{"id":2955,"date":"2011-07-29T10:49:34","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T18:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=2955"},"modified":"2017-05-28T17:28:15","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T01:28:15","slug":"candidates-call-mayor-ed-lees-integrity-into-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2955\/candidates-call-mayor-ed-lees-integrity-into-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidates Call Mayor Ed Lee\u2019s Integrity into Question"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2011\/bos_ed_lee_swearing_in_20110111\/_w2w9847_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interim mayor Ed Lee was sworn into office, 1\/11\/11, on the understanding he would not run for a full term. Photos by Luke Thomas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/luke\/\">Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>July 29, 2011<\/p>\n<p>Mayoral candidates David Chiu and John Avalos are calling into question interim Mayor Ed Lee\u2019s character and integrity.<\/p>\n<p>The question of Lee\u2019s integrity is being raised following Lee\u2019s recent comments suggesting he is now considering going against his word and entering the mayor\u2019s race.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The Board of Supervisors appointed Lee interim mayor in January to complete former Mayor Gavin Newsom\u2019s term on the explicit understanding an appointed \u201ccaretaker\u201d mayor would not run for a full term.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Lee\u2019s appointment, several campaigns to draft Lee into the mayor\u2019s race emerged; one dubbed \u201cRun, Ed, Run\u201d has the backing of Chinese Chamber of Commerce consultant and Chinatown powerbroker Rose Pak, as well as former Mayor Willie Brown.<\/p>\n<p>Several candidates are calling for an investigation into alleged campaign finance violations by Progress for All, the name of the committee behind the \u201cRun, Ed, Run\u201d campaign, the San Francisco Chronicle <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2011\/07\/28\/MNOV1KGCS9.DTL\">reported<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEd [Lee] committed to the public as well as those who voted for him repeatedly that he was not going to run for mayor,\u201d said Board of Supervisors President David Chiu following his submission of 14,000 signatures in lieu of a filing fee to the Department of Elections yesterday.\u00a0 \u201cThe last week has been surprising and I think we all hope that he will be a man of his word and a man of integrity and stick to his commitments.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2011\/avalos_chiu_file_sigs_20110728\/_w2w1577_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayoral candidate David Chiu submitted as many as 14,000 signatures in lieu of a filing fee yesterday to the San Francisco Department of Elections. <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Chiu said he voted for Lee for interim mayor \u201con the clear understanding\u201d that Lee would not run for a full term, as did Supervisor John Avalos, former Supervisors Michela Alioto-Pier and Bevan Dufty, Chiu said, all mayoral contenders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly, he will have broken his word,\u201d said Avalos, who also submitted signatures \u2013 11,000 &#8211; in lieu of a filing fee yesterday. \u201cIt would be a huge advantage that Ed Lee has being the incumbent,\u201d adding that with an incumbent running, \u201cit\u2019s certainly not an open seat race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether there\u2019s a legitimate question being raised about Lee\u2019s integrity, Avalos said, \u201cOf course there\u2019s an issue of integrity.\u00a0 I think that this race comes down to integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he is angry about what some are viewing as a perversion of democracy, political corruption and a betrayal of the public trust, Avalos said, \u201cI\u2019m angry about a lot of things.\u00a0 I am angry that the politics here are shifting so far to the middle that everyone\u2019s playing footsie with each other and allowing corporations and big businesses to control San Francisco.\u00a0 That\u2019s what I\u2019m angry about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEd Lee\u2019s going to be part of that political establishment if he runs and I\u2019m angry about that &#8211; the new boss is same as the old boss as far as I\u2019m concerned and I want to put forward an administration that puts people first,\u201d Avalos added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2011\/avalos_chiu_file_sigs_20110728\/_w2w1629_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayoral candidate John Avalos submitted 11,000 signatures in lieu of a filing fee yesterday to the San Francisco Department of Elections.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Repeated requests for comment from the mayor&#8217;s office were not answered at the time of publication of this report.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: In the interest of transparency, Luke Thomas was hired by the &#8220;Run, Ed, Run&#8221; campaign in his capacity as a professional photographer to take photos for the campaign website.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The question of Lee\u2019s integrity is being raised following Lee\u2019s recent comments suggesting he is now considering going against his word and entering the mayor\u2019s 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