[Editor’s Note: We have obtained a copy of the scorching letter, dated Nov. 8, that the longtime chair of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party sent to state Assembly candidate Christopher Armenta over his mailer two days before that assaulted his chief rival in the Dec. 3 special election.]
Dear Mr. Armenta,
[img]2266|right|Eric Bauman||no_popup[/img]I was displeased to learn of your recent attack mailer against fellow Democrat Sebastian Ridley-Thomas.
Instead of focusing on the serious issues of the day, you made a less-than-truthful attack designed to polarize the voters of Assembly District 54.
I’ll remind you that after careful consideration, the Democratic Party voted overwhelmingly to endorse Sebastian Ridley-Thomas with 89% of the votes cast. I don’t believe they were “convinced,” as your mailer says, by anything other than who will best represent working families in the 54th District.
There are too many falsehoods in your attack to refute one-by-one, but as a proud, practicing Jewish American, just let me say don’t appreciate the overtones used to insinuate anyone pushed to have the election scheduled for “the middle of Hanukah.” You and I both know that Governor Brown set the Special Election Date for December 3rd, and alleging anything to the contrary is patently untrue.
I ask that in the future you stick to the issues instead of baseless attacks. Since I see you are such a fan of dictionary definitions, I will leave you with one I hope you will lean on for the remainder of this campaign.
in.teg.ri.ty
in’tegrite
noun
1. the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.
Synonyms: honesty, probity, rectitude, honor, good character, principle(s), ethics, morals, righteousness, morality, virtue, decency, fairness, scrupulousness, sincerity, truthfulness, trustworthiness.
Sebastian Ridley-Thomas possesses all of these qualities, and that is why he is the only candidate endorsed by the Democratic Party. I hope that your campaign can strive to display a little more of them – the people of the 54th AD deserve that much from you.
Democratically yours,
Eric C. Bauman
The party may be contacted at info@lacdp.org
