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From our local ABC affiliate today comes a news story about our State Senator Jim Alesi, who was re-elected this past November after a nasty and contentious campaign.

Last Spring, when the State Senate voted on a marriage equality bill, Senator Alesi pretended to “agonize” over his decision, voting “No” after assuring his constituents who lobbied him for equality that he would vote yes, claiming it didn’t have a chance so he voted “No.”  I wish I could call that bad logic but the word logic doesn’t even come into play with that kind of statement.

But here’s the thing — three years ago, Senator Alesi entered a home that was under construction, WITHOUT permission from the owners and WITHOUT permission from the contractor.  In other words, he was trespassing at the least and guilty of breaking and entering at the most.  Apparently, seeing that there was no stairwell built between the basement and the first floor, Senator Alesi decided to climb a ladder that was on site to check out the upstairs.  He fell off the ladder, sustaining pretty serious injury to his leg, which required surgery.

Feeling that pressing charges or suing the Senator would accomplish nothing, the couple that had recently purchased the still-under-construction home declined to prosecute or sue.  They told the local ABC affilate that they “didn’t want to make a bad situation worse” for the jerk.

Apparently they had three years to press trespassing charges before the statute of limitations expired.  That statute expired this past Tuesday.  On the very day that statute expired, the Senator filed a lawsuit against the homeowners and the construction company, alleging of all things that the place wasn’t safe, and claiming that HE was PLACED AT RISK (while trespassing) because of the contractor’s negligence (apparently in leaving a ladder on a construction site).

So, let’s recap…

1. Senator enters a construction site without permission from anyone.
2. Senator climbs a ladder at said construction site and falls and breaks his leg.
3. Owners and contractors decline to press charges because they’re decent people.
4. Senator sues decent people claiming they are responsible for his irresponsibility.

Got it?

I’m betting Senator Alesi has already made the decision to not run for re-election when his time is up again and decided he needs a nice retirement income (in the form of damages from the lawsuit) on which to live.

Is there any wonder people don’t trust elected officials?

This guy is truly, without any doubt, a real piece of shit.

 

***1/23 UPDATE***

The contractor’s wife has a blog and has an informative recap of the facts here.