Two Prominent Democratic Women Leaders Blast Scott Peters as a “Privileged Man”
Former Assemblywoman and Former Vice Chair of local Democratic Party
San Diego – Former state assemblywoman Lori Saldana took to twitter Friday afternoon to blast incumbent Congressman Scott Peters. It is not the first time a prominent democratic woman took Peters to task and Saldana’s criticisms echoed a scathing post by Martha Sullivan, former Vice Chair of the San Diego Democratic Party.
Saldana chided Peters for his role in the fiscal scandal that almost bankrupted San Diego by tweeting out a UT San Diego story on millions legal bills that Peters and other city politicians racked up to defend themselves against charges they committed “securities fraud.”
Lori Saldana @LoriSaldanaSD RE: being accountable, see:SEC fraud investigation costs: (www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080728/news_1m28legal.html
Saldana also criticized Peters claim to have reformed Congressional pay, noting that Members of Congress will still get paid regardless of whether they pass a budget.
Lori Saldana @LoriSaldanaSD “Withheld pay would be released when budget is passed/when the current Congress ends, even if no budget is adopted”
In 2012, then-Vice Chair of the San Diego Democratic Party announced her resignation from her party post and wrote a scathing attack on Scott Peters, saying:
“And this is one big reason why I am resigning as a Vice Chair of the San Diego County Democratic Party, because this (Scott Peters) is NOT who we need to send to Congress to represent the new 52nd Congressional District — yet another wealthy, privileged man who pays us lip service but goes along to get along.”
– Former San Diego Democratic Party Vice Chair Martha Sullivan writing for OB Rag, June 2012