is the right call on any number of issues, that's why council members must use their best judgment when making decisions. After watching the September 21, 2016 Bloomington City Council meeting, this became clear to me. There were a couple issues that really stood out to me and seemed vital to address. The first issues that caught my eye were included in Proposition 13-35 to Authorize the Issuance of General Obligation Bonds for the Purpose of Providing Funds to Pay

Dixon, Illinois is a small town of about 16,000 people (US Census, 2015) located approximately 100 miles southwest of Chicago. Until 2012, Dixon’s claim to fame was being the town where, 40th President of the United States of America, Ronald Reagan grew up (City of Dixon). Today, in addition to hosting a future president for 22 years (City of Dixon), Dixon, IL is known as the location of the largest and longest municipal fraud in United States history (Mathieson, 2014). This paper will examine the main players in the fraud; how the fraud was carried out; the laws and procedures violated; the impact of the fraud; and the measures that could have been taken to prevent it.

Recently in Boston, Mayor Martin Walsh passed an ordinance into law that stated all municipal employees that started after July 1, 1976 must live and be a registered voter in the city. A spokesperson for the mayor, Bonnie McGilpan, released a statement to the press on the third week of March to inform citizens of the change. This is not the first time city employees have faced this type of legal issue. In fact, the original ordinance that required them to reside in Boston was first drafted in 1976 and placed within the city's municipal code. The difference is that Walsh’s administration is the first to enforce this law since then.

     They discussed  a large fund given to repair and maintenance for the city. Which is named Eagle Janitorial service, the money is meant to last up for five years. The total amount of the fund was about one million and fifty nine thousand dollars, this including all of the districts. Multiple funds were discussed for example the department of Parks and Recreation, they were funded for a total of four hundred thousand and four dollars, given to Three D's Landscaping & Ground. Another fund was given in the category of parks and recreation to Abescape Landscaping 765,000 thousand dollars and lastly in this category another fund was given to MG Evergreen LLC of a total amount of 1,226,000 dollar for a total of 2-3 years. I think they gave so much money t the department of parks and recreation because it is very

The impact that mayors have in cities across the U.S. vary greatly depending on the role mayors play within local government and the external factors that are particular to the time they are in office. The structure of municipal governments affect the type of power of mayors have, while other factors such as the demographic makeup of mayors as well as their constituents influences the extent to which they can leverage their power. In addition, economical influences from local businesses as well as internal financial constraints also determine what types of policies that are implemented and which policy areas are most focused on. Though many factors help shape a mayor’s ability to perform, the mayors who have the most influences are those who

The causes of this problem were that John Bramante made decisions without consulting with the city council. John started spending unnecessary amounts of money, changed the city’s purchasing process, and changing people’s positions within the city government. With that being said John also changed employee’s positions and there were no interviews conducted for people who were hired to new positions. All of these new decisions were implemented without any type of transitional period in

“The Knapp commission report explicit attacks the term rotten apple theory of isolated individual corruption, supporting instead a concept that is called systemic corruption. The rotten apple theory claims