Former SF supervisor Ed Jew (from fogcityjournal.com)
Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
Over a year after he was accused of extorting people who wanted to open Quickly Tapioca branches in the Sunset District in San Francisco, Ed Jew has now pleaded guilty to all federal charges against him, including mail fraud, extortion and soliciting a bribe.
Soon after these allegations came to light, a state investigation was launched where Jew was accused of actually living in Burlingame, a suburb south of San Francisco, instead of actually living in the Sunset. On top of the long federal prison sentence he already faces, he could face even more jail time after the state is done with its investigation.
According to SFGate.com, his lawyer came up with this explanation: Jew’s attorney said his client believed his actions were legal because that’s how he learned to behave in politics.
No wonder there weren’t any supporters waiting for him this time after he pleaded guilty today.
If anything, this embarrassment has led to a huge increase in Asian American candidates running for supervisory positions in SF, including my new home district: the Richmond; and they’re finally not focused on just the Sunset.
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3 Comments to “Former SF supervisor Ed Jew pleads guilty to federal charges”
John wrote:
I heard the news about this yesterday. I hope we never have to hear about Ed Jew or Norman Hsu in the news ever again! Vote for Eric Mar and David Chiu for San Francisco Supervisors!
Posted on 11-Oct-08 at 9:53 am | Permalink
8Asians.com » David Chiu is the First Asian American EVER to be Elected to Represent Chinatown: An Asian American/Asian Canadian Blog wrote:
[...] and Carmen Chu won for the City Supervisor positions; Chu was originally appointed to her District after Supervisor Ed Jew resigned. This makes for a record three Asian Americans representing the city of San Francisco out of a [...]
Posted on 06-Dec-08 at 7:31 pm | Permalink
8Asians.com » Former San Francisco Supervisor Ed Jew Sentenced to Prison wrote:
[...] We’ve followed former San Francisco Supervisor Ed Jew’s political saga who pleaded guilty to all federal charges against him, including mail fraud, extortion and soliciting a bribe last fall. Today, Jew was sentenced to prison: Disgraced former San Francisco Supervisor Ed Jew was sentenced to more than five years in prison today after earlier pleading guilty to federal bribery and corruption charges … “I don’t think this was just a lapse in judgment or a poor decision,” Judge Susan Illston said in handing down a 64-month prison sentence and a $10,000 fine. “This was a corrupt act that was undertaken.” [...]
Posted on 06-Apr-09 at 7:00 am | Permalink
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