ED JEW keeps up regular schedule, says constituents care more about Muni than investigations
22 May 2007By Pat Murphy
Sentinel Editor & Publisher
Copyright © 2007 San Francisco Sentinel
Muni service and neighborhood preservation issues dominated constituent dialogue with Supervisor Ed Jew last night despite the daily media crucible begun Friday, Jew said in an exclusive interview with the Sentinel this afternoon.
FBI Special Agent Joseph Schadler confirmed that agents from the FBI’s public corruption unit searched Jew’s office and other properties owned by the supervisor on Friday.
In a related development, City Attorney Dennis Herrera opened an investigation Monday as to whether Jew meets residency requirements to hold the District 4 Supervisor seat.
But in District 4 where Jew’s constituents reside, last night’s community forum indicated residents are more concerned with constituency services than headlines, noted Jew.
“They were talking about preservation,” Jew detailed.
“They asked me questions at Muni — the N-Line — and I just had a meeting with the mayor and the N-Line is going to be restored to its usual schedule that will benefit everybody that’s going to go all the way to Caltrain.
“That will relieve all that frustration that people have to wait an hour and a half and so forth.”
Jew kept his schedule set prior to Friday, stated the District 4 Supervisor.
“I’m just doing what a supervisor is supposed to do,” he continued.
“Last weekend I was out and about — I went to four events Sunday.
“Sunday night I went to over to the Green Party. They had invited me to speak to them there.
“On Monday night, I spoke for 28 minutes (at the Sunset community meeting) and after that I walked home.”
Jew “thanked the Chinese community for its support” prior to attending today’s 2:00 p.m. Board of Supervisors meeting, and extended gratitude to his family.
“My is wife is supporting me 100%-plus, and my daughter just emailed me saying, ‘I love you, Daddy. I love you.’
“That’s better than anything in the world.”
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PAT MURPHY
Sentinel Editor & Publisher
In his youth, Pat Murphy worked as a General Assignment reporter for the Richmond Independent, the Berkeley Daily Gazette, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He served as Managing Editor of the St. Albans (Vermont) Daily Messenger at age 21. Murphy also launched ValPak couponing in San Francisco, as the company’s first San Francisco franchise owner. He walked the bricks, developing ad strategy for a broad range of restaurants and merchants. Pat knows what works and what doesn’t work. His writing skill has been employed by marketing agencies, including Don Solem & Associates. He has covered San Francisco governance for the past ten years. Pat scribes an offbeat view of the human family through Believe It or What.
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