Ed Jew, the disgraced former San Francisco Supervisor who was convicted of trying to extort $80,000 from constituents, was sentenced last week to more than five years in federal prison -- a punishment that exceeded the prosecutor's request: Former S.F. supervisor sentenced to prison.
It was the tapioca shakedown. Jew pleaded guilty in October to one count each of mail fraud, bribery and extortion for trying to shake down business owners of tapioca drink shops, who spoke little English and were new to city bureaucracy. Basically, an elected city official exploiting his own people.
Now, he's got 64 months long months behind bars to think about everthing he's done wrong, starting on July 1, when he has to turn himself in. See ya, Ed. Political extortion sucks, doesn't it? Prison sucks more. Watch your back in there.
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