Danny Ramirez may be the least known Democrat in the CD 51 Filner-Vargas brouhaha, but he may also be working for Filner.
Thanks to John Dadian for sending this along from the Capitol Morning Report:
Danny Ramirez, a Democrat running in the 51st CD, has announced filing a criminal complaint with the DAs in Imperial and San Diego counties and with the AG’s office against his opponent Asm. Juan Vargas and Vargas’ “campaign staff man” George Bresnahan. Ramirez says Vargas and Bresnahan violated CA Election Code 18205 by offering him “valuable consideration” in exchange for running in the 80th AD instead of the 51st CD. According to Ramirez, he and Bresnahan are acquaintances from church and Bresnahan visited his home on the evening of March 7. Ramirez recalls Bresnahan saying explicitly that he’d been “sent by Juan Vargas to make an offer or deal with me in regard to not becoming a candidate for the 51st CD.” The approach made Ramirez “uncomfortable,” he says, “so I promptly got a witness.” Ramirez remembers Bresnahan saying to him, “Danny, both you and Juan Vargas have Hispanic names, so you know what will happen? Filner will win.” Ramirez says Bresnahan made it “very clear” what Vargas would provide if he’d pull out of the 51st CD race and instead run in the 80th AD. Among the inducements, Vargas would “put at my disposal his staff, his political advisors and his consultants.” Ramirez says he immediately rejected the offer, but he only recently became aware that offering inducements to run for office was a criminal act. He “then immediately filed the criminal complaint.” Contact: Ramirez 760 357 3006.
The fun never ends this time of year.