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If you have been following San Francisco local politics, you will have heard that Ed Jew, one of eleven members of the city’s Board of Supervisors (Jew represents District 4), is accused of falsifying his residency on 28th Avenue while actually living
in Burlingame three-plus years before he filed to run for his seat in 2006. As The San Francisco Chronicle has reported:
“It wasn’t just Chinese Americans sticking up for Jew at the rally Friday. Joe O’Donoghue, former head of the Residential Builders Association, said Jew should stay in office and fight what he characterized as a media witch hunt. “The press has not played fair,” he said. “If you’re an immigrant or a minority, you’re a second-class citizen in this country.” Rita Goldberger, a Sunset resident and a Green Party member, said she just about always disagrees politically with Jew, a former member of the Republican Party. But she thinks it’s unfair that several of Jew’s more liberal colleagues on the Board of Supervisors are calling for his resignation. “Not one of them cares where Ed sleeps,” she said. “The only thing they care about is how he votes.”
From the little I have read and seen in local TV, the evidence against Jew does seem damning, but the media coverage and Jew’s critics have been calling for his immediate resignation. But I do agree, that in the United States, one is innocent until proven guilty. It’s interesting to see how the “race card” in this incident is being played up, and there is great sensitivity since Ed Jew is Chinese, as San Francisco has a lot of Asian Americans:
“Asian Americans are often called “the sleeping giant” in San Francisco politics because they make up a third of city residents, but don’t have much political representation. Jew is the only Asian American on the Board of Supervisors.”
I kind of always knew the percentage of Asian Americans in San Francisco was high, but am always surprised to always read the actual figure.
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Jew pissed somebody off. Post all the facts - earlier this year his house and office were raided for financial information from a $40,000 kickback he received from Quickly for consulting services.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/...
It's clear he's on SOMEONE's political hit list. Is he the cleanest politician? Probably not. I'd like to see how this plays out ...
P.S. Yeah, San Francisco is 33% API. I can work for any company downtown and expect around a 40% API workforce.
Jew pissed somebody off. Post all the facts - earlier this year his house and office were raided for financial information from a $40,000 kickback he received from Quickly for consulting services.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/...
It's clear he's on SOMEONE's political hit list. Is he the cleanest politician? Probably not. I'd like to see how this plays out ...
P.S. Yeah, San Francisco is 33% API. I can work for any company downtown and expect around a 40% API workforce.
great report John! I'd just like to point out that I disagree with the notion that AAs don't "have much" political representation in San Francisco. While, I'm sure there could be more, it should be pointed out that Jew is not the ONLY AA ever on the board as the quote implies. There are many, many AAs that work in an appointed fashion in City government and in the past there has been more on the Board.
The district politics in the Sunset and Richmond are fairly complex. Asian Americans and esp. Chinese Americans have considerable business sway in those areas and often support candidates that support their interests (just like anybody else), so I'm a bit suspect of the Jew supporters calling the race card and playing up the "second class" argument which is, well not so valid in SF, in my opinion.
Granted, the Board tends to come from the intolerantly liberal front, and so I'm sure some are using this as an opportunity to oust Jew based on his politics, but like you said, his finances are suspect and the residency thing... I'm sorry, but it IS a big deal in a snobby municipality like ours.
But on a lighter note. Have any of you seen the LOLJews out there???
Check 'em out! funny!
great report John! I'd just like to point out that I disagree with the notion that AAs don't "have much" political representation in San Francisco. While, I'm sure there could be more, it should be pointed out that Jew is not the ONLY AA ever on the board as the quote implies. There are many, many AAs that work in an appointed fashion in City government and in the past there has been more on the Board.
The district politics in the Sunset and Richmond are fairly complex. Asian Americans and esp. Chinese Americans have considerable business sway in those areas and often support candidates that support their interests (just like anybody else), so I'm a bit suspect of the Jew supporters calling the race card and playing up the "second class" argument which is, well not so valid in SF, in my opinion.
Granted, the Board tends to come from the intolerantly liberal front, and so I'm sure some are using this as an opportunity to oust Jew based on his politics, but like you said, his finances are suspect and the residency thing... I'm sorry, but it IS a big deal in a snobby municipality like ours.
But on a lighter note. Have any of you seen the LOLJews out there???
Check 'em out! funny!
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