Bell, Calif., residents protest sky-high salaries

BELL, Calif. -- Several hundred angry residents from a modest blue-collar Los Angeles suburb marched Sunday to call for the resignation of the mayor and some City Council members in a protest sparked by the sky-high salaries of three administrators who quit Friday.

The residents of the city of Bell marched to Mayor Oscar Hernandez's place of business, then to his home, demanding that he reduce his own six-figure compensation or quit.

They did the same with some members of the City Council, with many marchers wearing T-shirts that read "My city is more corrupt than your city."

The protest was organized by Bell Association to Stop the Abuse, a group founded after the Los Angeles Times reported that Bell's city manager, police chief and assistant city manager were all being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, with city manager Robert Rizzo collecting a check of $787,637.