Guardian photo of Ed Jew by Charles Russo
By Sarah Phelan
Before leaving the country at 1am this morning for the home of his ancestors, beleagured Supervisor Ed Jew managed to find time–in between luggage packing and driving to the airport–to dash off a letter to City Attorney Dennis Herrera, requesting an inquiry into “the apparent willful disclosure of confidential personal information by an employee or employees of the Public Utilities Commission.”
Wow. We knew that Jew wasn’t a big fan of the PUC, as witnessed by his ultimately unsuccessful 2005 battle against sewer, water and garbage hikes. But who knew that the supervisor, who is being investigated by the FBI for demanding money from a tapioca bubble drink shop chain in exchange for mucho cash would end up accusing the SFPUC of releasing cherry picked information to the running dogs of the press to make him look bad. Hot diggitty!