Indicted California Democratic State Senator Leland “Uncle” Yee finished third out of a field of eight candidates for the post of California secretary of state, collecting “more than a quarter-million votes“.
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Noted for the historical record.
Wednesday, June 4th, 2014Your Yee update.
Friday, April 4th, 2014Mike the Musicologist forwarded an amusing article from the Sacramento Bee about indicted California Democratic State Senator Leland “Uncle” Yee.
Among other things, “Uncle” used campaign funds for his trips to the Philippines, where he allegedly tried to arrange his illegal gun deals:
Also interesting: “Uncle” spent a total of $62,000 in campaign funds at the New Asia restaurant in San Francisco. I believe this is the New Asia in question.
Yeah, you were waiting for “Shrimp Boy” to show up, weren’t you? And by the way, the owner of New Asia is charged with receiving and transporting stolen property: specifically, 15 cases of Johnnie Walker Blue Label.
Edited to add: I was finishing up this post as I was coming off my lunch hour, so I pushed research duties to Mike the Musicologist. For those of you (like me) who aren’t that up on your Johnnie Walker label colors, Blue is at the highest end of the Walker line in regular production (as opposed to the occasional special edition/one off runs). Wikipedia says it goes for $200 – $300 a bottle, but the prices Mike and I turned up were more like $1,000 for a case (six bottles). So we’re talking $15,000 worth of blended Scotch. Not exactly something to sneeze at, for sure, but it seems kind of petty compared to “Tell me about the rockets, Leland!” and contract killers.
Plus, you know, this probably puts New Asia’s liquor license in danger. And what’s a liquor license in San Francisco worth? I bet a lot more than $15K.
FAQ 2.
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014“Who’s Packing What: The Weapons in the Leland Yee Scandal”
Or, as we’ve taken to calling him, indicted California Democratic State Senator Leland “Uncle” Yee.
By way of Mike the Musicologist, who observes that indicted California Democratic State Senator Leland “Uncle” Yee and his friends have bad taste in weapons.
Two 9s and a .45? I wonder how loud the clank was as he walked.
Also. (By way of Robb Allen.)
FAQ.
Friday, March 28th, 2014In case you’re coming into the Leland Yee/Raymond “Shrimp Boy” scandal late, and haven’t been reading this blog or Battleswarm, the LAT has a handy guide to the affair, which answers many of the burning questions (such as “why is he called ‘Shrimp Boy’?”).
(I cannot tell a lie: I enjoy typing Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow. Almost as much as – no, strike that, I enjoy it even more than typing Robert “Ratso” Rizzo.)
Also, in case you were wondering, the California state Senate has suspended Sen. Yee without pay. The same august body has also suspended Sen. Roderick White, who was convicted of perjury and voter fraud, and Sen. Ronald Calderon, indicted on bribery and corruption charges.
Random notes: March 28, 2014.
Friday, March 28th, 2014Man is released from death row after 46 years, after courts rule that his confession was coerced and evidence against him was fabricated.
Williamson County? No. Texas? No. Japan.
More on Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow. And more. Since I made the observation the other day:
(And you should also be reading Battleswarm: Lawrence has been able to devote a little more time to his coverage than I have.)
I stumbled across this while looking for “Shrimp Boy” links:
I have nothing to say about this story, I just want to insert an obscure reference here:
(Perhaps they could give her a job: maybe keeping people from hanging around the food court.)
(Previously. WP article also contains yet another photo of the bishop’s residence that looks like a Thomas Kinkade painting, but at least this one wasn’t taken with a fish-eye lens.)
It just gets better and better.
Thursday, March 27th, 2014More information about the charges against Leland Yee is trickling out.
As you may recall from yesterday’s post, Senator Yee advocated “tighter restrictions” on “semi-automatic weapons”. Well, guess what? The charges against Senator Yee include “conspiracy to traffic in firearms”.
The full complaint is available from the SFGate site. By way of Overlawyered, we found a summary from San Francisco Magazine (complete with bonus “The Wire” references!):
…he offered to set up an arms deal with Islamic rebels for $2 million in cash.
Tell me about the rockets, George Leland!
I single that out because Keith Jackson is apparently a well known “political consultant” and political figure. And he was a former president of the San Francisco Board of Education. And the charges against him, other than gun trafficking and “wire fraud of honest services”, include involvement in a “murder for hire” conspiracy.
I didn’t link to Overlawyered earlier because I wanted to save the best part for last: Yee was named to the “Gun Violence Prevention Honor Roll” by the Brady Campaign. Seriously, I am not making this stuff up.
Flames! Flames!
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014Of course, these are just charges, and Senator Yee hasn’t been convicted yet. But I wanted to make note of this arrest, and:
I didn’t insert “Shrimp Boy”; that’s in the actual LAT article.
I’d really like to know how he got that nickname.
More from the SFChron, which describes “Shrimp Boy” as “a notorious former San Francisco gangster”.
In 1992, the Hong Kong-born Chow was indicted with two dozen others on racketeering charges for their alleged involvement in everything from underage prostitution to the international heroin trade.
Chow was subsequently convicted of gun charges and sentenced to 25 years in prison. In 2003, however, he was released after he cut a deal with the government to testify against a high-ranking associate.
So “Shrimp Boy” served time on gun charges, and is apparently a close friend of Senator Yee. By the way:
Heh. Heh. Heh.