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Recently, GOP congressional candidate and San Joaquin County Supervisor Tom Patti attempted and failed to abolish the county code of conduct – again. Perhaps Patti is not a fan of the code because he has been found guilty of violating it multiple times.
Patti’s petulant personality continues to get him in hot water. This year, Patti cried foul when an ad hoc board found he violated the code of ethics after continuously harassing a female colleague. Unable to take personal responsibility, Tom Patti insisted the rules were wrong, rather than his behavior. In his cynical victimhood, Patti even went so far as to lie – claiming he had no opportunity to represent his side of events, even though county counsel urged him to take the board’s opportunity to interview.
DCCC Spokesperson Maddy Mundy:
“Tom Patti thinks he’s above the rules, and can just get rid of them to suit his self-serving interest. If Patti cannot handle the responsibility of being a county supervisor without abusing his power, he has no business representing the Valley in the halls of Congress.”
Read more about Tom Patti’s misconduct below.
Stocktonia: Tom Patti’s censure highlights his misconduct
By Michael Fitzgerald
September 21st, 2022
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Found guilty of numerous violations, censured by the board, including his allies, and accused of more violations, Patti concluded there is a real problem … with the code of ethics.
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“The ethics code should not concern itself with professional conduct or courtesy,” he actually said.
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Most of the allegations against Patti – that for a year he bullied Supervisor Kathy Miller’s chief of staff, Camille Zapata, slamming doors in her face, branding her a liar in public meetings, threatening her job – were “sustained,” or found true, by an ad hoc committee.
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Patti rejected the findings. He followed the old adage: When innocent, attack the evidence. When guilty, attack the process. And attack poor Zapata, against whom he retaliated by filing his own allegations.
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The supervisor repeatedly complained he was never given a chance to say his side.
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A board majority didn’t buy it. Not the least reason being that it was patently false, and Patti was lying in front of the very people who knew better.
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Board Chair Chuck Winn: “It is not true you were never given the opportunity to be interviewed. You were given the opportunity and you declined.”
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Patti, backpedaling: Giving the interview “was not my top-tier concern.”
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County Counsel Mark Myles said he personally gave Patti the information. And urged him to cooperate. Patti blew it off. Then when held responsible he played the victim.
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