San Diego Democratic Party Chairman ignored reports from multiple women because Candidate Filner was best chance for victory in Mayoral race

The Atlantic reports that multiple allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior by Congressman Bob Filner toward a number of different women were reported to the Chairman of the Democratic Party in San Diego.  However, no action was taken and the reports were silently filed away all because Bob Filner was the best chance for the Democratic Party to finally capture the mayoral seat of the 8th largest city in the United States.  The Democratic Party allowed women to be abused for their political self-interest.  Depending on the success of the recall petition, San Diego will be abused for the next three years.
Former California State Assemblywoman Lori Saldaña, San Diego County Democratic Central Committee member Martha Sullivan, and Escondido City Council member Olga Diaz all brought uncomfortable incidents to the attention of Jess Durfee, who was until the end of 2012 Democratic Party chairman for San Diego, the eighth-largest city in America.

What happened next illustrates the enormous challenge the situation presented to local Democrats, who were looking to Filner as their best shot at retaking the mayor’s seat in the heavily Republican community for the first time since 1992. It also reveals the party’s short-sighted and ultimately self-destructive failure to do due diligence on the accusations, which were presented to the party secondhand and yet failed to trigger any kind of substantive investigation, or even an intra-party conversation with a lawyer.

…She brought six women’s stories to Durfee in the summer of 2011, she said, though she did not have any direct experience of inappropriate conduct herself.

“We’re all wondering, ‘Why didn’t the chairman listen to our concerns?'” Saldaña said.

One thought on “San Diego Democratic Party Chairman ignored reports from multiple women because Candidate Filner was best chance for victory in Mayoral race

  1. bob jones

    Just SOP for the Dems, nothing matters except money, power and total control. They ignore the law, morality, decency, common sense and the will of the people in every thing they do. And they protect their own no matter how heinous the crime. There is no liberal Democrat Party anymore, they are now just hard, far left socialists who are totally insane and totally out of control in their quest for power.

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