Bell City Councilman Lorenzo Velez Makes CNN 'Intriguing People' List
Hey, doing the right thing gets some attention after all. Bell city councilman Lorenzo Velez was just named one of CNN’s “Intriguing People” for talking his colleagues into forgoing their wildly overinflated salaries.
The Bell, California, city councilman has successfully led an effort to persuade his colleagues — including Mayor Oscar Hernandez — to reduce their controversial salaries, and in the case of Hernandez, apologize.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Velez, who was appointed — not elected — to his position last summer, spent the weekend lobbying colleagues to adjust their salaries from $96,000 to his salary of $8,000.
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