Comments on: Perata tucks into a heaping plate of crow

By: Another of Don Perata’s legacies - Political Blotter - Politics in the Bay Area and beyond

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:54:39 +0000

[...] nothing save lining his Perata’s favorite political consultants’ pockets and giving Denham more street cred with California conservatives should he ever run for statewide [...]

By: Stockton firm helps Jeff Denham pay recall debt - Political Blotter - Politics in the Bay Area and beyond

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:02:04 +0000

[...] Sen. Jeff Denham, R-Merced, retire almost half his remaining debt from fighting off last year’s abortive, Don Perata-conceived recall [...]

By: The Jeff Denham recall is a flop. - Political Blotter - Politics in the Bay Area and beyond

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:57:11 +0000

[...] district, and it appears the effort to recall him — an effort concieved, bankrolled and then abandoned by Oakland’s own state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata — is going down to defeat in [...]

By: Suffering in Oakland

Suffering in Oakland — Fri, 09 May 2008 05:25:41 +0000

Perata has a new target. He wants to bully Oakland mayor Dellums out of office this year, two years short of a full term. Perata has threatened a recall, got involved with a more-cops initiative, and wants to plant Kerry Hamill, who was his chief of staff, on the city council in the at-large seat. Unfortunately, labor’s candidate Rebecca Kaplan can’t beat Hamill.