State Sen. Jeff Denham's campaign filed criminal complaints Thursday with state and local prosecutors, accusing Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata of illegally pressuring Senate aides into working to recall Denham.
Perata, D-Oakland, is trying to unseat Denham, R-Atwater, who angered Perata during last year's 53-day state budget stalemate when he joined his GOP colleagues in voting against the spending plan.
Thursday's complaints, filed with the California Attorney General's Office and Sacramento County District Attorney's Office, stem from a letter and an e-mail sent to Senate aides last week by Perata and a firm owned by his political consultant.
In the letter, sent by Perata to a handful of Democratic senators whose chiefs of staff did not attend a planning meeting for the June 3 legislative races, Perata made clear he expected the aides to work on political campaigns.
Well, honestly, Perata, we all know that staffers take vacation time and campaign, but don't write it down.
These squabbles really don't make anyone look good, do they?
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