Perata's bizarre comments muddy school funding debate

Halfway to Concord ^ | 3/18/8 | Bill Gram-Reefer

[SmithL]

This guy is nuts. Termed-out Democratic Senate leader, Dom Perata, laid out some insane claims yesterday in his whistle stop tour of the Bay Area to drum up support against education cuts during California’s budget crisis. Perata was flanked by local democrat soldiers, Assemblyman Mark DeSaulnier, who will be unopposed in the Democrat Primary for Torlakson’s seat, along with termed out Senator Tom Torlakson, who will be running for DeSaulnier’s seat; kind of a Contra Costa County two-fer.

When informed businesses are importing foreign workers that can actually read English while the government run schools fail to teach American kids how to spell, Perata lambasted business instead of poor school performance, “What the hell kind of sense does that make,” he railed while pounding the podium with a shoe.

Here’s a good one: “Can we afford to pay more taxes,” Perata asked? “No. But do we have to pay more? Yes, and we will.” If this guy keeps answering his own questions like this, California will be bankrupt before the guys in the white coats come with the meds.

Perata and his thralls in the Assembly have built the structural budget mess California is currently in by spending $400 million to $600 million a month more than it takes in.

[SmithL]

[SmithL]

peRATa Ping

[NormsRevenge]

methinks the Grand Jury is getting close to doing their duty..

PeRata Perp walk,, can’t wait..