Episode 237 • • 1:30:05 - 1:34:06
237: Just Hiking
Bell California Corruption Scandal and Salary Loopholes
The mayor and seven officials of Bell, California, were arrested for misappropriating tax funds. Former city manager Robert Rizzo reportedly made $800,000 a year. The hosts explain the "pension spiking" loophole in California law, where officials inflate their final year's salary to secure massive lifetime retirement benefits paid for by other municipalities.