Denham Files Criminal Complaints Against Perata

by Lucas O'Connor [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Senator Jeff Denham knows he can't win on his record.  He knows that the state's budget is screwed, he was and remains part of the problem and people are smart enough to put it together.  And since he can't resist a recall on his actual performance as a legislator, he's left bitching and moaning over ticky-tack stuff that only matters if you're scared of being judged on your merits.

So today, Denham filed two criminal complaints against Senator Don Perata.  They object to some pretty innocuous and obscure actions- like a Senate staffer translating a transcript- which, while worth being looked at, have nothing to do with the actual substance of the recall election. It's misdirection, it's obfuscation, and it's a refusal to take responsibility for the crisis that the state is facing.  Par for the course these days from the Yacht Party and it's preference for party loyalty over productive governance.

Senator Denham continues to base his entire campaign on the notion that his behavior is no business of anyone outside the district.  He complains that Perata shouldn't be involved, outside activists shouldn't be involved, that the eyes of the state have been unjustly turned to his record and district.  But when Senator Denham obstructs a workable budget, it isn't just his district that suffers.  Kids are losing teachers in every corner of the state because of the budget shortfall that Denham helped create.  Vital services are being slashed across California because Denham refuses to deal in fiscal reality instead of partisan obstinacy.

We're all in Jeff Denham's district, and if he's going to whine about it, maybe he should find a different line of work.