Just a few weeks ago we watched as Norman Hsu skipped town while out on bail for bundling donations, $850,000 worth, to Hillary Clinton's election fund. They chased him down and found him hiding out on a train and took him back to the big house where he belongs...
It has been said many times that Hillary's strong point is that she has seen the operations of the inner Whitehouse and maybe she picked up some tactics from Slick-Willies administration. Remember the Buddist Monks who were sworn to poverty making some impressive donations to Bill's re-election fund?
A couple of staff writers over at the L.A. Times have an interesting story about the recent donations that Hillary has been getting from the Chinese community...
"Dishwashers, waiters and others whose jobs and dilapidated home addresses seem to make them unpromising targets for political fundraisers are pouring $1,000 and $2,000 contributions into Clinton's campaign treasury. In April, a single fundraiser in an area long known for its gritty urban poverty yielded a whopping $380,000. When Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) ran for president in 2004, he received $24,000 from Chinatown."
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-donors19oct19,0,4231217.story?coll=la-home-center
As with any story it is important to do some follow up investigation to check facts about a story. It appears the Staff writers went to check on some of those who made the impressive donations to Hillary's election fund...
Missing persons
The tenement at 44 Henry St. was listed in Clinton's campaign reports as the home of Shu Fang Li, who reportedly gave $1,000.
In a recent visit, a man, apparently drunk, was asleep near the entrance to the neighboring beauty parlor, the Nice Hair Salon.
A tenant living in the apartment listed as Li's address said through a translator that she had not heard of him, although she had lived there for the last 10 years.
A man named Liang Zheng was listed as having contributed $1,000. The address given was a large apartment building on East 194th Street in the Bronx, but no one by that name could be located there.
Census figures for 2000 show the median family income for the area was less than $21,000. About 45% of the population was living below the poverty line, more than double the city average.
In the busy heart of East Broadway, beneath the Manhattan Bridge, is a building that is listed as the home of Sang Cheung Lee, also reported to have given $1,000. Trash was piled in the dimly lighted entrance hall. Neighbors said they knew of no one with Lee's name there; they knocked on one another's doors in a futile effort to find him.
Salespeople at a store on Canal Street were similarly baffled when asked about Shih Kan Chang, listed as working there and having given $1,000. The store sells purses, jewelry and novelty Buddha statues. Employees said they had not heard of Chang.
Another listed donor, Yi Min Liu, said he did not make the $1,000 contribution in April that was reported in his name. He said he attended a banquet for Clinton but did not give her money.
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