Chronicle Ignores Controversial Donations to Favored Supe Candidate

On August 7, Chronicle columnists Matier & Ross wrote that the candidate with the “most dough so far in this fall's San Francisco Board of Supervisors sweepstakes is Jaynry Mak, a little-known but apparently well-wired political insider who has amassed more than $100,000 -- with a good chunk of it coming in $500 checks from an assortment of maids, handymen and even the unemployed.” This was followed on September 14 by an article repeating the above claims and charging Mak with failing to disclose her ownership interest in real estate valued at more than $6 million and the income she received from it while working as Fiona Ma’s legislative aide.

These stories had one goal: to portray Mak as a “political insider” and violator of ethics laws. The fact that Mak was on maternity leave during nearly all of the period she failed to disclose her ownership interests was ignored, as has been the fact that she has been charged with no wrongdoing for receiving contributions.

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