More than three state senators were temporarily locked out of their Sacramento offices this week. All Californians were, as Senate President Pro-Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, declared freedom of thought will not be tolerated in his chambers. Perata deludes himself to think he is the elected dictator of the Senate. He is the presiding officer of the Legislature's upper house. Californians to Perata: You're merely a first among equals. Voters elected Democrats Ron Calderon of Montebello, Lou Correra of Santa Ana and Gloria Negrete-McLeod of Chino to represent their interests, not Perata's or even the Democratic Party's in the Senate. When...