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Hearings Continue for Current and Former Officials of the City of Bell

Hosted by Warren Olney Feb. 15, 2011
When Randy Adams was negotiating for 770,000 thousand dollars to be the city police chief, he joked in an e-mail about “taking all of Bell’s money.”  That’s just one of the ugly revelations emerging from hearings into a scandal that’s made Bell the national poster child for local corruption.  With all but one council member facing charges and no meeting since last year, who’s in charge?

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Hearings Continue for Current and Former Officials of the City of Bell

When Randy Adams was negotiating for 770,000 thousand dollars to be the city police chief, he joked in an e-mail about “taking all of Bell’s money.” That’s just one of the...

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Public Broadcasting on the Firing Line Once Again

In the 1990's, Big Bird, Kermit and all their friends saved Bill Moyers, Frontline and the rest of public broadcasting from Republican budget cuts. But charges of liberal...

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Ramona Ripston Retires as Executive Director of the Southern California ACLU

Ramona Ripston is retiring today after 40 years as executive director of the ACLU of Southern California. During that time, she’s been a champion of affirmative action,...

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Host:

Warren Olney

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Katie Cooper

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