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People wheel shopping carts after receiving food from Bell Food Distribution Station in Bell, Calif. on Thursday, July 22, 2010. The City Council, facing a public outcry and a criminal investigation, will meet Thursday to consider firing the police chief and two top administrators who are making huge salaries for governing a city of fewer than 40,000 people. Revelations about their leaders' pay has sparked anger in a blue-collar town that is one of the poorest in Los Angeles County. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Lorenzo Velez, right, a Bell city counselor, argues with city attorney Ed Lee during a special city council meeting in Bell, Calif., Thursday, July 22, 2010. Velez was arguing for an open-to-the-public session, while Lee called for a closed session. Revelations about Bell city leaders' pay has sparked anger in a blue-collar town that is one of the poorest in Los Angeles County. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Pedro Carrillo, left, interim city manager of Bell, Calif., announces the resignations of three of Bell's top administrators during a special city council meeting, Thursday, July 22, 2010, in Bell, Calif. Council members emerged from an hours-long closed session at midnight Friday and announced that they'd accepted the resignations of Chief Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo, Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia and Police Chief Randy Adams. Rizzo was the highest paid at $787,637 a year, nearly twice the pay of President Barack Obama, for overseeing one of the poorest towns in Los Angeles County. Spaccia makes $376,288 a year and Adams earns $457,000, 50 percent more than Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Oscar Hernandez, left, mayor of Bell, Calif., and city councillor George Mirabal prepare to exit a special city council meeting as residents call for their ouster, Thursday, July 22, 2010, in Bell, Calif. Council members emerged from an hours-long closed session at midnight Friday and announced that they'd accepted the resignations of Chief Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo, Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia and Police Chief Randy Adams. Rizzo was the highest paid at $787,637 a year, nearly twice the pay of President Barack Obama, for overseeing one of the poorest towns in Los Angeles County. Spaccia makes $376,288 a year and Adams earns $457,000, 50 percent more than Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Mayor Oscar Hernandez (left), greets people lining up for food in Bell, Calif., where the poverty rate is 17 percent. Mr. Hernandez defended the six-figure salaries of some city officials.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Mayor Oscar Hernandez (left), greets people lining up for food in Bell, Calif., where the poverty rate is 17 percent. Mr. Hernandez defended the six-figure salaries of some city officials.
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Eloise Spooner, 82, poses with her husband, George, 88, at their farm near Iron City, Ga., on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Shirley Sherrod, a black USDA official, was fired when she said in a speech that she had failed to give Spooner her full support when he faced the loss of his family farm in the 1980s, long before she went to work for the USDA. (AP Photo/Elliott Minor)
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Kenyatta Sherrod, left, and Russia Sherrod, the children of Shirley Sherrod, speak to a reporter after a rally in support for their mother on Wednesday, July 21, 2010, in Albany, Ga. The White House did a sudden about-face Wednesday and begged for forgiveness from the black Agriculture Department employee whose ouster ignited an embarrassing political firestorm over race. (AP Photo/The Albany Herald, Terry Lewis)
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An Afghan army soldier poses after swimming in a canal near the joint Afghan-U.S. base COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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FILE - This file photo of Nov. 11, 1998 shows Swedish journalist and author Stieg Larsson. (AP Photo/Scanpix Sweden/Jan Collsioo, File)
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On March 1, 2009, this panel appeared in The Washington Times as part of Alex Hunter's "The Big Picture."
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A model of a Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) Ltd. T-50 Golden Eagle FA-50 fighter jet sits on display on the third day of the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, England, on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. The Farnborough International Airshow is being held from July 19-25. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
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A fighter jet takes off for a flight display during the Farnborough International Airshow, Farnborough, England, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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An Airbus A400M flies in a display during the Farnborough International Airshow, in Farnborough, England, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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The Red Devils, during a display, during the Farnborough International Airshow, in Farnborough, England, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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Visitors look at a Thales UK Watchkeeper drone on display on the third day of the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, England, on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. The Farnborough International Airshow is being held from July 19-25. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
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Local residents watch an Airbus SAS A380 airplane fly overhead on the third day of the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, England, on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. The Farnborough International Airshow is being held from July 19-25. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
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Thales SA Helie night vision goggles are seen on display on the third day of the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, England, on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. The Farnborough International Airshow is being held from July 19-25. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
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A youngster plays with gadget controls inside the original Aston Martin DB5 car driven by Sean Connery in the James Bond films Goldfinger and Thunderball, as it displayed for the media in London, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. The car is estimated to fetch in the region of $4.6 million when it is sold at auction in London on Oct. 27. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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Traffic wardens walk past the original Aston Martin DB5 car driven by Sean Connery in the James Bond films Goldfinger and Thunderball as it displayed for the media in London, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. The car is estimated to fetch in the region of $4.6 million when it is sold at auction in London on Oct. 27. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
