People Who Live in Glass Houses Shouldn't Throw Stones
THE LIE: About a month ago, D-1 voters received several push poll calls that were paid for by independent expenditures supporting David Lee. The poll asked several “whisper campaign” questions implicating several “facts” about Supervisor Eric Mar that were either grossly exaggerated, misconstrued, or completely and utterly false. One question implied that Mar has failed to pay his property taxes and as a result has had a lien put on his house. We can’t really refute or comment on the details of this claim; but only because there’s never actually been any prior public information or press on the matter. Nonetheless, it doesn't help Mar to win over some swing voters.
Well played David Lee, right? Or not.
THE TRUTH: According to an October 4th article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
“Filed Monday with the San Francisco Ethics Commission by Friends of Ethics, the complaint alleges that Lee didn't properly disclose his income from the Chinese American Voter Education Committee from 2008 to 2011 while he was a Recreation and Park commissioner.”
So how exactly much income did he fail to report? Well, in 2010 alone, his income as the Executive Director of CAVEC was $92,000. In all, the claim states that his income for the whole three year period totaled $600,000. What the what!?!?!
Of course, David Lee’s campaign consultant, Jim Ross tried to smooth things over calling it a “mistake” that Lee eventually tried to correct. But Bob Planthold, who filed the complaint doesn’t buy it.:
“That’s similar to a bank robber saying ‘oh, I”ll just give the money back,” he said. “If you’re in public office, you should be held to a higher standard of reporting.”
To make things worse, David Lee responded to the complaint in an email and campaign blog post where he actually blames Eric Mar and his evil supporters, based on a rumor that he heard (and we all know how David feels about rumors). David even has the nerve to deny the facts with the following statement:
"This invented attack is not surprising, but it is disappointing.”
Wait a second … Really dude? There is no such thing as inventing publicly accessible tax records. But what we'd really like to know is how exactly does one even overlook earning $92,000 a year? Please enlighten us.
So what David Lee is implying is that it’s totally cool to manipulate invent “facts” about Eric Mar's tax records. But then when the tables are turned, then it’s all just a big conspiracy to disparage his good name and the integrity of CAVEC … notwithstanding public records of course.
Current Score: David Lee 0; The Facts 2