Any veteran of local government knows of Bob Filner’s proclivities. I’ve raised the issue a number of times with the press in “off the record” discussions over the years — the latest on the morning of the PM blockbuster announcement by the three Dem leaders.
Indeed, many of us personally know at least one woman who has suffered the “Filner experience.” The stories are legion. And not limited to his female employees.
But the Democrat Party (like the Catholic Church hierarchy) has covered up. Even when one of their own — a former Dem state Assemblywoman — brought forward that she knew SIX women who had suffered Filner indignities, they apparently ignored it. Here’s that story…
http://voiceofsandiego.org/2013/07/11/ex-legislator-i-warned-democratic-party-about-filner-two-years-ago/
Ex-Legislator: I Warned Democratic Party About Filner Two Years Ago
BY LIAM DILLON
The local Democratic Party has known for a long time about sexual harassment allegations against Bob Filner, a former Democratic assemblywoman said in a Thursday interview.
“I blew the whistle on this two years ago to the Democratic Party leadership,” former Assemblywoman Lori Saldaña said.
To read the rest of the VOICE story, go to the link above.