The secret is to pluck the most feathers from the goose with the least amount of squawking.
A particularly egregious example of plucking is the City of Bell scandal. Bell is IMHO, not-quite-a-shit-hole and yet the vaunted public servants were getting paid (for a time) the highest rate in the nation. Eventually, the geese squawked loudly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Bell_scandal
A particularly egregious example of plucking is the City of Bell scandal. Bell is IMHO, not-quite-a-shit-hole and yet the vaunted public servants were getting paid (for a time) the highest rate in the nation. Eventually, the geese squawked loudly.
Quote:The City of Bell scandal is a scandal involving misappropriation of public funds in Bell, California over a period of several years in the late 2000s. In July 2010, two Los Angeles Times reporters, Jeff Gottlieb and Ruben Vives, wrote an investigative journalism article on possible malfeasance in the neighboring city of Maywood, California. In their exposé, they revealed that the city officials of Bell (a small blue collar community) were receiving salaries that were reported as the highest in the nation.[5] Subsequent investigations found atypically high property tax rates, allegations of voter fraud in municipal elections and other irregularities which heightened the ensuing scandal.[6] These and other reports led to widespread criticism and a demand for city officials to resign.[7][8]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Bell_scandal
