Remember Ed Jew, the wonderfully named, gentile Chinese-American who was elected last year to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors? Yea, it appears his political career was a short one. Jew turned himself in to authorities yesterday, after a warrant was issued for his arrest on charges of unlawfully accepting cash, falsifying his residence, and numerous other crimes.
I didn't think it was possible for a sitting elected official to be simultaneously accused of as many crimes as Bernard Kerik was, but apparently both Vince Fumo and Ed Jew have now surpassed him.
Lots of great headlines on the matter: "Newsom has authority to remove, replace Jew"; "Jew's lawyer rips local probe as 'politically driven'", and "Immigrants’ eviction part of Jew's track record."
Posted by Stephen Silver at June 13, 2007 04:47 PM